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    What Are LA's 'Must-Try-Tastes?'

    Lesley Balla is an LA-based food writer. She joins Evan Kleiman to discuss her list of 101 Must-Try-Tastes that were published in February's edition of Angeleno magazine.

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    By Evan Kleiman • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    Lesley Balla is an LA-based food writer. She joins Evan Kleiman to discuss her list of 101 Must-Try-Tastes that were published in February's edition of Angeleno magazine. Six of her favorites from that list were:

    1. The Greyhound cocktail at the Hungry Cat

    2. "thebombdotcom" at Petty Cash

    3. The flaming rice balls at Seoul Sausage

    4. Tomahawk porkchop at Chi Spacca

    5. Pea toast at Salt Air

    6. Black Sesame Ice Cream from Quenelle

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      Evan Kleiman

      host 'Good Food'

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      Gillian Ferguson

      Supervising Producer, Good Food

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      Laryl Garcia

      Senior Director, Good Food

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