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    Market Report: Shishito peppers

    Time to scoop up some in-season shishito peppers from the farmers market. Photo by Stan Lee.

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    By Evan Kleiman • Jun 29, 2018 • 1 min read

    Time to scoop up some in-season shishito peppers from the farmers market.

    Photo by Stan Lee.

    This week Laura Avery heads over to the Santa Monica Farmer’s Market to learn more about the flavorful yet underrated shishito pepper with Dawn Birch of Flora Bella Farm in Three Rivers. She then heads over to Wilshire Restaurant to watch Brendan Collins prepare a dish of crispy octopus with shishito peppers, a signature appetizer.

    The full episode

    5 of 5
    'Repertoire,' Nancy Singleton Hachisu, and shishito peppers
    1. 0:00Building your kitchen repertoire
    2. 13:23Japanese home cooking
    3. 26:41Jonathan Gold reviews MTN
    4. 34:16Truth in fish labeling
    5. 43:24Market Report: Shishito peppersYou’re reading this
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    The full episode

    5 of 5
    'Repertoire,' Nancy Singleton Hachisu, and shishito peppers
    1. 0:00Building your kitchen repertoire
    2. 13:23Japanese home cooking
    3. 26:41Jonathan Gold reviews MTN
    4. 34:16Truth in fish labeling
    5. 43:24Market Report: Shishito peppersYou’re reading this
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