Cranberries require a flood of water during harvest. This week, third-generation cranberry grower Dawn Allen Gates tells us just what happens in a cranberry bog. Farming is hard work, but it can also be therapeutic. Michael O'Gorman explains how getting veterans out in the field can help deal with the damages of war. Food writer Jonathan Gold takes us to a hip new street in Palms for some Indonesian food. How about a chipa with your yerba mate? Good Food listener Natalia Goldberg tells us what tea time in Paraguay is like. Can pie be gender specific? Barbara Swell shares stories about her pie competition in rural Appalachia where they had a special category for men's pies. Still looking for WMD? You just might find them in your fridge. Arun Gupta explains how bacon is a weapon of mass destruction. Laura Avery finds fresh macadamia nuts at the Santa Monica Farmers Market.
After my interview with Scott Simon on Weekend Edition, so many people have asked for the recipe. So, without further ado...
ESPRESSO CHOCOLATE PECAN TART
In this recipe the Cocoa Nibs, coffee extract and bittersweet chocolate cut the sweetness of the traditional filling and add a deeper flavor.
1 (9-inch) unbaked or frozen deep-dish pie crust
6 oz. Bittersweet Chocolate, broken into chunks
3 eggs, slightly beaten
1 cup sugar
1 cup Karo® Light or Dark Corn Syrup
2 tablespoons butter, melted
1 ¼ cups pecans
¼ cup Sharffen Berger Cocoa Nibs*
1 Tablespoon Trablit Coffee Extract *
Can be found at Surfas in Culver City or at www.surfasonline.com
Preheat oven to 350°F.
Scatter the chunks of chocolate over the pie crust.
In medium bowl with fork beat eggs slightly. Add sugar, Karo®, butter and coffee extract and stir until blended. Stir in pecans and Cocoa Nibs. Pour into pie crust.
Bake 50 to 55 minutes or until knife inserted halfway between center and edge comes out clean. Cool on wire rack.
A lovely rich and savory side dish for a festive holiday dinner.
Hi Everyone,
If you missed entering the pie contest, please email Harriet Ells (harriet.ells@kcrw.com) to get on the wait list. We have tons of entries and we just want to make sure we can handle all of them.
Harriet will let you know by Tuesday afternoon if you are in the contest. If you already entered through the website, you should have received a confirmation email. If you didn't, please email Harriet.
Can't wait for Saturday!
Evan
For the first time ever honeybees have been allowed to flourish on the White House Lawn. They've provided the White House with a bumper crop of honey.
LA-based soul band Fitz & The Tantrums make breaking up sound good. Heartbreak may have inspired their recently released EP and the new songs they debuted this morning on Morning Becomes Eclectic, but it’s the funky way they swing it that makes them special. Eric J Lawrence previously noted that the single we’ve been spinning -- “Breakin’ the Chains of Love” – “is the catchiest up-tempo blue-eyed soul track in a long time, like a Tom Jones for the new millennium.” He even warned that the knickers might start flying Fitz’s way if he’s not careful. This is definitely a band that kills it in their live shows, from the first time I saw them at Spaceland to the studio this morning. They look good, they sound good and best of all they seem to be having fun. A highlight was “Pickin’ Up the Pieces of Love’ – written just this week and performed today for the very first time.
Check out the set here!
RR
Green skinned sapotes, also known as custard apple, and wrinkly purple passion fruit are found at Coleman Farm. Sapotes soften and turn yellow, then the skin can be rubbed off and the sweet soft fruit can barely hold its shape while eaten. Delicious, delicate and rare. Bumpy passion fruit is full of crunchy seeds and yellow-orange fleshy fibers. Puree for drinks or eat with a spoon. Wednesday, Saturday Santa Monica
Frisee and radicchio, bitter greens also found at Coleman Farm go great with sweet persimmons, salty cheese, almonds, walnuts and pecans in salad.
Chestnuts are very scarce this year. Nicholas Farm has them for about 2 more weeks at $8 per pound. Pierce with a knife and roast them in the oven or over the fire and eat them out of the shell, or use them in stuffing. Wednesday, Pico Santa Monica, Sunday Beverly Hills.
Bucheret goat cheese from Redwood Hill, a farmstead goat cheese maker from Sebastopol. Redwood Hill is a small family owned farm that produces prize winning goat cheeses including Camelia, Crottin, Cheddar, Raw Feta and 4 kinds of Chevre. Wednesday Santa Monica; also Whole Foods, Co-Opportunity and other Health Food Stores.
Walter Hole Avocados from JJ’s Lone Daughter Ranch. These are a rare winter variety similar to the Mexicola, which is primarily a root stock avocado. The thin skin is edible. Wednesday, Saturday Santa Monica; Sunday Hollywood
Did you know Tim Robbins’ father was a singer in a popular folk group? Neither did I! The actor has music in his blood and dropped by our studios to talk about how much it has defined his life – from the song his mother sang to him as a child to a track about the stark realities of “adult” love. He also pays tribute to his time living in LA, where he founded one of the city’s most accomplished theatrical institutions, The Actor's Gang. They are currently hosting a series of both free and fundraising events called the WTF Festival.
RR
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