Good Food

Good Food

Evan Kleiman's taste of life, culture and the human species.

If RuPaul, Rose Nylund, and Julia Child had a baby, she'd be Bertha Mason, a Midwestern, pie-baking drag queen with a killer sour cream and raisin pie recipe.

Meet Bertha Mason, the Midwest's favorite pie-baking drag queen

If RuPaul, Rose Nylund, and Julia Child had a baby, she'd be Bertha Mason, a Midwestern, pie-baking drag queen with a killer sour cream and raisin pie recipe.

Want to improve your odds of winning at our PieFest? It might help to know who's judging.

Meet the PieFest 2023 judges

Want to improve your odds of winning at our PieFest? It might help to know who's judging.

Neither rain nor hail can stop chefs from frequenting the Wednesday Santa Monica Farmers Market.

Torrential rains put a damper on the availability of early spring fruit at the farmers market

Neither rain nor hail can stop chefs from frequenting the Wednesday Santa Monica Farmers Market.

"Fresh is boring," says fishmonger Liwei Liao, who operates The Joint, one of only a handful of places that's dry-aging fish in the U.S.

Liwei Liao is 'conditioning' some of LA's most coveted fish

"Fresh is boring," says fishmonger Liwei Liao, who operates The Joint, one of only a handful of places that's dry-aging fish in the U.S.

Shanita Nicholas and Amanda-Jane Thomas left their legal careers in the rearview mirror to open a community-focused coffee shop in Inglewood.

At Sip & Sonder, coffee is the starting point for connection

Shanita Nicholas and Amanda-Jane Thomas left their legal careers in the rearview mirror to open a community-focused coffee shop in Inglewood.

From Haruki Murakami's stir fry to Maurice Sendak's chicken soup with rice, Adrienne LaFrance recalls the 12 most unforgettable descriptions of food in literature.

Food in literature lets us explore the world, especially when we can't travel

From Haruki Murakami's stir fry to Maurice Sendak's chicken soup with rice, Adrienne LaFrance recalls the 12 most unforgettable descriptions of food in literature.

Born in a refugee camp in Thailand, Visoth Tarak Ouk aka Chef T became a pillar of the Khmer community in SoCal, where he helped organize the first Long Beach Cambodian Restaurant…

How chef Visoth Tarak Ouk became a leader of Long Beach's Khmer community

Born in a refugee camp in Thailand, Visoth Tarak Ouk aka Chef T became a pillar of the Khmer community in SoCal, where he helped organize the first Long Beach Cambodian Restaurant…

Joe and Celia Ward-Wallace are taking the food and drink of South LA Cafe to the Natural History Museum.

South LA Cafe comes to the Natural History Museum

Joe and Celia Ward-Wallace are taking the food and drink of South LA Cafe to the Natural History Museum.

James Beard award-winning chef Margarita Manzke drops some knowledge on how to win a ribbon at the KCRW's Good Food Piefest & Contest.

Baking queen Margarita Manzke shares her cream pie trade secrets

James Beard award-winning chef Margarita Manzke drops some knowledge on how to win a ribbon at the KCRW's Good Food Piefest & Contest.

Bill Addison finds Shanghainese cuisine among a field of Sichuan-dominant restaurants.

Bill Addison reviews WangJia in San Gabriel

Bill Addison finds Shanghainese cuisine among a field of Sichuan-dominant restaurants.

Tejal Rao asks: Are fungi here to destroy us or save us?

How accurate is the mushroom apocalypse in 'The Last of Us'?

Tejal Rao asks: Are fungi here to destroy us or save us?

Sassy comedian Thelma Todd and acclaimed director Preston Sturges had thriving second acts as restaurateurs — until they didn't.

The tragic end of LA’s first celebrity restaurants

Sassy comedian Thelma Todd and acclaimed director Preston Sturges had thriving second acts as restaurateurs — until they didn't.

Pi Day — March 14 — is a perfect occasion to try out these tempting sweet and savory pie recipes. We’ll take any excuse when it comes to pie.

5 delicious pie recipes for Pi Day

Pi Day — March 14 — is a perfect occasion to try out these tempting sweet and savory pie recipes. We’ll take any excuse when it comes to pie.

Tejal Rao talks about the beauty, the versatility, and the wow factor of savory pie.

Exploring the world of savory pies with Tejal Rao

Tejal Rao talks about the beauty, the versatility, and the wow factor of savory pie.

JR Ryall went from student to pastry chef at Ballymaloe House in County Cork, Ireland.

Desserts at Ballymaloe House start with seaweed and end with coffee meringue

JR Ryall went from student to pastry chef at Ballymaloe House in County Cork, Ireland.

Historian Hadley Meares uncovers two of LA's earliest celebrity restaurants.

LA's earliest celebrity restaurants were a smashing success — until they weren't

Historian Hadley Meares uncovers two of LA's earliest celebrity restaurants.

"The McSatan" and "The Bruja" are on the menu at Evil Cooks where Alex Garcia and Elvia Huerta are on a mission to "Make Tacos Great Again."

Making tacos metal with Evil Cooks

"The McSatan" and "The Bruja" are on the menu at Evil Cooks where Alex Garcia and Elvia Huerta are on a mission to "Make Tacos Great Again."

Lingua Franca pastry chef Kirstin Bliss peels off the restaurant's opening dessert menu with blood oranges.

Blissed out by winter citrus at Lingua Franca

Lingua Franca pastry chef Kirstin Bliss peels off the restaurant's opening dessert menu with blood oranges.

The Ramona Vine has been around longer than the U.S. has been a country. And the first winery in the city of LA since Prohibition has found a unique use for its heritage grapes.

A local winery cultivates LA's oldest grapevine to make a modern wine

The Ramona Vine has been around longer than the U.S. has been a country. And the first winery in the city of LA since Prohibition has found a unique use for its heritage grapes.

The KCRW Good Food Piefest & Contest returns to UCLA on Sunday, April 30.

Pick up thy fork and dig into pie: The KCRW Good Food PieFest & Contest returns

The KCRW Good Food Piefest & Contest returns to UCLA on Sunday, April 30.