Food on the Screen: New Orleans and the Central Valley

Hosted by Evan Kleiman Jun. 04, 2016 Food & Drink

Food is having its moment on the screen, from reality shows about baking and TV shows set in restaurants to films about food trucks and Netflix specials featuring the world's top chefs. Are these portrayals changing how we view food? We tap writer Lolis Eric Elie and filmmaker Rodrigo Reyes for some answers. Then we try apricots, salmon and tonkatsu with Valerie Gordon, Diane Morgan and Jonathan Gold before the Kitchen Sisters take us out with “Black Chefs, White House.” And tune in next week for more from our Food on the Screen series.

Photo from the documentary film Lupe under the Sun

From this Episode:

Here's how to write you, dear audience, into a New Orleans kitchen

Lolis Eric Elie is, as he puts it, a food writer from New Orleans who fell into television writing.

15 min

Documenting the lives of peach pickers in the Central Valley

It's not so unusual to watch food being prepared and eaten on-screen. But what about everything behind-the scenes involved in getting our food to the table? The new film...

8 min

Salmon, 45 ways

Salmon is one of the most popular fish in North America and it is back in season now. As with any fish in demand, there are concerns about sustainability and supply.

12 min

An apricot love affair

Sometimes a fruit simply should not be missed. That's the case with the Golden Sweet, an apricot variety that's tantalizingly sweet and tart at the same time. You can find...

6 min

Here's the deal with tonkatsu, as per Jonathan Gold

I know we've been talking a lot about pork chops on the show lately, but here's another chop to try, this time of the Viennese-Japanese persuasion. Tonkatsu is a fillet or...

7 min

Black Chefs, White House

Some kitchen stories are complicated — full of mystery and missing pieces — the truth hidden by time. No photographs to capture them, little historical record to go on. "...

7 min