Good Food
Eddie Huang, 'A Date with a Dish,' peaches and pozole
We discuss the oppressive whiteness of the food world, how California's minimum wage law is playing out in the restaurant biz and pay homage to a cookbook author you may never have heard of. Then it's off to dine at a Vietnamese izakaya in Little Tokyo and the Little Arabia Lebanese Bakery in Anaheim. Plus, we fill you in on what you need to know about peaches and pozole.
By Evan Kleiman • • 58m ListenPhoto: Crispy sweet potato and poached shrimp with fish sauce and herbs (Camellia Tse)
In this episode
7 storiesEddie Huang on the oppressive whiteness of the food world
Eddie Huang, chef, host of Viceland TV's Huang's World and author of the forthcoming book, Double Cup Love , recently wrote a piece for Grub Street that's got lots of us in the business of food journalism talking.
Read the story12 minWill $15-an-hour wages help or hurt Californians in the restaurant biz?
Last month, California made economic history when Governor Brown signed a bill into law making California the first state in the country to raise the minimum wage from $10 an hour to $15 an hour by the year 2022. What does this increase mean for restaurants and people working in the food industry?
Read the story8 minLife's a peach
Peach season is upon us. As we move into summer, the prices will come down and there will be no shortage of varieties to try, from the Sugar Time Yellow and the June Lady to the Fiesta Jim and the O'Henry. At the Santa Monica Farmers' Market, Troy Regier talks to Laura Avery about how he grows and picks the fruit at the family farm in Reedley.
Read the story7 minJonathan Gold eats at a Vietnamese izakaya in Little Tokyo
This week, our favorite food critic, Jonathan Gold, is eating at Simbal , a Vietnamese izakaya in Little Tokyo. He suggests you try the absinthe cocktail chased with a few jellybeans, the pomelo and shrimp salad, the raw prime hanger steak with sesame seed roti, the bone marrow and Chinese donuts. Wow. Better come hungry!
Read the story9 minDonna Battle Pierce on Freda DeKnight and 'A Date with a Dish'
At this year's International Association of Culinary Professionals conference, Freda DeKnight's 1948 A Date with a Dish was named a culinary classic winner. Food journalist Donna Battle Pierce has been researching DeKnight for a book about black cooks, restaurants and recipes. Read the "Hungry for History" column she writes for Ebony here .
Read the story12 minTwo Minutes of Pozole
Most of us remember the first food we learned to prepare in the kitchen. For Marlyn Juarez, it was pozole. The 18-year-old from Boyle Heights was taught to make it by her grandmother in Mexico and she wrote an essay about it: “ Two Minutes of Pozole .”
Read the story2 minGustavo Arellano eats at Little Arabia Lebanese Bakery in Anaheim
We close out the show in Anaheim at Little Arabia Lebanese Bakery & Cuisine with Gustavo Arellano , editor of the OC Weekly and host of KCRW's Orange County Line. Gustavo recommends all the classics — the foul, hummus, fatoush salad, kebbe — but says the zaatar pizzas, sambousik and steaming hot pita must not be missed.
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