Listen 11 min MORE “It’s almost apocalyptic,” says Dawn Birch, describing the area surrounding her farm in Three Rivers. As the river and their holding ponds have dried up, she and her husband are digging their first well for the farm. Photo by Gillian Ferguson.
Market correspondent Gillian Ferguson catches up with Chef Carlos Salgado of
Taco Marìa in Costa Mesa. Salgado is loading up on stone fruit, which he uses in a chamoy and a peach salsa for his tacos. Next, Dawn Birch of
Flora Bella Farm is seeing the drought up close. In their 30 years of farming, she hasn’t experienced such extreme drought.
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Where does the dressing Thousand Island get its name? Artist Stacy Michelson knows the fun fact
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Listen 15 min MORE Stacy Michelson writes that avocados were considered a fatty food in the 1980s, then became a superfood in 2000. Image courtesy of Stacy Michelson.
LA-based artist Stacy Michelson decided a few years ago to illustrate every episode of Good Food for an entire year. Her food drawings are bright, colorful, and a lot of fun. Imagine an avocado that looks like it just came from a workout, or a champagne flute with cool sunglasses.
It includes tips and fun facts about some of the world’s favorite and sometimes misunderstood foods. For example: The ancient Egyptians created marshmallows. Pizza Hut was the biggest buyer of kale until the last decade. Mochi ice cream was created in LA. More than 11 billion avocados are consumed each year around the globe, and Americans eat them most on Super Bowl Sunday than any other day.