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    Good Food

    Mother of California Cuisine

    Ariel Swartley wrote about Helen Evans Brown for Los Angeles Magazine .  Helen Evans Brown was considered the "mother" of California cuisine in the 1950's and 1960's.

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

    Ariel Swartley wrote about Helen Evans Brown for Los Angeles Magazine. Helen Evans Brown was considered the "mother" of California cuisine in the 1950's and 1960's.

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    Mother's Day; Feeding Teenage Boys; Jacques Pepin; Ruth Reichl
    1. 0:00Market Report
    2. 7:00Cruising for Cactus
    3. 13:24Feeding Teenage Boys
    4. 20:31Mother's Day with the Brass Sisters
    5. 29:01Lost Ravioli Recipes
    6. 35:17Not Becoming My Mother
    7. 42:55Jacques Pepin Honors his Mother
    8. 48:18Mother of California CuisineYou’re reading this
    9. 55:34Jonathan Gold, his Mom and Pie
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    The full episode

    8 of 9
    Mother's Day; Feeding Teenage Boys; Jacques Pepin; Ruth Reichl
    1. 0:00Market Report
    2. 7:00Cruising for Cactus
    3. 13:24Feeding Teenage Boys
    4. 20:31Mother's Day with the Brass Sisters
    5. 29:01Lost Ravioli Recipes
    6. 35:17Not Becoming My Mother
    7. 42:55Jacques Pepin Honors his Mother
    8. 48:18Mother of California CuisineYou’re reading this
    9. 55:34Jonathan Gold, his Mom and Pie
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