West Kevin - The Grand Central Market cookbook: cuisine and culture from downtown Los Angeles

APPENDIX: THE GRAND CENTRAL MARKET COOKBOOK RECIPE LIST BY VENDOR

ANA MARIA

BELCAMPO

BENTO YA

BERLIN CURRYWURST

CHILES SECOS

CHINA CAFE

CLARK STREET BREAD

COURAGE & CRAFT

DISTRICT MARKET

DTLA CHEESE & KITCHEN

EGGSLUT

G & B COFFEE

GOLDEN ROAD BREWING

HORSE THIEF

JOSE CHIQUITO

KNEAD & CO

LA HUERTA

LA TOSTADERA

MADCAPRA

MARKET RECIPE

MCCONNELLS

OLIO

THE OYSTER GOURMET

PRAWN

PRESS BROTHERS JUICERY

RAMEN HOOD

ROAST TO GO

SARITAS PUPUSERIA

STICKY RICE

STICKY RICE II

TACOS TUMBRAS A TOMAS

TORRES PRODUCE

VALERIAS

VALERIE CONFECTIONS

VILLA MORELIANA

WEXLERS DELI

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

FROM ADELE:

Three families over these one hundred years have nurtured and reinvented the Market to meet the needs of their respective generations. In creating this book, I wish to honor the Laughlin family, the Lyon family, and Ira Yellin for their commitment to the Market and the city of Los Angeles. They allowed the Market to grow, thrive, and change.

So many people helped Ira during his tenure at Grand Central Marketfar too many to name here. What falls to me now is to thank the people who helped me transform the Market on my watch. First, I want to acknowledge the development firm RM|d for their help refocusing our project. Next, Christophe Farber has been our business director extraordinaire. Joseph Shuldiner and Kevin West, partners in Headspace Consulting, brought to us ideas and chefs that matched my vision. Their taste and creativity is evident throughout the space. (Thank you to Kevin a second time for writing this book and to Braden Graeber for helping with the recipes.)

I also want to acknowledge Jim Yeager and Roberta Silverman from breakwhitelight for their astute PR management; my lawyer and friend Richard Moss for his support and advice; the late Ron Rogers; architects Brenda Levin and Andrea Rawlings; and designers Roxanne Danner and Clark Stiles at Ludlow Kingsley.

A special thank-you to the dedicated group who make the Market run every day: Benito Chavez, Gina Mellendrez, Tulia Williams, Todd Videon, and Farshad Moray. Thank you also to Filomena Eriman, Anne Peaks, and Massimo Avincola for their years of work.

My thanks are due to the city of Los Angeles and the City Council for supporting Iras idea at the beginning, when it seemed like an impossible feat, and for believing in my vision and continuing to support the Market during the past five years. In particular, I want to acknowledge Councilmember Jos Huizar for his Bringing Back Broadway initiative, and Jessica Wetherington McClain, its executive director. I am also grateful to Mayor Eric Garcetti and the staffs at the MTA and CRA.

Last and certainly not least are my family and closest friends, who have lived with me through the ups and downs of this project. Thanks to my Sunday walking group: Aileen Adams, Kathleen Brown, Diane Cooke, Janet Rappaport, Heidi Schulman, and Diane Wayne. To my family friends Art and Dahlia Bilger, Toni and Bruce Corwin, Nancy Englander and Harold Williams, Liz Familian, Marcia and Paul Herman, Mickey Kantor, Lynn Rosenfeld, and Lisa Specht. To my assistant, Leslie Hopp. And, with special warmth, thank you to my loving and supportive children, Seth Yellin and Jessica Yellin, and my daughter-in-law, Jenny Comita. Everyone has made a significant contribution in his or her own way.

FROM KEVIN:

The biggest debt of gratitude for this bookand for the revitalization of Grand Central Marketgoes to the remarkable vendors who give the place its reason to be. They make GCM a gathering place for the cuisines and cultures of Los Angeles, and their recipes made this book possible. Thank you all, each and every one.

Endless thanks to Adele Yellin, the Boss Lady of Grand Central Market. I continue to be amazed that back in 2012 Adele chose me and Joseph Shuldiner to advise her despite our complete lack of relevant credentials. Im honored to have had the chance to help shape the Markets revitalization and tell its stories. Likewise, special thanks to Adeles daughter-in-law and my old colleague, Jenny Comita. A fortune-teller in Paris once told me that a coworker would someday reappear in my life and unexpectedly change my direction; I never understood until Jenny introduced me to Adele and GCM.

In one sense, this book happened because of Jim Yeager, who caught hold of a fugitive thought and developed the idea of creating a GCM cookbook as part of the centennial anniversary celebration. In the early stages of putting it together, Andrea Alonsos charm and quick thinking gave the project a jump start. In the later stages, Benito Chavezs persistence and steady humor insured that the last threads got tied up. Christophe Farber had a handor, rather, a wordin all stages of the books creation, from the first conversation to the last page proofs. Throughout, I relied on his smarts, sarcasm, pitch-perfect ear, and Solomonic judgment, and I trusted his opinion (on nonculinary matters, at least) more than anyones, including my own. Thanks, Farber.

Editor Amanda Englander had envisioned what this cookbook could be even before Jim brought the idea to Adele and the GCM team. I am deeply grateful to her for her intuitive grasp of what makes the Market unique and her ability to translate that spirit of community onto the page. I equally doff my hat to the rest of the Clarkson Potter team, especially Stephanie Huntwork, Laura Palese, Ada Yonenaka, Philip Leung, Kathy Brock, and Sara Rennert for their roles in creating a cookbook that looks and feels as vibrant, busy, and alive as the Market itself, and to Natasha Martin and Carolyn Gill for getting it in front of the world.

Photographer Johnny Autry and his assistant, Nick Iway, brought to bear an incredible work ethic and an admirable sense of creative calm under challenging conditions. Their weeklong shoot coincided almost to the hour with the heaviest rainstorms to drench LA in over a decade, yet Johnnys pictures somehow captured the Market precisely as I had come to know it over the four previous years of drought and endless sunshine. Charlotte Autrys food styling in the studio was also masterful, the happy result of abundant talent and a self-effacing ego. Shes also the nicest person youd ever want to meet.

My longtime agent, David Kuhn, and his colleague Kate Mack of Aevitas Creative Management once again showed the keen commitment, insight, and ongoing support that makes a project like this possible. Thank you especially to Kate for her tireless work.