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    Good Food

    Grab a melon and make a slushy

    Market correspondent Gillian Ferguson chats with Walter Manzke, who along with his wife Marge, owns Republique, Petty Cash and Sari Sari Store at the Grand Central Market.

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    By Evan Kleiman • Aug 21, 2020 • 1 min read

    Market correspondent Gillian Ferguson chats with Walter Manzke, who along with his wife Marge, owns Republique,Petty Cash and Sari Sari Store at the Grand Central Market. The light, sweet, green flesh of Rocky Sweet melons from Munak Ranch make a traditional Filipino slush when combined with ice, milk and a touch of sugar and lime and is served at Sari Sari. He also recommends a melon, tomato, and burrata salad which showcases the tomato as a fruit.

    The full episode

    5 of 6
    Micheladas, cold noodles, ice cream
    1. 0:00Call him Mr. Freeze: Eric Alperin on ice and building LA’s best cocktails
    2. 12:05Micheladas: Giving us life this summer
    3. 22:53Slurping our way through Los Angeles
    4. 32:44Goldilocks-friendly: embracing room temperature food
    5. 42:06Grab a melon and make a slushyYou’re reading this
    6. 48:36Queen of Ices: innovations of Agnes B. Marshall
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      Evan Kleiman

      host 'Good Food'

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      Joseph Stone

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      Laryl Garcia

      Senior Director, Good Food

      CultureFood & DrinkLos Angeles

    The full episode

    5 of 6
    Micheladas, cold noodles, ice cream
    1. 0:00Call him Mr. Freeze: Eric Alperin on ice and building LA’s best cocktails
    2. 12:05Micheladas: Giving us life this summer
    3. 22:53Slurping our way through Los Angeles
    4. 32:44Goldilocks-friendly: embracing room temperature food
    5. 42:06Grab a melon and make a slushyYou’re reading this
    6. 48:36Queen of Ices: innovations of Agnes B. Marshall
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