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    'Shaya'

    Alon Shaya’s first cookbook tells the chef’s life story through the recipes he loves. Photo by Rush Jagoe.

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    By Evan Kleiman • Jul 6, 2018 • 1 min read

    through the recipes he loves. Photo by Rush Jagoe.

    Alon Shaya describes Israeli cuisine as a gumbo, a melding of many food cultures. His first cookbook, “Shaya,” is full of recipes and tastes from his New Orleans restaurant, but it’s also a journey through his life - as a boy in Israel to an immigrant in Pennsylvania, a chef in Italy to a phenom in Louisiana. And what has been his constant? The food.

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    1. 0:00The Burger Show comes to LA
    2. 12:44'Berkeley Bowl Cookbook'
    3. 24:03Market Report: Corn
    4. 31:43'The New Wine Rules'
    5. 44:40'Shaya'You’re reading this
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    The full episode

    5 of 5
    LA's burger scene, the Berkeley Bowl, and 'New Rules' of wine
    1. 0:00The Burger Show comes to LA
    2. 12:44'Berkeley Bowl Cookbook'
    3. 24:03Market Report: Corn
    4. 31:43'The New Wine Rules'
    5. 44:40'Shaya'You’re reading this
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