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    Good Food

    The Market Report

    Laura Avery speaks with private chef Dave Rubell, who shares a delicious pasta dish that combines toasted orzo with caramelized onions and wild mushrooms. You'll need 1 ounce of white truffle plus crimini, mitake and shitake mushrooms.

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    By Evan Kleiman • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    Laura Avery speaks with private chef Dave Rubell, who shares a delicious pasta dish that combines toasted orzo with caramelized onions and wild mushrooms. You'll need 1 ounce of white truffle plus crimini, mitake and shitake mushrooms.

    • 1/4 stick butter

    • 1 onion, diced

    • 1 lb orzo

    • 1 1/2 cups chicken (or mushroom) stock

    • crimini, mitake and shitake mushrooms, cut-up

    • Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese

    • Chives

    • 1 oz white truffle

    Melt butter in a pan. Add onion and orzo. Cook for about ten minutes until the onion caramelizes and pasta turns a nutty color. Add stock. When pasta gets al dente (tender to the bite) add mushrooms. Cook a few minutes to soften the mushrooms. Stir in the cheese and some chives. Plate the pasta then shave the truffle to taste.

    Laura Avery also chats with Greg Nauda, who brings in grass-fed and grass-finished, free-range pork and beef. These products are naturally leaner and so take only 15 minutes per pound to cook.

    Music break: Senor Thump by Mohawks Featuring Alan Hawkshaw

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    6. 36:00Surviving Holiday Parties
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    8. 50:00Braising
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      Evan Kleiman

      host 'Good Food'

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      Jennifer Ferro

      Jennifer Ferro, President, KCRW, Los Angeles

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    The full episode

    1 of 9
    Santa Food; New Year's Eve Party Rules and Sparkling Wines
    1. 1:00The Market ReportYou’re reading this
    2. 8:00Vegetable Side Dishes
    3. 15:00The Gold Standard: Valentino
    4. 22:00Feeding Santa Claus
    5. 29:00USC Dining Dollar Food Drive
    6. 36:00Surviving Holiday Parties
    7. 43:00Sparkling Wines
    8. 50:00Braising
    9. 55:00Vegan New Year's
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