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    Good Food

    Ordering Seafood Guilt Free

    Paul Greenberg is the author of Four Fish : The Future of the Last Wild Food. He meets Evan for lunch at a sushi bar in Little Tokyo and walks us through the a la carte sushi menu. As a general rule he says if you are unsure about the sustainability of a particular fish it's best not to order it.

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

    Paul Greenberg

    is the author of

    Four Fish: The Future of the Last Wild Food

    . He meets Evan for lunch at a sushi bar in Little Tokyo and walks us through the a la carte sushi menu. As a general rule he says if you are unsure about the sustainability of a particular fish it's best not to order it. When he is unsure, he uses

    Fish Phone, a text service from the Blue Ocean Institute.

    Music: "A Walk" by Tycho

    The full episode

    5 of 7
    The Origins of Sushi; Baking with Kids; Bacon Crackerjacks
    1. 0:00Market Report
    2. 7:36Baking with Kids
    3. 14:44Sushi before the California Roll
    4. 23:40Jiro Dreams of Sushi
    5. 33:41Ordering Seafood Guilt FreeYou’re reading this
    6. 43:15How Does Arsenic Get in Our Food?
    7. 50:27Bacon Crackerjacks
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      Evan Kleiman

      host 'Good Food'

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      Gillian Ferguson

      Supervising Producer, Good Food

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      Laryl Garcia

      Senior Director, Good Food

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      Harriet Ells

      Program Director for Talk

      CultureFood & Drink

    The full episode

    5 of 7
    The Origins of Sushi; Baking with Kids; Bacon Crackerjacks
    1. 0:00Market Report
    2. 7:36Baking with Kids
    3. 14:44Sushi before the California Roll
    4. 23:40Jiro Dreams of Sushi
    5. 33:41Ordering Seafood Guilt FreeYou’re reading this
    6. 43:15How Does Arsenic Get in Our Food?
    7. 50:27Bacon Crackerjacks
    Back to Good Food