“I haven’t actually told anyone about this,” Aaron Franklin said on the KCRW
Good Food podcast, “but I really want to start making little backyard pits.” He was speaking to Evan Kleiman and the late Jonathan Gold in March 2015, and it was the first announcement of what would become Franklin Barbecue Pits. Franklin again teased the release of the pits when Hot Luck festival kicked off in 2017, promising them the following summer. Now, five years after that first announcement, Aaron and Stacy Franklin are assuring those who got on the waiting list early that the time is almost here. The first batch of Franklin’s backyard smokers will be delivered in time for a Memorial Day barbecue.
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Listen 57 min MORE County Line Harvest at the Santa Monica Farmer’s Market is offering two Japanese varieties of turnips, including the hinona kabu, an elongated turnip which is popular for pickling and has a mustard green top. Photo by Gillian Ferguson.
Host Evan Kleiman knows her pasta. This week on Good Food, she talks to Dan Pashman, who she has been advising on his quest to engineer a brand new pasta shape. Scott Daigre of Tomatomania! is back with his annual seedling sale just in time for spring. Gillian Ferguson talks turnips at the Santa Monica Farmer’s Market. Professor Alex Susskind discusses how restaurants are embracing operations and learning to shift costs to the consumer. Michelin-starred chef Dave Beran of Pasjoli shares how his menu shifted to takeout for this week’s edition of “In the Weeds.” Finally, J. Kenji López-Alt provides a science lesson on what happens when water boils.
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DineL.A. is the restaurant initiative of the Los Angeles Tourist Bureau DiscoverLA. For a long time, they’ve done twice yearly Restaurant Weeks, a promotion that allows restaurants to introduce themselves to new diners and remind lapsed regulars of what they’re missing. This time around, more than 250 restaurants are participating in Restaurant Week, which runs March 1-14.
Stacey Sun is VP of Member and Partner Services of Discover LA. She says, “As far as restaurants and their approach with dineL.A. this time around, I think overall, many of the restaurants are hopeful that dineL.A. will continue to drive much needed business to their restaurants, especially with the recent reopening of outdoor dining. Some restaurants are
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