Jonathan Gold joins host Evan Kleiman every week on Good Food.  This week he reviews The Dining Room at the Langham.  Zane Lamprey tells us what its like to drink for a living.  The future of school bake sales is in jeopardy says Helena Echlin.  Laura Wright reveals the astonishing amount of food wasted every day.  Fisherman Mark Marhefka explains what a community supported fishery is.  The New York Times’ Kim Severson tells us about the chefs that influenced her.  Plus Mira Advani Honeycutt introduces us to Indian wine.  …

Josie Le Balch of Josie Restaurant in Santa Monica talks to Laura Avery this week on the Market Report.  She shares a recipe for a spinach salad with raw asparagus and orange (recipe here).  She also shared a recipe for spinach with Cara Cara oranges and Bloomsdale spinach:
Cara Cara Orange and Bloomsdale Spinach Salad
Serves 6
3 large Cara Cara oranges (or your favorite citrus) sectioned
1 lb Bloomsdale spinach
4 each Spring onions, cut in quarters and roasted
1/4 cup grated ricotta salata cheese
Place spinach, onions and orange sections in a large salad …

To mark Earth Day, we’ll take a look at some innovative approaches to growing food.  Dickson Despommier explains how farming can go vertical.  Meg Glasser gives Evan Kleiman a tour of an edible wall in Los Angeles’ Skid Row.  No matter how it’s done, making and distributing food contributes to global warming.  Industrial meat production is perhaps one of the worst perpetrators.  Nicolette Hahn Niman explains how to make meat climate friendly.  Recycling water is an earth-friendly option.  Elizabeth Royte tells us about a plant in Orange County that …

This week on Good Food, Evan chatted with Susan Feniger who is competing in the upcoming Top Chef Masters.  Susan also answered some questions from listeners.  We didn’t have time for all of them, so I wanted to share what I think is an inside look at what a chef does when she gets home at night.  One of our listeners wanted to find out what Susan’s favorite comfort food is.  Check it out…
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This week on Good Food, hear about Eddie Lin’s urban foraging experience.  Afterwards, Eddie made a salad with naturalist Joel Robinson and Delilah Snell of The Road Less Traveled.

Here is Delilah’s salad dressing recipe:
1/3 c. olive oil
1/4-1/3 c. lime juice (or lemon/orange)
1/4-1/3 c. vinegar (balsamic/ white wine/ red..)
* personally, i just do a “by eye” each of the above 3 parts
1-2 cloves garlic/shallot sliced thin
salt (or for me, spicy salt!)
pepper (wild gathered, roasted)
tsp + mustard power
shot of agave or honey…to taste
combine all in a jar and shake, taste and …

Red Russian Kale from Coleman Farm. Wednesday, Saturday Santa Monica
Farmer Maryanne Carpenter (Coastal Farm) and chef Mark Gold (Eva) are BFF’s since they will be going to a “Dancing With The Stars” taping soon.  Oh, and there’s the great produce Mark buys from Maryanne each week for his restaurant
Classic French style hand made produce signs at the Jimenez Farm stand. Wednesday Santa Monica
Shared Wisdom – and hand clasp styles.  Farmers James Birch (Flora Bella) and Bill Coleman (Coleman Farms) share a quiet moment before the market
What are Money Beans …

Thanks to everyone who donated to KCRW during Good Food in our last pledge drive.  We had a great time at Angeli Caffe in a series of 4 dinners.
Christina Perozzi, the Beer Chick was our beer sommelier.  George Cossette of Silverlake Wine covered wine.  Desserts were provided by Pazzo Gelato, Kim Boyce, Little Flower Candy Company, The Border Grill / Ciudad, and the Pop Shop.

The sap is running in maple trees around the northeast.  This week on Good Food, Rich Focht explains how real maple syrup is produced.   Akasha Richmond shares her Passover traditions.  Jeff Morgan is a vintner making kosher wines in Napa.  He explains why good kosher wine is hard to come by.  Jonathan Gold knows where to get good Texas barbecue in Los Angeles.  He has the details on two great spots.  A listener named George Olesky tells us how to make homemade coconut yogurt.  We’ll hear about the …

What’s it like to ride in a food truck?  This week on Good Food, deep end diner Eddie Lin hitches a ride in the Dim Sum Truck.  Steve Puleo tells the story of the Great Molasses Flood of 1919.  Hatfield’s Restaurant is back in a new location.  Jonathan Gold has a review.  Hunger in the classroom is a serious and growing problem, says Share our Strength’s Billy Shore.
Could the iPad have saved Gourmet magazine?  This week, Lessley Anderson of Chow.com discusses the future of cookbooks and other food publishing.  …

From today’s To The Point:
“One billion adults are overweight worldwide and obesity is a major public health threat in the United States, especially to children. We hear about a growing problem, what’s being done to deal with it now and what might be required in the future.”
Guests include:

Barry Popkin: Nutrition Epidemiologist, University of North Carolina’s Interdisciplinary Obesity Center
Kevin Keane: Senior VP of Public Affairs, American Beverage Association
Claudia Kalb: Senior Writer, Newsweek
Nia-Malika Henderson: White House Reporter, Politico.com
Sean Kershaw: Executive Director, Citizens’ League