Good Food

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.

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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.

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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.

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.

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.