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KCRW's Good Food

  • Seeds, soil science, flavors of wood, untamed food

    15 AUG 2020 · This week’s episode of Good Food is devoted to wonder — the soil beneath our feet, the trees growing toward the sky, the marvel of the last wild foods on Earth. Dr. Rattan Lal has devoted his work to the land and describes the connections...
    57m 20s
  • Eating al fresco, wild salmon, Indian vegetarian, peaches

    8 AUG 2020 · The City of Santa Monica has made it easier for restaurants to return to business by accommodating outdoor seating in parking zones. A new documentary focuses on the threat to the last fully intact salmon run on earth. Inspired by a visit to India,...
    57m 9s
  • Postpartum rituals, Koreatown closure, COVID on farms

    1 AUG 2020 · Rituals often surround food, including the Chinese tradition of caring for new mothers during postpartum recovery. One of Koreatown’s most beloved mom and pop restaurants closed this week. California farmworkers have historically fought for basic...
    57m 5s
  • Restaurant pivots, community fridges, apricots

    25 JUL 2020 · Good Food continues coverage of innovative moves by chefs and restaurateurs to stay in business during the pandemic. Community refrigerators are popping up across the city to feed those in need. Plus, eggplants are cropping up at the Santa Monica...
    57m 9s
  • Restaurant fragility, frontline employees, worker resources

    18 JUL 2020 · Restaurants have been a key “third space.” Not home and not work, they’re a gathering place where people can recharge, relax, enjoy some food and drinks between the pressures of work or home. Given socializing constraints, economic pressure,...
    56m 36s
  • Weaponizing food, lunch for teachers, Romanian cuisine

    11 JUL 2020 · Good Food examines the ways food has been weaponized to create stereotypes and stigmatization. On the flipside, Chef Roy Choi shares how he is spreading love by cooking for teachers with a new food delivery app. Plus, Romanian cuisine is a melting...
    57m 6s
  • Green Book guide, food as protest, Zora Neale Hurston

    4 JUL 2020 · Good Food is taking the day to reflect on the word “independence.” In a 1979 commencement speech at Barnard University, Toni Morrison spoke to the graduating class of women about freedom and power. “You are moving in the direction of freedom....
    57m 9s
  • Whole hog barbecue, grilling, summer vegetables

    27 JUN 2020 · “When a people who have fundamentally defined American barbecue for 300 years in the roughest, darkest hours of America have been overlooked, it’s a tragedy,” says Dr. Howard Conyers. Dr. Conyers is a rocket scientist at NASA, as well as a...
    56m 34s
  • Queer hospitality, restaurant reopenings, sandwiches

    20 JUN 2020 · This week has been a roller coaster for the queer and trans community. First, there was the news that the current administration rolled back protections that prohibited discrimination in health care against trans patients. Last weekend, thousands...
    56m 35s
  • Black farmers, Juneteenth, cooking solo

    13 JUN 2020 · Historically, Black-operated farms have been excluded from USDA relief. Now, similar concerns are brewing with the distribution of funds from the $2 trillion CARES (Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security) Act passed in March. Juneteenth,...
    57m 35s

Your weekly treat from Evan Kleiman. By tuning in to Good Food you can discover great restaurants that you've never heard of the politics of consumption explorations of cultures through...

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Your weekly treat from Evan Kleiman. By tuning in to Good Food you can discover great restaurants that you've never heard of the politics of consumption explorations of cultures through their food customs and some of the most interesting people who devote their lives to various elements of the food supply.
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