Playing With Food
Fr. Ian Delinger hosts this fun monthly segment of "Issues & Ideas" about unique ways of looking at and preparing everyday foods on the California Central Coast.
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Chinese Hand-Pulled Noodles (opens the original)
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After years of searching on the Central Coast, it wasn’t until well after the pandemic that two Chinese restaurants in SLO offered hand-pulled noodles. The Playing With Food Team visited Shake Shake Fresh Noodle to learn how they are made.
Playing With Garlic (opens the original)
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Who doesn’t love garlic? It makes all food taste better, plus it’s got loads of health benefits: it can lower blood pressure and cholesterol, improve athletic performance and possibly even help you live longer! When we think of growing garlic, we think of Gilroy, the Garlic Capital of the World, that’s 2hrs away! But garlic is also grown right here on the Central Coast. So, the Playing With Food Team ventured down to Arroyo Grande.
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