10 posts tagged “mark peel”
What is liquid meat? Food Network's Alton Brown explains. Food writer Jonathan Gold is a pie-lover. He shares some stories of what pie means to him. A tour of the Los Angeles Times' test kitchen. Ching Ching Ni tells us about a culture clash involving rice noodles. A delicatessen serves ethnic food of a different sort. David Sax explains how the deli is endangered. Timothy Childs works for NASA and makes chocolate. Find out what those two things have in common. Mark Peel has us over for a family dinner. And Stacie Hunt takes us wine tasting in Croatia. It's the story of wines after war. And Laura Avery takes a trip to the Santa Monica Farmers Market.
Twice a year, loads of volunteers descend on KCRW to help answer phones during our fund drive. The drive staff, always put together an incredible spread to fuel the hard-working pledge takers. This year, the list of restaurants is outstanding. Here's a taste of what we'll be eating for 2 weeks in August:
Campanile (grilled cheese lunches made on the premises by Mark Peel)
Thanks to Laura and Beth for their hard work. If you want to volunteer, sign up here.
The French language is full of food related idioms. Clotilde Dusoulier gives us some examples. Is French cuisine in decline? Michael Steinberger thinks so. David Lebovitz has some stories about living as an ex-pat in Paris. Is it okay to stare at the food at the next table? Helena Echlin tells us the etiquette of ogling food. New wine bars are popping up everywhere in L.A. Lesley Balla gives us her favorites. Jonathan Gold heads downtown to discover the unification of Church and State. Architecture and food become one at the Coolhaus ice cream truck. Owners Freya Estreller and Natasha Case share their creative flavors. Plus, Mark Peel and Barbara Harris Cury take us on a tour of the Gamble House in Pasadena. And, Hans Rockenwagner shares a recipe with Laura Avery.
We've received a lot of email about Mark Peel's Cabbage Soup (Good Food 1/24/09). A listener named Marc recently wrote wrote:
"To the carrot slices and celery heart in Mark Peel's cabbage soup recipe I added a scoop of bean sprouts (the soup mix) from Dexter Scott's "Jazzy Sprouts" (at many of the farmers markets in L.A., including Hollywood). Terrific. Also, personally I like picante so I added dried jalapeños."
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The Market Report has so many goodies every week. I just love hearing about when listeners try the recipes at home. They usually put there own spin on it. Greg at the SippitySup blog recently wrote about Mark Peel's cabbage soup.
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If you're interested in finding out more about food banks in the L.A. area here are some links:
Second Harvest Food Bank of Orange County
Foodbank of Southern California in Long Beach