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Hero Worship

Good things have been happening lately with SippitySup.

But this "takes the cake" in my book. You may not know this, but I work with celebrities regularly. I am very rarely star struck. So when I get all giddy, and at a loss for words. Then you know this is big in my world. KCRW’s Good Food is this big to me.

KCRW noticed my Mark Peel cabbage soup post and linked it to their websiste. KCRW is the Los Angeles area affliate for National Public Radio.  The station’s musical programming is revered for its "innovation, creativity and diversity by combining progressive pop, world beat, jazz, African, reggae, classical and new music". So, needless to say I am a devoted fan in that area alone.

But there is also tons of really great non-musical, original programing on a huge and diverse range of subjects. Evan Kleiman’s Good Food is one of these programs. It is billed as a "taste of life, culture and the human species." But to me it is a weekly look at food and what makes the people who love it tick. I always feel like she is talking directly to me. Her show has the knack for exploring some aspect of the foodie culture that I am thinking about anyway.

If I weren’t so busy following her, I’d swear she was following me (I’m kidding, calm down, I’m kidding).


Market Matters- Chomping at the the Savoy

savoy cabbageThis week at the Hollywood Farmers Market I chose cabbage. Not just any cabbage but the tastiest most prized cabbage of the entire Brassicaceae/Cruciferae family. Savoy cabbage.

I live in Southern California. There are only a couple of weeks a year that are not considered “growing season” in my particular Sunset: Western Garden zone 23 neighborhood. And those couple of weeks usually fall in January. So you really need to adapt yourself to the season and choose things that are at their peak right now.

One of these things is cabbage. Cabbage is wonderful. It has a slightly spicy taste. It is very high in calcium, and very high in vitamin-C. So it really is a good choice for the “cold and flu season”!

But what do you do with cabbage?

Well have you considered cabbage soup? I know what you are thinking – “Cabbage Soup? What year do you think this is Greg”? Besides (you opine) cabbage cooks up all stinky and slimy.