Good Food
Raising Chickens; Ventura County Eats; Pixie Tangerines
This week on Good Food with Evan Kleiman, we're heading up the 101 to eat in Ventura County. Plus a look at how tsunamis destroy marine life.
By Evan Kleiman • • 58m ListenThis week on Good Food with Evan Kleiman, we're heading up the 101 to eat in Ventura County. Food writer and critic Allison Costa shares some of her favorite dishes. USC's David Caron explains how tsunamis can affect marine life. Jonathan Gold takes us out for Beijing duck in San Gabriel. We'll find out how to raise backyard chickens from Councilman Bill Rosendahl of LA's Westside. We'll meet food festival royalty courtesy of David Valdes Greenwood. Plus, we'll grapple with the moral complexities of eating meat with Dr. Hal Herzog. David Karp introduces us to the Pixie Tangerine. And, Amelia Saltsman shares a recipe for fava tendrils.
Photo Courtesy: David Karp
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Amelia Saltsman is the author of The Santa Monica Farmers Market Cookbook . While she waits for the fava beans to come into season, she is buying fava tendrils, which are like shoots. She sautés them in olive oil with a little salt and adds English peas. Amelia's recipe is here .
Read the story8 minTsunamis and Marine Life
David Caron is Interim Director at the USC Wrigley Institute for Environmental Studies and he is a Professor of biological sciences.
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Allison Costa , food writer, restaurant critic, and writer of the blog Ventura Food Happenings .
Read the story7 minBeijing Duck
Jonathan Gold is the Pulitzer Prize-winning food writer for the LA Weekly. This week, he reviews Beijing Duck House in San Gabriel. It's the one of the only restaurants in the Southland serving duck cooked in the authentic Beijing style. The other dishes on the menu are of the Shandong style. Read his full review here .
Read the story10 minRaising Chickens with Bill Rosendahl
Bill Rosendahl is the City Councilman for LA's 11th district. He raises chickens in the backyard of his Mar Vista home. Read about his garden in LAist .
Read the story8 minThe Human/Animal Connection
Dr. Hal Herzog is regarded as one of the world’s leading experts on human-animal relations. He is Professor of Psychology at Western Carolina University and the author of Some We Love, Some We Hate, Some We Eat: Why It's So Hard to Think Straight About Animals .
Read the story10 minFood Festivals and Tiaras
David Valdes Greenwood is the author of The Rhinestone Sisterhood: A Journey Through Small Town America One Tiara at a Time . More about the festivals and the royalty David talks about on his website .
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