Good Food
Vodka Tasting; Eating Garden Snails; Ferran Adria; Macadamia Nuts
This week on Good Food with Evan Kleiman, a profile of Ferran Adria, the Spanish chef who has influenced and confounded diners around the world. Plus creative - and disgusting - cocktails, Jonathan Gold and a visit to a vodka room in Beverly Hills.
This week on Good Food, host Evan Kleiman introduces you to the Ham Daiquiri and other outrageous cocktails courtesy of Alie Ward and Georgia Hardstark. Also on the show, Eddie Lin dons a fur coat and visits a vodka room Beverly Hills. Ken Albala tells us about eating garden snails. We'll hear about the famous chef/scientist Ferran Adria of El Bulli from Colman Andrews. Daniel Lorenzetti and Linda Rice Lorenzetti will tell us about their exhibit, The Birth of Coffee showing at the Craft and Folk Art Museum. We'll go out for dakgalbi with Jonathan Gold. Jack Bishop of America's Test Kitchen is cooking with whole grains. He'll share some ideas. Plus Josiah Citrin of Melisse tells us what to do with lamb. And Laura Avery finds macadamia nuts at the Santa Monica Farmers Market.
In this episode
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Josian Citrin of Melisse and Lemon Moon is buying a whole lamb from Jimenez Farms . A recipe for lamb is here .
Read the story7 minEating Snails
Ken Albala is the author of The Lost Art of Real Cooking with Rosanna Nafziger. He harvests garden snails from his property, feeds them, cooks them and eats them for dinner. He says the common garden snail is the same variety seen in fancy French restaurants. More about Ken's experience and technique is on his blog.
Read the story5 minThe Ham Daquiri
Alie Ward and Georgia Hardstark are the creators of The McNuggetini (milkshake, vanilla vodka, rimmed with barbecue sauce and garnished with a chicken McNugget) and The Ham Daiquiri (ham, vodka and more), among other bizarre concoctions. Their videos are featured on Food2.com and on their website . Pictures are on the Good Food Blog .
Read the story8 minVodka Tasting
Deep End Diner and Good Food contributor Eddie Lin visited the VodBox, a 28-degree vodka tasting room at Nic's restaurant in Beverly Hills. See pictures of Eddie on the Good Food Blog . Nic's Martini Lounge 453 North Canon Drive Beverly Hills, CA 90210 (310) 550-5707 Music Break: The Peanut Vendor by Stan Kenton & His Orchestra
Read the story8 minFerran Adria
Colman Andrews book is Ferran: The Inside Story of El Bulli and the Man Who Reinvented Food , a profile of Ferran Adria.
Read the story9 minThe Birth of Coffee
Daniel Lorenzetti and Linda Rice Lorenzetti are the team behind The Birth of Coffee , a book featuring 100 black and white photographs and the stories behind them. An exhibition of the photographs and accompanying text is now on view at the Craft and Folk Art Museum . Music Break: The Rooster by Smokey Bandits
Read the story5 minChicken Dakgalbi
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Read the story6 minCooking with Whole Grains
Jack Bishop is Editorial Director of Cook's Illustrated and Cook's Country magazines. He is a cast member of public television's America's Test Kitchen and established ATK's tasting protocols. Jack is also the author of numerous cookbooks.
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