Good Food
The Silk Road show
We devote the bulk of this week’s show to food eaten on the ancient Silk Road. Caroline Eden starts us off in Samarkand, then Naomi Duguid and Yasmin Khan take us to Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kurdistan and Iran. Back on our side of the pond, Harvest Public Media’s Kristofor Husted reports on the herbicide dicamba, Jonathan Gold eats at Delicious Food Corner and we shop for fresh kale at the market.
By Evan Kleiman • • 56m ListenPhoto: Beef plov pictured in “Samarkand” courtesy of Caroline Eden
In this episode
6 storiesJonathan Gold dines at Delicious Food Corner
LA Times food writer Jonathan Gold dines at Delicious Food Corner in Monterey Park, a restaurant he calls “the most Hong Kong place in the San Gabriel Valley.” Dim sum is for tourists but homely rice porridge, or congee, means home.
Read the story5 minUnveiling Uzbek culinary traditions
Samarkand sits in Uzbekistan on the ancient Silk Road. Food and travel writer Caroline Eden uses the Russian nesting dolls matryoshka as a metaphor to describe the Uzbek cuisine of this region: as soon as you unveil one culinary tradition, another reveals itself.
Read the story10 min'Taste of Persia'
Think about Persia and an expansive understanding of an ancient gastroculture that includes many lands and peoples comes into focus. Food writer and photographer Naomi Duguid spent years exploring these lands bound by tradition and custom.
Read the story18 min'The Saffron Tales'
We kicked off the show with Jonathan Gold’s favorite Hong Kong-style breakfast in Los Angeles. Now, we turn the mic over to writer Yasmin Khan to hear about breakfast food in Iran. We talked to Khan in March around the time of the Persian New Year, after her book “T he Saffron Tales: Recipes from the Persian Kitchen ” was published.
Read the story8 minControlling weeds, at a cost
Earlier this year, the Environmental Protection Agency approved the use of a new formula for an herbicide called dicamba. Soybean and cotton farmers use it to halt the growth of weeds. But things haven’t gone so smoothly since dicamba got the greenlight. We called Harvest Public Media reporter Kristofor Husted in Missouri to get the scoop.
Read the story7 minThe Market Report: kale
This week at the market, Laura Avery shops for kale with Ashley Abodeely, the chef de cuisine of the Nomad Food Truck , and Christie Jimenez who grows kale at Jimenez Family Farm in Santa Ynez. Photo of kale at the market by Joseph Stone
Read the story8 min
