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Supervising Producer, 'Good Food' and 'Good Food on the Road'

Abbie Fentress Swanson started in radio as a freelance producer for The Takeaway in New York City. She moved on to cover arts and culture in the WNYC newsroom before heading to Missouri to report on food and farming for Harvest Public Media. Abbie was selected as a University of Michigan Knight-Wallace Fellow in 2014 and used the year-long fellowship to research the environmental impacts of meat and dairy production. She joins KCRW as our supervising producer of Good Food and Good Food on the Road.

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FROM Abbie Fentress Swanson

The relationship between race and food in the South

The relationship between race and food in the South A new history of the modern South looks at the intersection of race and food. Meantime, black farmers are still struggling to hang on to their land as a legal loophole works against them. Back in the kitchen, we hear about Asian dishes to make right now, get a history of the Kellogg’s corn flake, and Jonathan Gold reviews Bone Kettle.

56 MIN, 46 SEC Aug 19, 2017

Jonathan Gold dines at Bone Kettle in Pasadena

Good Food on the Road

Jonathan Gold dines at Bone Kettle in Pasadena This week, LA Times food critic Jonathan Gold dines at Bone Kettle in Pasadena. Find out which dishes Jonathan recommends and read his LA Times review.

3 MIN, 38 SEC Aug 18, 2017

The big cheese, a chef and perfumer pen a book, goat testicle soup

The big cheese, a chef and perfumer pen a book, goat testicle soup Chef Daniel Patterson and perfumer Mandy Aftel team up on a new book, “The Art of Flavor,” and Alma’s Ari Taymor on why he will pass on opening his own restaurant. We also talk native foods with Sean Sherman, a.k.a. The Sioux Chef, and trends in cheese with journalist Simran Sethi. Plus: Jonathan Gold reviews Hip Hot in Monterey Park and Gustavo Arellano eats goat testicle soup at Luc Dinh Ky.

56 MIN, 44 SEC Aug 12, 2017

Jonathan Gold dines at Hip Hot in Monterey Park

Good Food on the Road

Jonathan Gold dines at Hip Hot in Monterey Park Find out what kind of Sichuan seafood to order at Tiantian Qiu’s restaurant.

3 MIN, 38 SEC Aug 11, 2017

Becoming a food historian, peaches and retiring to the bakery

Becoming a food historian, peaches and retiring to the bakery Food historian Jessica Harris shares stories from her memoir and Christina Arokiasamy gives us a primer on Malaysian food. Mark Furstenberg explains his decision to open a bakery at age 76 and Jami Curl pivots from baked goods to candy at QUIN. Plus: Jonathan Gold reviews Cosa Buona and Laura Avery shops for peaches at the market.

56 MIN, 43 SEC Aug 05, 2017

Jonathan Gold dines at Cosa Buona in Echo Park

Good Food on the Road

Jonathan Gold dines at Cosa Buona in Echo Park Find out which pie to order at Zach Pollack’s reinvented corner pizzeria.

3 MIN, 45 SEC Aug 04, 2017

Appropriation in food, dulce de leche, mastering culinary technique

Appropriation in food, dulce de leche, mastering culinary technique Gustavo Arellano examines a case of cultural appropriation in breakfast burritos, and Samin Nosrat explains why salt, fat, heat and acid are the elements of good cooking. Plus: Josephine Caminos Orìa schools us on dulce de leche, Jonathan Gold reviews Rossoblu and Laura Avery gets a pitch for raw milk at the market.

56 MIN, 45 SEC Jul 29, 2017

Jonathan Gold dines at Rossoblu in the Fashion District

Good Food on the Road

Jonathan Gold dines at Rossoblu in the Fashion District Find out which Bolognese dishes to order at this new Italian restaurant.

3 MIN, 45 SEC Jul 28, 2017

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

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

56 MIN, 43 SEC Jul 22, 2017

Jonathan Gold dines at Michael's in Santa Monica

Good Food on the Road

Jonathan Gold dines at Michael's in Santa Monica This week, LA Times food critic Jonathan Gold revisits Michael’s in Santa Monica, a local favorite where al fresco dining is in season.

3 MIN, 42 SEC Jul 21, 2017

Tasting the Impossible Burger, salt, butter and spirulina

Tasting the Impossible Burger, salt, butter and spirulina We taste the latest vegan beef poseur on the market at Crossroads Kitchen, sample fancy salts with n/naka pastry chef Leslie Bilderback and learn about the history of butter-making from Elaine Khosrova. Plus: Jonathan Gold braves the lines at Pizzana in Brentwood, while Laura Avery shops for spirulina at the farmers market.

56 MIN, 46 SEC Jul 15, 2017

Jonathan Gold dines at Pizzana

Good Food on the Road

Jonathan Gold dines at Pizzana This week, Jonathan Gold braves the lines to try the neo-margherita pie at Pizzana in Brentwood.

3 MIN, 40 SEC Jul 14, 2017

Staying afloat in L.A.'s restaurant biz

Staying afloat in L.A.'s restaurant biz Opening and running a restaurant is a never-ending hustle and an unpredictable enterprise. A decade ago, Ohio State University researchers found that 6 out of 10 restaurants fail in their first year . More recent findings reveal the median lifespan of a restaurant in the western part of the US to be just 4½ years. We asked five restaurateurs to share their stories of life in the business.

56 MIN, 50 SEC Jul 08, 2017

Jonathan Gold dines at The Ponte

Good Food on the Road

Jonathan Gold dines at The Ponte In case you haven’t heard, Italian cuisine is back in the spotlight here in Los Angeles. This week, LA Times food writer Jonathan Gold sits down to one of the city’s most talked about plates of spaghetti at The Ponte.

3 MIN, 38 SEC Jul 07, 2017

What lies beneath the ocean waves

What lies beneath the ocean waves Whether you summer by the sea or indulge in a plate of sushi or ceviche now and then, we are far more dependent upon what lies beneath the ocean waves than we think. So we devote this week’s show to the complex ecosystems that live in the briny deep, inhabited by cod, branzino, oysters, mussels, sea vegetables and much more.

56 MIN, 46 SEC Jul 01, 2017

Banning loncheras, a history of pho and food in 'Twin Peaks'

Banning loncheras, a history of pho and food in 'Twin Peaks' Gustavo Arellano takes a stand against the Santa Ana City Council proposal to regulate street vendors. Lesley Balla reports on the cherry pie, coffee and donuts in “Twin Peaks.” Cara Tannenbaum and Andrea Tutunjian talk up their favorite nuts and seeds. Bob Holmes discusses how taste and smell affect flavor. Plus: A beef pho recipe and what to eat at Mas’ Chinese Islamic Restaurant.

56 MIN, 47 SEC Jun 24, 2017

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In 'Speechless,' Scott Silveri combines comedy, family & disability Scott Silveri has written and produced sitcoms for more than 20 years. In all that time, he never encountered a TV family that looked anything like the one he grew up in -- with a mom, a dad...and a brother with cerebral palsy. He changed that with his show Speechless on ABC. Silveri tells us about looking to his own past for stories, and why he was determined to make a family comedy and not just a "disability show."

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Press Play with Madeleine Brand

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50 MIN, 57 SEC Jun 05, 2017