Good Food
Waiter Rant; The Ripper; Drinking Tap Water; Speakeasies
We discover Beijing’s popular street foods and relish Fab’s the Ripper hot dog. We search the world for the perfect dinner, get lessons on how to annoy a waiter and learn about the speakeasy’s comeback. Plus, we drink tap water, celebrate the wines of California’s Central Coast and get a fresh Market Report with Laura Avery.
By Evan Kleiman • • 1h 0m ListenWriter Jen Lin-Liu dishes up popular street foods in Beijing, while Jonathan Gold relishes Fab’s the Ripper hot dog. Jay Rayner eats his way around the world in search of the perfect dinner, Steve Dublanica talks about ways to annoy a waiter and Lessley Anderson discusses the speakeasy's comeback and growing cocktail culture. Plus, Eric Yaverbaum advocates drinking tap water, William Ausmus toasts the wines of California’s Central Coast and Laura Avery has a fresh Market Report.
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8 storiesThe Market Report
John Tennerelli and his family grow stone fruit in Little Rock, California. Because of the elevation their season starts and lasts much later than everyone else's. Tennerelli is bringing in O'Henry, Alberta and Sangre de Toros, full-flavor yellow peaches with delicious flavor. John predicts he'll have peaches available for Thanksgiving this year.
Read the story7 minChinese Street Food
Writer Jen Lin-Liu dishes up popular street foods of Beijing and talks about Chinese snacks and candies. Jen, author of Serve the People : A Stir-Fried Journey Through China, is the founder of the Black Sesame Kitchen cooking school in Beijing. She's also the restaurant editor for Zagat Survey .
Read the story7 minFab Dogs
Pulitzer Prize-winning food critic and LA Weekly writer Jonathan Gold really relishes the tasty hot dogs at Fab Dogs in Reseda.
Read the story6 minPerfect Dinner
Writer Jay Rayner eats his way around the world in Man Who Ate the World : In Search of the Perfect Dinner. Rayner, who experienced fine dining in Las Vegas, Moscow, Dubai, Tokyo, New York, London and Paris, is the restaurant critic for the London Observer .
Read the story8 minWaiter Rant
Waiter Steve Dublanica talks about the many ways that diners annoy wait-staff, offers suggestions for becoming a better customer and reveals angry waiter retaliations in his Waiter Rant : Thanks for the Tip--Confessions of a Cynical Waiter. Dublanica writes the popular blog, Waiter Rant .
Read the story9 minSpeakeasies
Lessley Anderson, senior editor of Chow.com , revels in the return of the speakeasy and the resurgence of the cocktail culture.
Read the story8 minDrinking Tap Water
Eric Yaverbaum is co-founder of Tappening , an organization that advocates the merits of drinking tap water over purchasing bottled water. Music Break: Zither Melodies by Ton van Bergeyk
Read the story7 minCalifornia's Central Coast Wines
William Ausmus toasts California wines in his book, Wines and Wineries of California's Central Coast : A Complete Guide from Monterey to Santa Barbara.
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