Good Food
Obama Ramen; LA's Top New Eateries; Food Bans; Row Crops
"Why not turn the south lawn of the White House into a farm?" Michael Pollan. Also, the top new restaurants in Los Angeles, the Ecuadoran tradition of eating Guinea pig and a taste of Japan's Obama ramen. Jonathan Gold suggests two Korean restaurants, plus a five year journey in search of oysters.
By Evan Kleiman • • 1h 0m ListenRip out the White House lawn and plant row crops says writer, Michael Pollan. Aya Masuda celebrates the inauguration by eating a bowl of Obama Ramen from Obama, Japan. Patrick Kuh of Los Angeles magazine gives us his Top New Restaurants for LA. Hear about eating Guinea pig, an Ecuadoran dish, from the shameless carnivore, Scott Gold. Do fast food bans work? Councilwoman Jan Perry updates update the moratorium in her district. Jonathan Gold is here with two Korean restaurants, and we follow Robb Walsh on his five-year oyster-eating journey. Plus, Laura Avery takes us to the farmers' market.
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8 storiesMarket Report
Aussie TV food personality and ambassador Ian Parmenter came to the Santa Monica Farmers market with colleague Don Hancey. They are in town to to do all the food for the G'Day USA: Australia Week events taking place in Los Angeles this week.
Read the story8 minA Garden on the White House Lawn
Michael Pollan is the author of numerous books about sustainability including In Defense of Food : An Eater's Manifesto. He recently wrote an open letter to the President-elect suggesting he replace the vast White House lawn with a garden.
Read the story8 minObama Ramen
Good Food listener and pen pal Aya Masuda recently returned from Japan where she visited the town of Obama. This seaside town (Obama means "little beach" in Japanese) is home to Obama Ramen. This review describes the signature dish as "simple and quite fantastic."
Read the story6 minTop New L.A. Restaurants
Patrick Kuh is the restaurant critic for Los Angeles magazine , which recently named L.A.'s top new restaurants of 2008: 1. Palate , 933 S Brand Blvd, Glendale. 818-662-9463, Octavio Becerra's place that also has a wine shop attached. 2. Gjelina, 1429 Abbot Kinney Blvd, Venice. 310-450-1429. Chef Travis Lett makes magic with his wood-fired…
Read the story8 minGuinea Pigs for Dinner
Scott Gold is the Shameless Carnivore. He has a blog and a book by the same name. Guinea pig, cuy in Spanish, is a source of protein and a staple in Ecuador and Peru. Scott ate cuy at Coco Roco in the Park Slope neighborhood of Brooklyn. Music break: House of the Rising Sun by Billy Lee Riley
Read the story7 minFast Food Ban Update
Councilwoman Jan Perry serves the 9th district of Los Angeles. Perry was instrumental in passing the City Council's yearlong moratorium on new fast food restaurants in South Los Angeles. The goal of the ban is to attract restaurants serving healthy food and to spur economic development by attracting new businesses to the area. According to…
Read the story6 minBlowfish and Live Seafood in Koreatown
Jonathan Gold is the extremely brave, Pulitzer Prize winning food writer for the L.A.
Read the story8 minSex, Death & Oysters
Robb Walsh is the author of Sex, Death & Oysters : A Half-Shell Lover's World Tour, which chronicles his five-year, transcontinental journey into the world of the oyster. The book begins in Robb's home state of Texas where you can find Galveston Bay oysters. Read more about these oysters in the article that inspired Robb's book. You can…
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