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Salmon Fisheries Closure; Cat Poo Coffee; Dental Lollipops
We learn the etiquette about hiding food ingredients from your guests and sample cat poo coffee. We talk about the salmon fisheries closure’s impact, feast on a 99-cent items dinner and convert cow waste into energy. Plus, we learn about cavity-fighting lollipops and get an update on the Farm Bill.
By Evan Kleiman • • 1h 0m ListenHelena Echlin dishes up advice on keeping mum about hiding food ingredients, while producer Thea Chaloner and Eddie Lin sample cat poo coffee. Fisherman Mike Hudson talks about the salmon fisheries closure’s impact this season, writer Julie Makinen feasts on a 99-cent items dinner and George Crave converts cow waste into energy. Plus, Dr. Wenyuan Shi invents cavity-fighting lollipops, Dan Imhoff has an update on the Farm Bill and Laura Avery finds what’s in season in the Market Report.
In this episode
8 storiesThe Market Report
Globe artichokes are in season now and Laura Avery chats with chef DJ Olsen, of Lou Wine Bar on Melrose and Vine in Hollywood, about them.
Read the story9 minHiding Food Etiquette
Chow magazine Table Manners columnist Helena Echlin shares advice on keeping mum about hiding food ingredients from guests. She talks about eating fudge and then learning that the secret ingredient was Velveeta cheese.
Read the story7 minCat Poo Coffee
Good Food producer Thea Chaloner and Deep End Dining 's Eddie Lin take a trip for cat poo coffee, also known as kopi luwak, at Funnel Mill Rare Coffee and Tea in Santa Monica.
Read the story6 minThe Closure of Salmon Fisheries
Fisherman Mike Hudson discusses the closure of the salmon fisheries this season, the decline of the salmon population and its impact. Hudson is the president of the newly formed SalmonAid Foundation , which aims to publicize the plight of the West Coast salmon populations.
Read the story8 min99-Cent Items Dinner
Los Angeles Times writer Julie Makinen feasts on a tasty 99-cent items dinner. She talks about finding organic, name-brand and healthful food items at The 99 Cent Store . She recently wrote an article about this topic. If you find treasures on the cheap, let us know on the Good Food blog .
Read the story8 minCow-Pie Energy
The Crave Brothers Dairy Farm's George Crave converts cow waste to energy by using the anaerobic digester. Located in Waterloo, Wisconsin, the farm collects cow manure and stores it in a huge tank for about two weeks, where it ferments and releases methane, which is then converted into energy.
Read the story7 minDental Lollipops
UCLA microbiologist Dr. Wenyuan Shi invents cavity-fighting lollipops, which contain a natural ingredient found in licorice that kills a tooth-decaying bacteria. The dental lollipops are being sold as Dr. John's Herbal Lollipops. Music break: Tich's Toon by Jerry Allen
Read the story8 minFarm Bill Update
Dan Imhoff provides an update on the Farm Bill and the growing food crisis. He is the author of Food Fight : The Citizen's Guide to a Food and Farm Bill. Imhoff wrote a recent LA Times op-ed about the world food crisis.
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