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What You Should Buy This Weekend at the Farmers Market

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What should you be shopping for at Southern California Farmers Markets? Every Friday we help you plan your weekend shopping trip. This week our vote goes to green walnuts, figs, and Blenheim apricots.

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LA Chefs Cook on Food Stamp Budget

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Could you feed your family on $22.26 for four?  That was the gauntlet we threw down for four LA chefs last week.   Asked to create a meal spending the amount budgeted under SNAP, the food assistance program all chef’s bought produce provided by local farmers Alex Weiser and Phil McGrath (who work to support the Council). Last Friday was CelebrateLA, a big public party …

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Eat Well + Do Good on Sunday: Taste of the Nation and Bakers Will Bake

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Summertime always brings us lots of opportunities to support great organizations by eating really well.  All we have to do is choose our event and buy a little something to eat. This Sunday there are two events I’d like to share.  If you have good time management skills you could even manage to do both of them.
You can start your morning at The Hollywood Farmers …

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Recipe: Grilled Artichokes with Umami Butter

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This week on the Market Report Chef Brooke Williamson talks to Laura Avery about the Grilled Artichokes with Umami Butter that she serves at her restaurant The Tripel in Playa del Rey. She first steams the artichokes in acidulated water, then grills them until charred. Before service she sautees a few tablespoons of housemade “umami butter” (recipe follows) with radishes and serves them atop …

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What You Should Buy This Weekend at the Farmers Market

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What should you be shopping for at Southern California Farmers Markets? Every Friday we help you plan your weekend shopping trip. This week our vote goes to globe artichokes, fresh garbanzo beans, boysenberries and apricots.

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Celebrate LA with Villaraigosa, Garcetti, Bill Clinton and Me

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So now that I have your attention, let me invite you to the Ultimate LA Block Party.  Celebrate LA is produced by the City of Los Angeles and Community Arts Resources (CARS), the team behind CicLAvia it’s an opportunity to say goodbye to Mayor Villaraigosa and hello to Mayor elect Garcetti with Bill Clinton.  There will be music and food trucks to fuel the …

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What You Should Buy This Weekend at the Farmers Market

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What should you be shopping for at Southern California Farmers Markets? Every Friday we help you plan your weekend shopping trip. This week our vote goes to apricots, cherries, blackberries (young berries and boysenberries) and mulberries.

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This Week on Good Food: Roy Choi on SPAM, Filipino Food in LA, Sushi Etiquette

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This week we explore the richness of LA’s dining scene. Marvin Gapultos shares some of his favorite Filipino dishes from his new cookbook The Adobo Road and Roy Choi discusses his unabashed love of SPAM. Los Angeles Magazine Dine Editor Lesley Barger Suter offers tips on sushi etiquette and where to find some of the best sushi in LA. Jonathan Gold enjoys a deconstructed …

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What You Should Buy This Weekend at the Farmers Market

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What should you be shopping for at Southern California Farmers Markets? Every Friday we help you plan your weekend shopping trip. This week our vote goes to: apricots, cherries and zucchini.

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