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Picky Eaters; LA's Best Eats, Should We Label GMO's?
Picky eaters rejoice, there is hope for overcoming your food phobias. Plus, should we label GMO's? Hear both sides of the debate on California's Proposition 37.
By Evan Kleiman • • 57m ListenPicky eaters rejoice! Food writer and author Stephanie Lucianovic explains that there is hope for those with food phobias, and offers tips on how to get over the "ick" factor with certain foods. Edible gardener Lauri Kranz believes that introducing children to vegetables through gardening encourages them to try the foods that they have grown. For college-bound kids, Audrey Scagnelli has the found magazine just for you. Her online publication College + Cook includes dorm room recipes, including a "mug cake" that you can make in the microwave. Hear an excerpt from Which Way, LA? in which Stacy Malkan and Bob Goldberg debate the pros and cons of Proposition 37 which would require the labeling of all genetically modified foods in California. Jonathan Gold is fond of the bread and butter plate at Red Hill in Echo Park and he offers some tips for bakers entering the 4th Annual Good Food Pie Contest in the "Metropolis II inspired" category. Lesley Barger Suter drops by with some tips on where to find the best hummus, bread and black and white cookies in LA. Plus, Amelia Saltsman offers tips on a simple pasta sauce utilizing the summer zucchini bounty and Alex Weiser debuts his tabletop chile roaster at the Santa Monica Farmers' Market.
Banner image: Alex Weiser roasts chiles at the Santa Monica Farmers' Market.
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8 storiesMarket Report
Amelia Saltsman is the author of the Santa Monica Farmers' Market Cookbook . She shares a recipe for a simple pasta sauce highlighting the bounty of summer zucchini. Check out her recipe on the Good Food blog .
Read the story8 minThe 'Brooklynization' of Echo Park
Jonathan Gold visits Red Hill , what he describes as the latest step in the "Brooklynization" of Echo Park. Jonathan recommends the bread and butter, squid with fingerling potatoes, ricotta gnocchi, roast duck with grapes and cherries, warm beignets with lardo and the olive oil cake for dessert.
Read the story6 minJonathan Gold Explains What a Metropolis II Pie Might Look Like
Jonathan Gold is a Pulitzer Prize-winning food writer for the Los Angeles Times and regular Good Food contributor. In the late 1970's, before he began writing about food, he worked as a studio assistant to artist Chris Burden.
Read the story6 minIs Being a Picky Eater Genetic?
Stephanie Lucianovic is the author of Suffering Succotash : A Picky Eater's Quest to Understand Why We Hate the Foods We Hate. She also writes the blog, Grub Report .
Read the story8 minCollege and Cook
Audrey Scagnelli is the founder and Editor in Chief of College + Cook , an online food magazine written by college students from over 30 colleges nationwide.
Read the story8 minBuilding an Edible Garden with Kids
KCRW DJ Anne Litt talks to edible gardner Lauri Kranz about gardening with children. Kranz is the brains behind Edible Gardens LA and she helped Litt build her edible garden a few years ago.
Read the story7 minProposition 37 and the Right to Know Campaign
Last week on Which Way, LA? , host Warren Olney interviewed Stacy Malkan of California's Right to Know campaign and Bob Goldberg of UCLA about Proposition 37, an initiative that will require labeling on all genetically modified foods. Prop 37 will be on the November ballot in California.
Read the story7 minLos Angeles Magazine's Best of Food in LA, 2012 Edition
Lesley Barger Suter is the Dine Editor for Los Angeles Magazine. She discusses the recent "Best of LA" issue which is on stands now.
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