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Today we’re introducing a new series on the Good Food Blog. Our Edible Garden Profiles will showcase the abundance and variety of edible gardens in Southern California. 
 
Jane Seymour is a multiple Emmy and Golden Globe winner. She is well known for her role in the 1973 James Bond film Live and Let Die and her portrayal of “Dr. Quinn” on Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman which ran for six seasons. When …

Hundreds of exotic show chickens vied for the title of Best in Show at the Seaside Feather Fanciers Spring Fling poultry show in Ventura last month. The last competition of the season offered birds and breeders a final chance to bag a chicken-topped trophy along with bragging rights until September. Independent producer Gideon Brower reports from the show.

Until Sunday, I was a Renaissance Faire virgin.  Growing up in New York City, I had never heard of a Renaissance Faire.  All that changed on Sunday when I headed out to Irwindale to the Original Renaissance Pleasure Faire.  It’s THE original.  The fair that started it all.  After reading Rachel Rubin’s post on the Which Way LA? Blog, I knew I had to …

“Portland: The Mighty Gastropolis” is a journey through what author Karen Brooks calls “America’s New Food Revolution.” It’s a revolution that is stained with pickle juice and greased with bone marrow. It’s happening on board carts, inside butcher shops and across communal tables. “The Mighty Gastropolis,” Brooks says, “is really a story about passion, obsession and perseverence.”

Jim and Marie Victor are butter carvers. Prior to filming the recent movie Butter, actors spent a day with the Victors learning the craft of butter carving. Listen to their interview with Evan below and check out more of their sculptures after the jump.

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This weekend on Good Food, independent producer Gideon Brower bids farewell to Bahooka Family Restaurant in Rosemead. The tiki-themed restaurant will close its doors forever after service this Sunday, March 10th. Looking at the photo above, it’s no surprise that Bahooka was a cult favorite for decades. As Los Angeles Magazine’s Chris Nichols points out, “It’s so psychedelic that it makes complete sense that …

 
When I first approached Deep End Diner Eddie Lin about recording a snake segment for the Year of the Snake I thought we might find a chef who would fry up some snake meat. I’d record Eddie eating the snake and oohing and ahhing over how truly delicious it was, and it would be a short quirky 3 minute segment for Good Food. It …

This week on Good Food Independent Producer Gideon Brower goes looking for love at his local discount stores. He finds long stem chocolate roses, whipped cream and plastic champagne flutes at the 99 cent store in Venice.  Another 99 cent store nearby is peddling heart shaped cake-pop stands while Santa Monica gas station mini-marts featured chocolate, Gatorade, Monster drinks, sandwiches (who says you can’t say …

This week on the show, Evan talks with Caren Alpert, who uses an electron microscope to take pictures of food.
Check out some of her images below the jump.

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Why the fascination with Pie?  It’s delicious, but there’s more to than that.  Pie is about Mom and Grandma and home and love.  It’s about the smells of butter and sugar and the perfume of apples and berries cooking in the oven.  It’s about the spice of cinnamon and the lift of a squeezed orange, lemon or lime.  It’s about fluffy meringue and whipped …