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    Good Food

    The persimmon report

    The days and nights are finally cooling down in our neck of the woods and for chefs like Kris Tominaga of Mardi , that means it is persimmon season. Learn how Tominaga works the Fuyu and Hachiya varieties onto his menu while farmer Jeffrey Rieger explains how persimmons are grown at Penryn Orchards .

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    By Evan Kleiman • Oct 28, 2016 • 1 min read

    The days and nights are finally cooling down in our neck of the woods and for chefs like Kris Tominaga of Mardi, that means it is persimmon season. Learn how Tominaga works the Fuyu and Hachiya varieties onto his menu while farmer Jeffrey Rieger explains how persimmons are grown at Penryn Orchards. Laura Avery give us the report from the Santa Monica Farmers' Market.

    Music: "Flim Flam" (Instrumental) by Lee Fields and "Insane in the Brain" (Instrumental) by Cypress Hill

    The full episode

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    Badmaash, tooth pix, the migrant kitchen
    1. 0:30The persimmon reportYou’re reading this
    2. 9:01Got 12 seconds? Here's your restaurant review
    3. 17:27The monster's cookbook
    4. 25:08Shout-out to Badmaash!
    5. 42:17The migrant kitchen
    6. 51:57Jonathan Gold's 101 Best Restaurants
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      Evan Kleiman

      host 'Good Food'

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      KCRW Staff

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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

    1 of 6
    Badmaash, tooth pix, the migrant kitchen
    1. 0:30The persimmon reportYou’re reading this
    2. 9:01Got 12 seconds? Here's your restaurant review
    3. 17:27The monster's cookbook
    4. 25:08Shout-out to Badmaash!
    5. 42:17The migrant kitchen
    6. 51:57Jonathan Gold's 101 Best Restaurants
    Back to Good Food