Good Food
Tacolandia, To Run & Dine in LA, Fire & Ice
We talk to Bill Esparza about what's in store at this year's taco extravaganza. Good Food Supervising Producer Abbie Fentress Swanson and friends share an unusual Hollywood Half Marathon training plan that involves running and eating all over LA. Then we head to more northerly climes to hear from Darra Goldstein. Her new book is Fire & Ice.
By Evan Kleiman • • 58m ListenPhoto: Abbie Fentress Swanson runs past the Martin Luther King "Mountaintop" memorial at the Compton Civic Center during her Hollywood Half Marathon training program (Carolina Miranda)
In this episode
6 storiesTacolandia returns to DTLA
Tacolandia is the country's largest taco festival, according to our taco correspondent Bill Esparza. He's curating LA Weekly's taco-extravaganza again this year and is bringing more than 100 vendors to the festival from the Baja, New Mexico and... wait for it... London.
Read the story9 minTo run and dine in LA
People tell us all the time they listen to Good Food while working out. If you're one of them, this segment is for you.
Read the story13 minJonathan Gold recommends Little Sister Downtown
Now that we've covered tacos, BBQ in Compton, hand-pulled noodles in the San Gabriel Valley, fried dough in Glendora and Japanese fried chicken in Monterey Park, let's get our Vietnamese food fix in. Jonathan Gold suggests Little Sister Downtown for the lemongrass chicken, the duck congee and the SGV bahn mi. Are we making you hungry yet?
Read the story5 minStrawberries are back at the Santa Monica Farmers' Market
Over 80% of our nation's strawberries are produced in California. Many farms spray synthetic pesticides on their fields. Not Smith Farms. Farmer McKay Smith relies on an arsenal of certified organic methods to keep pesky bugs and nematodes from eating into his yield.
Read the story7 minDarra Goldstein heads to that other West Coast
We've long relied upon Gastronomica founding editor Darra Goldstein for her expertise on Russian and Georgian food. In Fire and Ice: Classic Nordic Cooking , Goldstein turns her gaze to Scandinavia. We are chomping at the bit to try these recipes, from the rhubarb tosca cake to the juniper butter. Mmm.
Read the story16 minEaster, sweet-and-sour style
Sunday is Easter and that means many Americans will pull up to tables laden with glazed spiral sliced ham or a roasted leg of lamb coated in herbs. Meanwhile in South Africa, the aroma of sweet-and-sour pickled fish will be in the air. Writer Ilana Sharlin Stone wrote about the dish and its origins for Zester Daily .
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