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Tortas That Tweet; Fresh Food; Water Infrastructure; Hot Pots
This week on Good Food, Jonathan Gold explains how Twitter can help you find great Mexican food in L.A. Plus, we take a look at California's water crisis and examine what "fresh" really means when it comes to food.
By Evan Kleiman • • 1h 0m ListenWhen vendors selling Mexican food in a Breed Street parking lot were forced to disperse, they retreated to Twitter. Jonathan Gold tells us how the social networking site is a tool for finding great pozole. What does "fresh" mean when it comes to food? Susanne Freidberg says "fresh" is more about industrialization than nature. Janice Revell has tips for how to keep your food from going bad. Crystal Blanchette teaches cooking to women living at the YMCA. California is in the midst of water crisis. Rita Schmidt Sudman details how we get our water here in Southern California. Cool winter nights in Los Angeles are a good time to start thinking about hot chocolate. Lesley Balla of Tasting Table LA shares some hot chocolate standouts in LA. And Frank Ostini and Gray Hartley of the Hitching Post have a new wine variety called Valdiguie. Harris Salat and Tadashi Ono introduce us to Japanese hot pot cooking. And Laura Avery reports from the Santa Monica Farmers Market.
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9 storiesMarket Report
Michael Cimarusti is the chef at Providence . He is cooking fresh chanterelle mushrooms native to California that he finds at Tutti Frutti Farms. These wild mushrooms cannot be cultivated and pop up after rains. He pairs these orange mushrooms with John Dory fish from New Zealand. The mushrooms should be available for three to four more weeks.
Read the story7 minCalifornia's Water Infrastructure
Shasta Dam Aqueduct Rita Schmidt Sudman is the director of the Water Education Foundation , in Sacramento, a non- partisan, non-profit started 32 years ago to help people understand California’s water resource issues. In 1913 William Mulholland opened the first aqueduct in Los Angeles. That marked the beginning of LA's…
Read the story8 minTortas That Tweet
Jonathan Gold is the Pulitzer Prize winning food writer for the LA Weekly . A few weeks ago he talked about a group of Mexican food vendors that regularly gathered at a parking lot near Breed Street in Los Angeles. They've since been forced out of that location and have dispersed. The vendors are still serving up great food and you can find…
Read the story7 minHot Chocolate
Lesley Balla is the editor of Tasting Table LA , an email newsletter. She recommends the following places for hot chocolate: Compartes 912 South Barrington Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90049-5504 (310) 826-3380 Jin Patisserie 1202 Abbot Kinney Boulevard Venice, CA 90291-3366 (310) 399-8801 ChocolateBox 714 Foothill Blvd La Canada…
Read the story7 minHow Fresh is Fresh?
Susanne Freidberg is the author of Fresh: A Perishable History . According to Susanne, the concept of fresh food is a product of the industrial revolution. Refrigeration, which was initially controversial, revolutionized our relationship with food.
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Janice Revell and her mother Jeanie are the founders of StillTasty.com . The site is a database for food shelf life. They also help explain what expiration dates on food actually mean. For example, the "use-by' or "best if used by" date is information voluntarily supplied by the manufacturer. The date is not an indicator of safety but…
Read the story6 minCooking for the Future
Crystal Blanchette runs Inner City Kitchen , a non-profit that teaches cooking to women and children in under-priviledged communities. She is currently teaching at the Hollywood YMCA's A Brighter Future program . Music Break: Binga Banga Bonge Percolator by All Stars Terry Snyder
Read the story3 minValdiguie
Frank Ostini and Gray Hartley own The Hitching Post restaurant and winery . They are bottling a new variety called Valdiguie , formerly called Napa Gamay. Music Break: Starchild by Jamiroquai
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(Photos Courtesy Harris Salat) Harris Salat and Tadashi Ono are the authors of Japanese Hot Pots . Hot pots are one-pot meals served family style in a ceramic bowl. You can also use a cast iron Le Creuset as well. Salmon Hot Pot ( Ishikari Nabe) 4 cups dashi 3/4 cup shiro miso 1/4 cup mirin 1 medium Spanish onion (about 3/4…
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