Good Food
Recycling Water; Meat and Global Warming; Peanuts; Rare Grapes
This week on Good Food with Evan Kleiman, we'll take a tour of an edible wall garden on Skid Row. Plus, a conversation about meat and global warming. And Jonathan Gold takes us to Lebanese food in Westwood.
By Evan Kleiman • • 1h 0m ListenTo mark Earth Day, we'll take a look at some innovative approaches to growing food. Dickson Despommier explains how farming can go vertical. Meg Glasser gives Evan Kleiman a tour of an edible wall in Los Angeles' Skid Row. No matter how it's done, making and distributing food contributes to global warming. Industrial meat production is perhaps one of the worst perpetrators. Nicolette Hahn Niman explains how to make meat climate friendly. Recycling water is an earth-friendly option. Elizabeth Royte tells us about a plant in Orange County that is taking water from the toilet to the tap. George Cossette of Silverlake Wine is in the studio with some rare grape varieties. We'll take a trip back in time with Valerie Gordon, who is making cakes reminiscent of a bygone era. Jonathan Gold takes us to Lebanon via Westwood. Plus, Suvir Saran loves peanuts and he tells us why. And Laura Avery shares what's fresh on the Market Report.
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9 storiesMarket Report
Harry Starus sells sprouts at the market. They have a really interesting, concentrated flavor. Harry's Sproutime sells all kinds of sprouts at the Wednesday Santa Monica Farmers Market including onion sprouts, broccoli sprouts and radish sprouts. They also sell processed food like hummus.
Read the story7 minRecycling Water
Elizabeth Royte has written about recycling water for The New York Times. She recently wrote about the Orange County Groundwater Replenishment System, which is a plant in the OC that recycles used water and puts it back into the groundwater. The goal is the reduce Orange County's reliance on water from the North and from the Colorado River.
Read the story7 minThe Edible Wall
One one side of the Weingart Center in Downtown L.A. is a large edible wall. It is a stainless steel structure that contains small containers full of edible plants. Meg Glasser is the West Coast Regional Manager for Urban Farming, a non-profit that seeks to end hunger by planting food. There are four edible walls in Los Angeles.
Read the story5 minVertical Farming
Visionary researcher Dickson Despommier discusses the concept of indoor vertical farming.
Read the story7 minMeat and Global Warming
Nicolette Hahn Niman is a livestock rancher in Northern California. She recently wrote a piece for the New York Times arguing that pasture-raised meat is far better for the environment than factory farms. Her book is Righteous Porkchop: Finding a Life and Good Beyond Factory Farms .
Read the story7 minRare Grapes
George Cossette owns Silverlake Wine . George explores several rare grape varietals: Biancale from San Marino - $13.75 Cabernet Pfeffer from DeRose - $24.00 Dornfelder from Huber Cellars - $24.00 Pfneiszel Kékfrankos from Hungary - $14.25
Read the story7 minVintage Cakes
Valerie Gordon owns Valerie Confections . She has been making cakes from LA's culinary past. She started by making Blum's Coffee Crunch Cake . She later made Blum's Lemon Crunch Cake, the grapefruit cake from the Brown Derby, the banana shortcake from Chasen's, and the coconut cream pie from the Bullocks Wilshire Tea Room.
Read the story8 minSunnin Revisted
Jonathan Gold is the Pulitzer Prize winning food writer for the LA Weekly . This week, he reviews Sunnin , a Lebanese restaurant in Westwood.
Read the story6 minNuts for Peanuts
Suvir Saran is an Indian-American Chef in New York. He owns Devi in Manhattan and American Masala in Jersey City.
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