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The Royal Wedding; Tequila; Eating out with Kids
We'll get a preview of the menu at the upcoming Royal Wedding from a chef to the Queen. Plus, a trip to Solvang and the etiquette of eating out with kids.
By Evan Kleiman • • 1h 0m ListenThis week on Good Food with Evan Kleiman, we'll get a preview of the menu at the upcoming Royal Wedding from former chef to the Queen, Darren McGrady. Chef Walter Manzke tells us what he likes to do with rhubarb. We'll go to Son of a Gun with Jonathan Gold. Jessica Ritz shares her strategy for eating out with kids. We'll take a trip to Solvang to taste some Danish food with Eddie Lin. Eric Mader gives us an update on the honey bees. Fred Warner tells us why we should move beyond Cuervo and instead sip some good tequila. Plus Gustavo Arellano has the name of the best Pho restaurant in Orange County. And, Laura Avery has the solution for those pesky garden snails.
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Walter Manzke is the consulting chef at Le Saint Amour in Culver City ( 9725 Culver Blvd, Culver City, (310) 842-8155) . Plans for his new restaurant are currently in the works. He is buying rhubarb at the farmers market which he is using for a Strawberry Rhubarb Crisp (get the recipe ).
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Darren McGrady is a former Royal Chef and the author of Eating Royally . Ideas for a Royal Wedding viewing party are here .
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Jonathan Gold is the Pulitzer Prize-winning food writer for the LA Weekly . This week he recommends Son of a Gun, the new, all-seafood restaurant from Jon Shook and Vinny Dotolo, the guys behind Animal. The restaurant serves small-plate seafood dishes, with an occasional fried chicken sandwich thrown in.
Read the story9 minEating out with Kids
Jessica Ritz writes the blog Taster Tots LA , which highlights restaurants that are kid-friendly.
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Good Food contributor Eddie Lin writes the blog Deep End Dining . He was in Solvang, CA for The Taste of Solvang . A recipe for traditional Danish Aebleskivers is on The Good Food Blo g.
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Eric Mader is the Assistand Director of the Xerces Society's Pollinator Conservation Program. Information on pollinator wildflowers in California are here . More resources for California are here .
Read the story6 minTequilas and Mezcals
Fred Warner is the Beverage Manager for Malo and Mas Malo restaurants. Silver tequila is aged up to 59 days. Reposado is aged from 59-9 months. More than that is añejo or extra-añejo. Silver is recommended for mixed drinks like margaritas.
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Gustavo Arellano is the Managing Editor of the OC Weekly. He and the staff of their food blog, Stick a Fork in It , did a March Madness tournament where they ranked Pho restaurants in Orange County. It was called The Final Pho . The winner was Pho Thanh Lich ( 14500 Brookhurst St., Westminster , (714) 531-5789).
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