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    'The New Wildcrafted Cuisine'

    With all the hoopla over foraging, you'd think it was a new thing. But Pascal Baudar has been scouring the Southland for wild plants for years. His found ingredients have appeared on the menus of restaurants owned by Ludo Lefebvre, Josiah Citrin, Ari Taymor, Michael Voltaggio, CJ Jacobson and Niki Nakayama.

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    By Evan Kleiman • May 13, 2016 • 1 min read

    With all the hoopla over foraging, you'd think it was a new thing. But Pascal Baudar has been scouring the Southland for wild plants for years. His found ingredients have appeared on the menus of restaurants owned by Ludo Lefebvre, Josiah Citrin, Ari Taymor, Michael Voltaggio, CJ Jacobson and Niki Nakayama. Baudar walks us through the recipes in his new book The New Wildcrafted Cuisine: Exploring the Exotic Gastronomy of Local Terroir” and shares instructions for how to make black mustard on the Good Food blog.

    Music: "Gimme that Thing" by Fly By Pony

    The full episode

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    32 yolks, taco bowls, cherries and tips from a master forager
    1. 0:30'32 Yolks' by Eric Ripert
    2. 17:13Trump, Taco Bowls and Tacups
    3. 25:40Cotton candy and soft serve ice cream at CottonHi
    4. 31:25Cherry: King of the Stone Fruits
    5. 39:11'The New Wildcrafted Cuisine'You’re reading this
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      Evan Kleiman

      host 'Good Food'

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      Laryl Garcia

      Senior Director, Good Food

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      Abbie Fentress Swanson

      Independent reporter and producer

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    The full episode

    5 of 5
    32 yolks, taco bowls, cherries and tips from a master forager
    1. 0:30'32 Yolks' by Eric Ripert
    2. 17:13Trump, Taco Bowls and Tacups
    3. 25:40Cotton candy and soft serve ice cream at CottonHi
    4. 31:25Cherry: King of the Stone Fruits
    5. 39:11'The New Wildcrafted Cuisine'You’re reading this
    Back to Good Food