hang out in this environment and you might see butterflies it, fennel, and then the lines. -- dandelions ada accessible. public transit is plentiful. we have conquered the steps, we have watched the dogs, and we have enjoyed a beautiful view. this is a place to take someone special on a romantic stroll and enjoyed a beautiful look out. welcome to corona heights located in the heart of this district. it offers a view of the downtown skyline, the bay bridge, and the east bay. it is one of the best kept secrets in the city. it is hardly ever crowded. on any given day, you will run into a few locals. , bought a 37 bus to get there without any parking worries. for legged friends can run freely. there is also a patch of grass for the small box. >> it is a great place. it is a wonderful place to have these kinds of parks. that dog owners appreciate it. >> take time to notice of the wildfires that are on the grassland and keep your head out on the lookout for hawks and other bird life. be sure to take your camera and be prepared to take a view of the city will not forget. it has a beautiful red

. >> governor brown, one of your biggest programs is realignment sending your fennels to county jails. is realignment a success or has it just moved the problem from the state to the counties? >> realignment is the biggest change in our prison system probably in the last 40 years. anything in government takes time. you're not going to get over it in a year or two. this is a long term process of realigning what the counties do and what the states do. and in realignment we said the lower offenders, the less offenders they should not come in and out of state prison lice a dk are -- like a revolving door. so as a result, the medical care was bad, the conditions were crowded and the u.s. supreme court made us reduce our population. in order to do that, we settled a lower offenders, those should take place at the county. but not just putting them in jail. we need mental health services, drug treatment, day reporting, monitoring by gps and with proposition 30, we guaranteed billions of dollars for local counties to pay for the programs. and it is working. that's why the people that carry it

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and orrag know inside here, and fennel seed also. and cook this up nicely.while, add beautiful, fresh peeled tomatoes. >> these are not canned like i buy. >> these are fresh. you can use canned. >> like short cuts. >> it's vegas, no judgments. >> i like that already. >> let it concentrate and cook down. and turn it into a tomato paint. >> it does. that just happens. you don't have to whisk it or anything? >> breaks down? >> you -- we cook and then blend it. and puree it as well. >> and what's different about black cod? >> it's a higher fat content. adds to the texture and the palate of it. makes it great. so what we do, just season it with salt. and then put it in this nice, hot pan, and sear it and cook it upside down. >> there's skin on the bottom. >> that's what we want to do. and after roasting it, take it, and roast it on the exterior of the cod. >> looks beautiful. >> thank you. and we have fennel, and concentrated tomatoes, cook at a low temperature for a little while. >> look. >> i thought you wanted know try it. >> central b >> central bow lee, we t

shanks, flank steak, ox tail, veal shanks, chicken, marrow bones, beef ribs, leeks, carrots, turnips, fennelthen served with its own deeply rich broth. >> think it's enough for the two of us? >> and then this. >> oh, my god. >> as if the chef had been listening to my deepest, darkest secret yearnings, the legendary yeve a la royale, an almost completely disappeared, incredibly difficult preparation of wild hare. the animal is first slowly cooked, then coated by a sauce of its own minced heart, liver and lungs that has been thickened with its own blood. after more than six hours of preparation, the hare is served as the chef prefers, whole on the bone, the rich glorious sauce finished with truffles and chartreuse. napeed over and over, until it coats like richest chocolate. absolutely the lost ark of the covenant of cuisine ancienne. >> everything great about cooking is encapsulated in this dish. >> we continue all over the world to make cuisine of paul many generations to come. forever. >> i will never eat like this again in my life. chef, merci. the meal of my life. >> today i was treated t

potato-filled pierogi and kielbasa simmered in white wine, thyme, and fennel seeds. fondue and pine nuts. followed by locally sourced lamb cooked perfectly. topped with sour cherries, mulberries, toasted pistachios, coriander and yogurt sauce. in what way does opening a fine dining restaurant in detroit benefit the majority of detroiters? >> how is it not making it better? how is sitting back not doing anything making it better? how is it buying only products in detroit, farmers in detroit, not helping detroit? i'm supplying detroit. i'm hiring people in detroit. everyone here lives in detroit. >> if i ask the same question, i say i don't [ muted ]. i'm doing it well. i'm doing it in a place i love. and i am demonstrating that yet another person gives a [ muted ], believes in it enough to be here. >> you're 100% right. i never really thought about it until you asked that question. it's like -- to me it's just obvious. >> what will the detroit of the future look like? whatever you may think it should look like, it will probably taste like this. imagine the luxury... o

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it's fennel and lemon juice and this great vinaigrette with mint and thyme. for you, right? >> they were making manhattan's in 14th century? >> well we are using some of the old ingredients. very interesting bitters in here made with cherries and amaretto-type liquor and then bourbon and, of course sweet vermouth, but the sweet vermouth has a very different taste. >> it's really smooth. >> very smooth. >> how does a guy who started off studying pre-med, prepharmacy, take such a different route? >> losing your mind probably i don't know. it was -- you know i enjoyed school. i wasn't the best student. but i was fascinated by pharmacy. i wanted to be a doctor. i was doing my understudy. i was working in restaurants at the time. i thought, well this is a lot more interesting, a lot more fun. i think i'd have a lot, you know, much more fun doing this. so i wasn't the best student and i thought, you know what maybe i'll see if i'm better at cooking. and apparently, i guess i did that right. >> you've been cooking actually since -- you were inspired very early on by

fennell and lelmon and thyme. >> what are we drinking? >> supposed 14th century manhattan.. there's very interesting bitters, cherries. made with cherries, am ameretto-type liquor and vermouth vermouth. >> very smooth. >> isn't it? >> how does a guy who started off studying premed prepharmacy, take a different route? >> losing your mind i guess? i don't know. i enjoyed school. i wasn't the best student but i was fascinated by pharmacy. i wanted to be a doctor. doing my understudy and also working in restaurants at the time. i thought, this is a lot more interesting. a lot more fun. i think i would have more fun doing this. i wasn't the best student and i thought, maybe i'll see if i'm better at cooking. apparently i did that right. >> you've been cooking since -- i mean you were inspired very early on by food. >> very early on. i started cooking probably when i was 8 or 10 years old. i know chefs always say that but i was from a big family seven kids so my mother loved having a little bit of a break. i cooked with my mother. when i was 10 years old i was fascinated by a rec