Good Food
The 'Eat Your Veggies' show
Chef Jeremy Fox turns vegetables into true expressions of seasonal flavors at Rustic Canyon, Julia Sherman documents artists making salads in “Salad for President,” and Deborah Madison shares meatless meal tips. Then Laura Avery shops for spring veggies at the market while we get a peek at Stacy Michelson’s design for KCRW’s “Good Food” tote bag. Plus: Jonathan Gold digs into the Redneck Platter at Manuela.
By Evan Kleiman • • 56m ListenPhoto by Rick Poon
In this episode
6 stories'On Vegetables'
In 2007, Jeremy Fox blew onto the restaurant scene at Ubuntu in Napa, dazzling critics and eaters with gorgeous displays of vegetarian cuisine like no one ever tasted. In 2013, he joined the Rustic Canyon team in Santa Monica, where he continues to craft seasonal menus based on local ingredients that have won over Angelenos.
Read the story8 min'Salad for President'
Julia Sherman says good art should make the everyday seem at once familiar and strange. For the past five years, she’s endeavored to do just that by striking up personal encounters with artists, architects, musicians and writers that inevitably end in salad-making productions.
Read the story14 min'In My Kitchen'
In the 1980s, Deborah Madison ’s restaurant, Greens, changed the way many cooks and eaters thought about vegetable cookery. Her latest book, “ In My Kitchen ,” offers up more recipes for meatless dishes, like collards braised in coconut milk, Japanese sweet potato soup and tips for how to perfect your cheese soufflé.
Read the story10 minThe Market Report: Spring veggies
This week at the Santa Monica Farmers Market, Evan Funke shops for fava beans, English peas and artichokes for his new restaurant, Felix , which opened its doors just last month on Abbot Kinney Boulevard in Venice.
Read the story8 minWhat do we want? A 'Good Food' tote bag!
After returning home from a trip to Japan, Stacy Michelson noticed she was doodling a lot of food caricatures with big personalities: coffee cups with grumpy faces, smiling stacks of pancakes and high-fivin’ burgers and pizzas. She’s since built a business designing foodie pins, t-shirts, totes and more featuring these quirky characters.
Read the story9 minJonathan Gold dines at Manuela
You know it must be spring when LA Times food critic Jonathan Gold sings the praises of vegetarian food. At Manuela in the Arts District, buttered turnips, deviled eggs and hush puppies with molasses butter top his list.
Read the story8 min
