Remembering Paul Prudhomme, The Jemima Code & Edible Monuments

Hosted by Evan Kleiman Oct. 17, 2015 Food & Drink

LA Times test kitchen director Noelle Carter pays tribute to the late chef, Paul Prudhomme. Food historian Toni Tipton Martin’s new book, The Jemima Code, reveals the untold African American culinary legacy. Plus, the new Edible Monuments: The Art of Food for Festivals exhibition opens at the Getty.

Photo: Paul Prudhomme (holga_new_orleans)

From this Episode:

Remembering Chef Paul Prudhomme

Former celebrity chef Paul Prudhomme brought national recognition to the culinary traditions of Louisiana's Creole and Cajun cuisine.

7 min

Let Them Eat Cake

Claire Ptak worked as a pastry chef at Chez Panisse before bringing her northern Californian sensibility to The Violet Bakery in London. By staying true to simple,...

10 min

The Jemima Code: Two Centuries of African American Cookbooks

The American South has given us one of our nation's most distinctive and varied regional cuisines. Yet, of the 100,000 recipe collections published over the last two...

13 min

Edible Monuments: The Art of Food for Festivals

Marcia Reed is chief curator at the Getty Research Institute . She discusses her current exhibition, Edible Monuments: The Art of Food for Festivals , which examines food...

9 min

Dining as Theater: Contemporary Riffs on Past Trends

Pulitzer Prize-winning food writer Jonathan Gold probably spends more time in restaurants than anyone else and has seen decades of popular dining trends come and go. He...

6 min

Jonathan Gold Reviews Colonia Publica

Jonathan Gold is the Pulitzer Prize-winning food writer for the LA Times. This week he reviews Colonia Publica , a “gastro-cantina” in Whittier. Chef Ricardo Diaz’s...

7 min

Market Report

Laurel Almerinda is the pastry chef at Cassia and, along with Zoe Nathan, runs the bakery at Milo & Olive and Huckleberry. This week, she's shopping for tropical...

5 min