Good Food
The Restaurant Show; Cheap Eats; Irish Pubs
We focus on restaurants this week: Irish pubs, cheap eats, BBQ and even fast food.
By Evan Kleiman • • 58m ListenThis week on Good Food, we are focusing on restaurants. Host Evan Kleiman chats with Los Angeles magazine's Lesley Bargar Suter about the best place for cheap eats in L.A. Jonathan Gold takes us to Sherman Oaks for some barbecue. We'll try a breakfast burrito with the OC Weekly's Gustavo Arellano. The mythical Irish Pub isn't all it's cracked up to be, says Bill Barich. Jay Brewer has some tricks to making fast food more enjoyable. Plus, rules for dining in Asian restaurants with Steven Shaw. And, Laura Avery is at the Santa Monica Farmers Market with a look at what's fresh and in season.
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David LeFevre is the chef at the new restaurant Manhattan Beach Post (1142 North Manhattan Ave., Manhattan Beach). He is grilling peaches and poaching apricots right now. Grill the peaches with some olive oil and rosemary then use in a salad. He poaches the apricots in white wine and serves them over a lemon cheesecake.
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This week’s restaurant recommendation from the LA Weekly's Jonathan Gold is Smoke City Market , serving Texas barbecue in Sherman Oaks. Their barbecue is served without sauce – they have it, they don’t recommend using it. Jonathan likes the brisket mostly. It’s seasoned with salt, pepper and smoke.
Read the story8 minBreakfast Burritos
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Read the story6 minCheap Eats
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p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Verdana} span.s1 {color: #3f0fd1} Jay Brewer is a fast food connoisseur who loves to experiment. He combines meals from different fast food restaurants to create new taste sensations. Having several fast food chains next to each other is important to his mission. Some of Jay's culinary…
Read the story5 minDinner in the Sky
Dinner in the Sky co-partner David Ghysels hosts a unique dining experience while suspended 150 feet in the air. The table comes with place settings, wine glasses, a chef, waiter or entertainer. Ghysels is located in Brussels, but these events can be held anywhere in the world.
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James Beard Award-winner Steven Shaw is the author of Asian Dining Rules : Essential Strategies for Eating Out at Japanese, Chinese, Southeast Asian, Korean and Indian Restaurants.
Read the story5 minRaw Chicken
Eddie Lin writes the blog Deep End Dining . He ate raw chicken with wasabi, or tori wasa, at the Japanese yakitori restaurant Torimatsu . Listen to Eddie's audio podcast about his experience.
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