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Trois Familia, Mission Chinese Food, the Air We...Eat?
Jonathan Gold stops in for brunch at the Silver Lake hot spot, Trois Familia; Chef Danny Bowien reinvents "Americanized Oriental Food" at Mission Chinese Food; and writer/podcaster Nicola Twilley explains how aeroir, the atmospheric flavor of a location, affects the food we eat.
By Evan Kleiman • • 57m ListenPhoto: Toasted garlic butter croissant, sunny side eggs, Taylor ham and black bean salsa (Trois Familia)
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Gordon Edgar is the cheese buyer for Rainbow Grocery in San Francisco. His new book, Cheddar: A Journey to the Heart of America’s Most Iconic Cheese , takes a sharp look at our culture and food systems through the lens of the all-American cheddar. Music: "Comin' Home Baby" by Booker T and "Mons Gateau" by Intended Immigration
Read the story9 minJonathan Gold Reviews Trois Familia
Jonathan Gold is the Pulitzer Prize-winning food writer for the LA Times. This week, he visits Trois Familia , the third and latest restaurant by chef Ludo Lefebvre and partners Jon Shook and Vinny Dotolo.
Read the story7 minThe Air We...Eat?
Terroir, in wine jargon, is everything. But what about air...can it have a place-based atmospheric flavor? Nicola Twilley is author of the Edible Geography blog, co-host of the award-winning podcast Gastropod , and a contributing writer for The New Yorker. She believes that every location has its own aeroir.
Read the story9 minMission Chinese Food: "Americanized Oriental Food"
Danny Bowien , c hef and co-founder of the popular Mission Chinese Food in San Francisco and New York City, has been praised for reinventing what he calls "Americanized Oriental Food."
Read the story12 minLucky Peach's Deliciously Inauthentic Asian Food
Lucky Peach Presents 101 Easy Asian Recipes is a celebration of gloriously inauthentic but craveable dishes for home cooks. Together with the magazine's other editors, co-founder Peter Meehan has culled their all-time favorite dishes for recipes that accommodate "easy eating on a real-life schedule and budget."
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Santa Monica Farmers' Market manager Laura Avery speaks with Laura Ramirez of JJ's Lone Daughter Ranch about her pomegranates, which should be available through January. And chef Bruce Kalman of Union in Pasadena and the soon-to-open Knead & Co. at Grand Central Market, shares his tricks for juicing pomegranates.
Read the story6 minVoices of the Food Chain
Voices of the Food Chain is a new storytelling project produced by StoryCorps , in partnership with Real Food Media and the Food Chain Workers Alliance , that brings to life an often overlooked sector of the culinary world — the personal stories of the men and women who work to keep our food system running. Music: "Jamaica" by Theme Park
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