Good Food

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Good Food episodes

October 23Nik Sharma Wonders Why Flavor is So Important to Humans
This week on Good Food:
Molecular biologist Nik Sharma uses science-forward thinking to deepen flavor and better understand cause and effect in the kitchen.
Jamie Feldmar reports on the AI-powered robots built to kill fish via the Japanese process of ikejime.
Connect with Good Food host Evan Kleiman on Substack.
26 min
October 21David Lebovitz and His Wonderful World of Chocolate
This week on Good Food:
Chocolate devotee David Lebovitz credits the ingredient with sweetening his ex-pat life in Paris.
Robert Simonson enters the spirit world of bourbon and rye cocktails.
Connect with Good Food host Evan Kleiman on Substack.
36 min
October 16Pasta Grannies Eat a Little Bit of Everything
This week on Good Food:
Vicky Bennison, the founder of Pasta Grannies, shares and documents nonna-approved regional recipes.
On the Market Report, farmer Alex Frecker talks Honeynut, Delicata and Kabocha squash while chef Marco Gagliardi plans a squash, chickpea, and kale soup that riffs on two classic cuisines.
Connect with Good Food host Evan Kleiman on Substack.
22 min
October 14Chinese Restaurants in the San Gabriel Valley after Jonathan Gold
This week on Good Food:
Frank Shyong reminisces about the San Gabriel Valley's Jonathan Gold era and we check in with David Chan, the LA attorney who has eaten at 6,000 Chinese restaurants and aims to visit every one in Los Angeles.
When Joyce Tang took up baking after quitting her job at Facebook, she dreamed of making pastries that mimicked the flavors she came to love as an American-born Chinese kid.
Connect with Good Food host Evan Kleiman on Substack.
37 min
October 09Inside The NY Times' 50 Best Restaurants List, From the Critic Who Helped Build It
This week on Good Food:
Six of America's 50 best restaurants are in California. Restaurant critic Tejal Rao reveals why Jacaranda, Comal, and Yeratmas Bakery & Deli made the cut.
Perilla's Jihee Kim makes a corn salad with yuzu and doenjang while Apricot Lane Farms' Nathan McCallie is losing avocados and picking lettuce early.
Connect with Good Food host Evan Kleiman on Substack.
24 min
October 07Black Forager Sees a Meal Where You See Weeds
This week on Good Food:
In Happy Snacking, Don't Die, Alexis Nikole Nelson, AKA Black Forager, turns overlooked plants into cordials, cookies, and lox.
Farmer Megan Strom and chef Juan González talk about turning Mesa Agrícola, their farm-to-taco project, into one of America's best restaurants.
Connect with Good Food host Evan Kleiman on Substack.
31 min
October 05 Bonus Episode: Vanessa Anderson aka Grocery Goblin brings storytelling to the aisles
KCRW’s Good Food partnered with Grocery Goblin for “In-Store Stories,” a series of readings this fall. The first in the series centered around the theme of lunchtime, where listeners filled the aisles at Sabzee Market in Encino. Vanessa Anderson shares why she chose the themes for her five storytellers. Chef Angel Dimayuga reveals their father’s uncredited idea for the McDonald’s Extra Value Meal and journalist Lauren Bethke eats nachos with a dominatrix and her gimp at an LA diner.
Egg is the theme for our next In-Store Stories event at Fresco Community Market on Sunday, October 18. Purchase tickets here.
32 min
October 02Hummus Is Just the Front Door
This week on Good Food:
Growing up in wartime Beirut, Jad Youssef's family table was a refuge. In Lebnani, the chef shares the dishes that got his family through.
Date farmer Alvaro Bautista explains which of his seven varieties are "juicy juicies" while pastry chef Steph Chen of Sugarbear Bakes adds Medjools to a carrot cake.
Connect with Good Food host Evan Kleiman on Substack.
26 min
September 30The Indian Food America Was Missing
This week on Good Food:
Chef Meherwan Irani sold cars and imported jewelry before finding his true calling — bringing India's street food to the masses.
Khushbu Shah surveys LA's vanishing Indian lunch buffets for her new series, Value Meal.
Connect with Good Food host Evan Kleiman on Substack.
37 min
September 25The Hunger We've Learned to Live With
This week on Good Food:
After decades of covering famine abroad, journalist Roger Thurow asks why we allow hunger to persist in the world's wealthiest nation.
Chez Mar chef Wesley Barden poaches Asian pears for a French salad while farmer Phil Rhodes explains why this year's harvest is so small.
Connect with Good Food host Evan Kleiman on Substack.
27 min