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America, Your Food Is So Gay, Bro-Chef Culture, LA's Poke Explosion
This week restaurateur Jen Agg talks about the prevailing "bro" culture in the restaurant industry and journalist John Birdsall explores the decidedly un-bro origins of America's modern food culture. Plus, Zach Brooks uncovers eight new Hawaiian inspired poke restaurants in Los Angeles.
By Evan Kleiman • • 57m ListenPhoto: Zach Brooks
In this episode
7 storiesBro-chef Kitchen Culture
Restaurateur Jen Agg is the restaurateur behind the Black Hoof , Rhum Corner and Cocktail Bar in Toronto. She addresses the rampant spread of "bro-y" culture in restaurant kitchens. Music: "It's a Man's World" by James Brown
Read the story9 minAmerica, Your Food Is So Gay
John Birdsall won a James Beard Award for his Lucky Peach article, " America, Your Food Is So Gay . " He chronicles how three gay men -- James Beard, Richard Olney, and Craig Claiborne -- were instrumental in crafting our modern food culture. Music: "Oooooh" by De la Soul
Read the story10 minWhat Exactly Is Big Gay Ice Cream?
Big Gay Ice Cream is the brainchild of Doug Quint and Bryan Petroff who decided in the summer of 2009 that it would be fun to have an ice cream truck. After two successful Big Gay Ice Cream pop-ups in Los Angeles, they are opening a brick and mortar in Downtown LA.
Read the story10 minJonathan Gold Reviews Odys & Penelope
Jonathan Gold is the Pulitzer Prize-winning food writer for the LA Times. This week he reviews Odys + Penelope , a modern American churrasco and grill from Karen and Quinn Hatfield. He recommends the fried wild mushrooms, creamy cauliflower and millet, dry-aged sirloin cap, bacon wrapped chicken thighs and chocolate pie.
Read the story7 minMarket Report
Laura Avery is the market manager at the Santa Monica Farmers' Market. This week she talks with Bren Madina of Kincaid Farms about his handpicked youngberries and blackberries.
Read the story6 minLA's Poke Explosion
Zach Brooks is the founder of Midtown Lunch LA and host of Food Is the New Rock . He wrote an article for Eater LA mapping out eight new places to find poke, the Hawaiian take on ceviche. Music: "The Other Woman" by Caro Emerald
Read the story6 minCalifornia's Past and Future with the Colorado River
The Colorado River supplies almost forty million people and six million acres of agriculture, and like other water resources in the west - demand outstrips supply. David Owen is a staff writer for the New Yorker. He chronicles the river’s past and present in the story, " Where the River Runs Dry ."
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