Croissants, ‘Party Down,’ Passover cooking

Good Food

KCRW

Society & Culture

4.5 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 1 April 2023

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Kate Reid was a successful Formula 1 engineer who designed race cars before shifting gears to make croissants. Jennifer Yee makes vegan croissants at Bakers Bench, where she uses a plant-based substitute for butter. Tejal Rao breaks down "Party Down," the series about the mundane lives of LA cater waiters. Chanie Apfelbaum puts a fresh spin on Passover favorites while remaining "Totally Kosher." Paula Forbes weighs in on the great bay leaf debate.

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0:00.0	From KCRW, I'm Evan Kliman. You're listening to good food.
0:05.0	It's hard to make a crescent.
0:09.0	It takes three days to make a crescent.
0:12.0	You can make a human in that bathroom.
0:15.4	You cannot make a crescent in that bathroom.
0:19.0	Like, how many people here have successfully made a crescent? How many people here have successfully made a chrysant.
0:23.0	How many people here have accidentally made a humid?
0:27.0	And those two people are never the same
0:30.0	because chrysant makers are planners.
0:32.0	Michelle Woolley because croissant makers are planners.
0:36.0	Michelle Wolf is not joking. Quasants are hard.
0:38.0	Just ask aerospace engineer turn Baker Kate Reed.
0:42.0	She was a successful Formula One engineer who
0:45.6	designed race cars before she turned her eye to Vinozaree. With a high
0:50.4	acting career, she'd blow off steam by baking,
0:53.7	until one day she realized that she wanted to change lanes
0:57.6	and steer her life in a different direction.
1:00.6	Kate operates the celebrated bakery Loon Quacentre in Melbourne, Australia, and her
1:06.8	quacent's rival those made anywhere in France. Her new book is Loon,
1:12.2	Quacent's all day all night.
1:14.8	Hi Kate.
1:16.2	Hi, Evan, I am not sure I've heard someone pronounce Quacentery
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