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    Good Food

    Masa: How It's Made and How to Use It

    Eddie de la Torre's store is Carnitas Uruapan in Boyle Heights. He provides the fresh masa for his brother's delicious tortillas at Guisado's, a taquería next door. He details what goes into the process of making perfect masa and what to make with it.

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    By Evan Kleiman • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    Eddie de la Torre's store is Carnitas Uruapan in Boyle Heights. He provides the fresh masa for his brother's delicious tortillas at Guisado's, a taquería next door. He details what goes into the process of making perfect masa and what to make with it.

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    2. 11:46Three-Ingredient Meals and the Wines that Go with Them
    3. 19:28Jonathan Gold Revisits The Derby
    4. 26:10Masa: How It's Made and How to Use ItYou’re reading this
    5. 34:30Vidalias Means Spring in the South
    6. 42:50Market Report
    7. 48:51How the Other Half Ate
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      Evan Kleiman

      host 'Good Food'

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    The full episode

    4 of 7
    Wine Fraud, What to Do with Masa, J Gold Revisits the Derby
    1. 0:00Grapes of Wrath? The Biggest Wine Fraud Case in US History
    2. 11:46Three-Ingredient Meals and the Wines that Go with Them
    3. 19:28Jonathan Gold Revisits The Derby
    4. 26:10Masa: How It's Made and How to Use ItYou’re reading this
    5. 34:30Vidalias Means Spring in the South
    6. 42:50Market Report
    7. 48:51How the Other Half Ate
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