Good Food
Cooking in Prison, The Art of the Work Lunch, Wild Food Lab
Daniel Genis spent 10 years in prison, and tells us about his experience cooking and eating behind bars. We also hear about the deluge of free food in Hollywood writers’ rooms. Plus, we talk to LA’s premier foragers about how they extract the flavors of California.
By Evan Kleiman • • 57m ListenDaniel Genis spent 10 years in prison, and tells us about his experience cooking and eating behind bars. We also hear about the deluge of free food in Hollywood writers’ rooms. Plus, we talk to LA’s premier foragers about how they extract the flavors of California.
Banner Image Credit: Mia Wasilevich
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6 storiesCooking in Prison
Daniel Genis spent ten years in New York State prisons and recently wrote a piece for the Daily Beast about learning to cook behind bars. He was also the subject of a recent New Yorker profile .
Read the story21 minWhat the Writers of 'Community' Eat for Lunch
Monica Padrick writes for Community - formerly on NBC, the show was just picked up by Yahoo. She wrote an article about the elaborate (and abundant) free food on set for Lucky Peach called “Introduction to Decision Fatigue Related Eating.”
Read the story8 minLunch at the Shop
Peter Miller owns an architecture and design bookstore in Seattle and is the author of the book Lunch at the Shop, an ode to taking the time to make lunch at work. Lunch at the Shop is also the latest KCRW Cookbook Club Pick. Find out how you can become a member here .
Read the story7 minWild Food Lab
Pascal Baudar and Mia Wasilevich run the Wild Food Lab , a sort of California alchemists den full of wild vinegar, insect sugar and foraged materials that are infused, dehydrated and tinkered with in an effort to extract the true flavors of California.
Read the story8 minJonathan Gold Reviews Pot
Jonathan Gold is the Pulitzer Prize winning food writer for the Los Angeles Times. This week he reviews Pot, Roy Choi’s most recent restaurant that pays homage to the food he grew up with—traditional Korean hot pot.
Read the story6 minMarket Report
Laura Avery talks to David LeFevre , chef/owner of MB Post and Fishing with Dynamite in Manhattan Beach. The chef is shopping for melons, padron and shishito peppers and tomatoes this week at the farmers market. Mark Carpenter is the farmer behind Coastal Farms. He is known for his tomatoes, including Evan’s famous sauce tomato .
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