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SAVOR SAN DIEGO WITH SU-MEI YU: Green Goddess Goes To Market

Host Su-Mei Yu (center) visits the da Siva family at Bella Vado Splendid Oils in Valley Center to learn about their avocado oil.
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Host Su-Mei Yu (center) visits the da Siva family at Bella Vado Splendid Oils in Valley Center to learn about their avocado oil.

Airs Thursday, Oct. 6, 2016 at 8:30 p.m. on KPBS TV

Food is at the heart of many of San Diego’s most fascinating stories. Our food community is vibrant, diverse and unique, full of history, passionate people and delicious treasures. Join Su-Mei Yu, noted local cook, author and restaurant owner, as she explores and cooks her way around San Diego sharing the captivating tales of our culinary bounty on SAVOR SAN DIEGO.

Host Su-Mei Yu (right) heads to Hillcrest's Whole Foods Market to discover how local products like Bella Vado find their way onto area retail shelves.
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Host Su-Mei Yu (right) heads to Hillcrest's Whole Foods Market to discover how local products like Bella Vado find their way onto area retail shelves.
Green Goddess Thai Salad - Fried Avocado Salad with Avocado Oil Dressing
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Green Goddess Thai Salad - Fried Avocado Salad with Avocado Oil Dressing

"Green Goddess Goes To Market" - In this episode, Su-Mei Yu visits Bella Vado Splendid Oils in Valley Center to learn both about the process of making avocado oil and the family behind this unusual “Green Goddess” product.

She then heads to Hillcrest's Whole Foods Market to discover how local products like Bella Vado find their way onto area retail shelves. Su-Mei also demonstrates a refreshing, easily made and Thai-accented salad that uses fresh avocados and Bella Vado’s deluxe oil.

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SAVOR SAN DIEGO is on Facebook, and you can follow @saffronsd on Twitter. Su-Mei Yu is the owner of the award-winning Saffron Thai Grilled Chicken, San Diego’s first authentic Thai restaurant.

ABOUT CHEF SU-MEI YU

Su-Mei Yu is a celebrated San Diego chef, restaurateur and cookbook author. Her cookbooks include "Asian Grilling," the 2000 IACP Award-winning "Cracking the Coconut," and "The Elements of Life: A Contemporary Guide to Thai Cooking and Traditions for Healthier Living."

Su-Mei Yu, a celebrated San Diego chef, restaurateur and cookbook author.
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Su-Mei Yu, a celebrated San Diego chef, restaurateur and cookbook author.

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"Savor San Diego with Su-Mei Yu" by Monica Medina

Su-Mei is a frequent contributor to Fine Cooking magazine, the Bangkok Post, and the U-T San Diego. She is chef-owner of the acclaimed Saffron restaurants in San Diego, California and has made numerous appearances on national television programs such as the Today Show, Good Morning America, and Martha Stewart Living. She is a regular and popular morning show guest on local news programs as well because of her outgoing and high energy personality along with her delicious and healthful cooking tips.

Born of Chinese parents in Thailand, she came to America to attend boarding school at the age of fifteen, and worked as a social worker and as an assistant professor at San Diego State University before opening Saffron, one of San Diego’s first authentic Thai restaurants in Mission Hills in 1985.

Su-Mei later expanded the Saffron brand with Saffron Noodles & Sate, a comfortable eatery with indoor and outdoor seating. Located next to each other, both restaurants have become San Diego favorites featuring traditional Thai dishes made from recipes Su-Mei learned as a child in Thailand.

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Saffron’s menus offer guests delicious and affordable fare prepared with Su-Mei’s philosophy of “food for the mind, body and soul.”

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