Good Food
Sichuan food, 'Burned,' Kitchen Table Blues
Food writer Fuchsia Dunlop explains how Sichuan cuisine is changing in Chengdu. Investigative reporter Karen Foshay unveils disturbing findings about restaurants in LA. The Reverend Shawn Amos is striving to keep the blues alive in kitchens around town, one gig at a time. Plus, how grass-fed beef is raised at Rancho San Julian and what to try at Kali in Hollywood, per Jonathan Gold.
By Evan Kleiman • • 58m ListenPhoto: Beth Herzhaft/Herzco.com
In this episode
6 storiesThe evolution of Sichuan cuisine in Chengdu
The stereotype about Sichuan cuisine, says food writer and cookbook author Fuchsia Dunlop , is that it's all chile and lip-tingling Sichuan pepper. "But actually it's more complex than that. Real Sichuanese cooking is a wonderful rollercoaster of taste sensations.
Read the story11 minGoing back to Kali
Charred avocado salads with honey, risotto with disks of fermented black garlic and toasted Fiscalini cheddar, and ridgeback prawns with kumquats and nasturtiums. It's all on the menu at Kali in Hollywood. Chef Kevin Meehan's modern California restaurant is Jonathan Gold's go-to spot to eat this week.
Read the story6 minWorkers get 'Burned' at restaurants in Los Angeles
This week at KCRW, investigative reporter Karen Foshay unveiled some extremely disturbing findings about what goes on behind the scenes at restaurants in the Los Angeles area. Her five-part multimedia series, Burned: Abuse in LA's Restaurant Industry , covers wage theft, injured workers, retaliation and trafficking.
Read the story20 minRaising grass-fed beef in California
On this week's Market Report, Laura Avery visits the Rancho San Julian stand to learn what goes into producing 100% grass-fed beef in Lompoc. Elizabeth Poett's family has been raising cattle on the ranch for seven generations.
Read the story8 minKeeping the blues alive, one gig at a time
In this hot summer full of social unrest and so much loss, the blues are more relevant than ever. Enter the The Reverend Shawn Amos , an Angeleno singer-songwriter who plays covers of Prince, Howlin' Wolf and everything in between in his kitchen and at restaurants around town.
Read the story10 minA recipe for Blueberry Night Sky Pie
In case you've missed all our tweets and Instagram posts, the 2016 Good Food pie contest will be held at UCLA's Fowler Museum on October 2. To get you thinking about what you're going to enter this year, Evan shares this recipe for her out-of-this-world Blueberry Night Sky Pie.
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