Good Food
Celebrity Diet Fails, Friendly Fats, Unpacking Pok Pok LA
Rebecca Harrington enthralls us with her hilarious attempts to follow celebrity diets; author Nina Teicholz casts doubt on the low fat diet trends of previous decades; Jonathan Gold says there’s a lot to unpack at Andy Ricker’s much-anticipated Pok Pok LA in Chinatown.
By Evan Kleiman • • 57m ListenPhoto: David L. Reamer
In this episode
6 storiesAttempting Celebrity Diets, from Greta Garbo to Beyoncé
In her book, I'll Have What She's Having , author Rebecca Harrington chronicles her hilarious misadventures following the diets of celebrities like Jackie Kennedy, Greta Garbo, Gwyneth Paltrow and Beyoncé. Music: "Lentil" by Sia "Penguin Prison"
Read the story8 minBig Sugar's Public Enemy Number One
Robert Lustig is a professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Endocrinology at UC San Francisco. His YouTube lecture, Sugar: The Bitter Truth , has been viewed over six million times. He is also the author of Fat Chance and is one of the prominent voices in the documentary film, Fed Up . Music: "Flight Facilities"
Read the story12 minIs Fat Our Friend?
In The Big Fat Surprise: Why Butter, Meat & Cheese Belong in a Healthy Diet , author Nina Teicholz casts doubts on the many low fat diet trends that thrived during previous decades. Following eight years of research, she’s come to the conclusion that fat is not our foe. Music: "Hey Brother" by Avicii
Read the story11 minJust Eat It: Two Filmmakers Find Mountains of Food Waste in Dumpsters
Filmmakers Grant Baldwin and Jenny Rustemeyer take on a food waste challenge in their documentary, Just Eat It: A Food Waste Story . The two vowed to eat only discarded food for six months. Rustemeyer describes the overwhelming abundance of unspoiled food they rescued during the making of the film. Music: "Beast"
Read the story10 minJonathan Gold Reviews Pok Pok Los Angeles
Jonathan Gold is the Pulitzer Prize-winning food writer for the LA Times. This week, he visits Pok Pok LA , the latest addition to Chef Andy Ricker’s Thai restaurant empire. Jonathan recommends Ike's Vietnamese Fish Sauce Wings, Cha Ca "La Vong" (fried catfish), duck larb, pennywort salad and buffalo jerky.
Read the story9 minMarket Report: Radicchio
Santa Monica Farmer's Market manager Laura Avery speaks with Nate Peitso, owner of Maggie’s Farm , about radicchio, which reaches peak flavor during the current cold, frostier months.
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