This week on Eat LA on Off-Ramp, we visit Angeli Caffé for one last time, before its closing after 27 years, and we talk to owner/chef Evan Kleiman and writer Jonathan Gold about Angeli’s impact on LA dining. We also talk about the closing of Drago and Tre Venezie… and, on a cheerier note, welcome [...]
This week on Eat LA on Off-Ramp, producer Kevin Ferguson goes along with caterer Jennie Cook as she feeds the Occupy LA encampment; Off-Ramp host John Rabe talks to Mark Peel, owner/chef of Campanile and Tar Pit, about that most unappreciated of herbs, parsley; and Eat LA contributing editor Linda Burum talks with Jose Martinez, [...]
In honor of KCRW’s upcoming Good Food Pie Contest, we present a short list of some of our favorite pie destinations in town. But first, know that the Pie Contest is Sunday, September 18th at LACMA, and it’s free, and Evan Kleiman’s behind it, and it will have pies from all sorts of bakers, including [...]
This week on Eat LA on Off-Ramp, we talk about goats and making goat cheese with goat farmer, cheesemaker, college professor and restaurateur Stephen Rudicel; hear about the food at President Obama’s 50th birthday bash from attendee Eric Garcetti; and share Elina Shatkin’s rant about communal tables. Here’s a link to the podcast on the [...]
Asking who makes the best sandwich in town is the kind of loaded question that inevitably ends pretty much like the debate over whose grandma makes the best pie—there are entirely too many variations and personal biases to come to a consensus. So we’ll just say that the sandwiches that follow are ones we really, [...]
With the proviso that truck gatherings change faster than Lady Gaga changes shoes, here are some good ones. 7th + Fig Where: 7th and Figueroa Plaza, Downtown When: Monday–Wednesday 11 a.m.–2 p.m. Altadena Where: N. Lake Ave. (behind Webster’s), Altadena When: Friday evenings Automobile Driving Museum Where: 610 Lairport St., El Segundo When: Friday lunch [...]
This week on Off-Ramp, Miles Clements talks about the welcome trend of Vietnamese restaurants moving into the L.A. food mainstream, and Colleen, John Rabe and Kevin Ferguson sit down with Joseph Shuldiner to taste and talk about his homemade liqueurs—simple to make, and a great use for that excess summer produce. Click here to listen [...]
This week on KPCC’s Off-Ramp, John Rabe talked to the Pink’s women, and then John and Colleen Bates headed to Hollywood’s hot new outpost of Papaya King, the revered New York hot dog (and papaya drink) stand. You can listen to the podcast here. Our take on the King’s dog? The classic beef dog is [...]
In this latest segment we check out a Neapolitan pizza joint and speak with LA Magazine’s James Beard Award-winning Patric Kuh about the top Chinese restaurants in LA. Plus, Jenn Garbee on the problem with “underground” restaurants. Check out the conversations on Off-Ramp, Saturday at noon and Sunday at 7 p.m., 89.3 FM, or click [...]
This week’s Eat LA on KPCC segment pays tribute to Kendall-Jackson founder Jess Jackson, who died recently; visits Street’s Susan Feniger at the South Pasadena Farmers’ Market to talk about eating locally and sustainably; learns about Mark Stambler’s cool backyard bread oven; and visits The Spice Table, LA’s newest Asian hipster hybrid. Check out the [...]
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