Travels in Spain, Slow Food, 'Adventures in Starry Kitchen'

Hosted by Evan Kleiman Jul. 22, 2017 Food & Drink

Joann Lo and Jose Oliva discuss their work with the Food Chain Workers Alliance, and Simran Sethi files a field report from Slow Food Nations in Denver. Nguyen Tran shares more “Adventures in Starry Kitchen,” and Matt Goulding travels to Spain with chef José Andrés, barnacle hunters and cider makers. Plus, summer squash at the market, and Jonathan Gold dines at Michael’s in Santa Monica.

From this Episode:

Repping workers along the food chain

Almost one-third of the people who plant, harvest, process, pack, transport, prepare, serve and sell the foods we consume are struggling to feed their own families. That’s...

12 min

A field report from Slow Food Nations

Slow Food Nations , a festival “to taste and explore the world of good, clean and fair food for all” took place in Denver, Colorado, last weekend. Our contributor Simran...

8 min

'Adventures in Starry Kitchen'

On his last visit to the KCRW studios, Nguyen Tran made a plea that we save his balls. The balls in question were the crispy, green vegan tofu balls he served out of his...

11 min

Jonathan Gold dines at Michael's

Jonathan Gold enjoys a taste of California cuisine this week on one of this city’s loveliest restaurant patios at Michael’s in Santa Monica. It’s an establishment that’s...

7 min

'Grape, Olive, Pig'

The last time we spoke with Matt Goulding , co-founder of Roads & Kingdoms, it was to hear about his book, “ Rice, Noodle, Fish ,” and a revelatory trip to Japan....

11 min

The Market Report: Summer squash

It’s summertime, and that means there’s no shortage of fresh seasonal produce at our local farmers markets. This week, Laura Avery shops for summer squash with Daniel...

6 min