Good Food
Forging knives, lab-grown 'meat,' and iconic food writing
It’s time to pay tribute to the makers who expand our understanding of food. Whether it’s forging cutlery like Adam Perry Lang, or inventing new forms of “meat,” it’s the restless creatives who keep food culture in constant motion.
It’s time to pay tribute to the makers who expand our understanding of food. Whether it’s forging cutlery like Adam Perry Lang, or inventing new forms of “meat,” it’s the restless creatives who keep food culture in constant motion. We also hear about Harper Magazine’s greatest food writing from the past 150 years, as well as an iconic Southern cookbook author. Plus: a look at Mimouna’s food traditions.
In this episode
7 storiesFlame grilled and hand forged
It’s been nearly five years since Adam Perry Lang camped out behind Jimmy Kimmel’s studio with a dozen Big Green eggs and an Airstream, while throngs of people lined up to sample his barbecue.
Read the story13 minCan you define 'meat?'
Amid technological advances and appeals for sustainability, plant-based meat alternatives and cell-cultured meat are making ranchers, feedlots and slaughterhouses squirm. Chase Purdy reported for Quartz on the U.S.
Read the story9 minThe tradition of Mimouna
Rabbi Daniel Bouskila joins Evan to talk about the food traditions of Mimouna, the North African Jewish celebration held a day after Passover.\* \*Note: This segment was recorded prior to the Sabbath.
Read the story6 minThe best of Harper's food writing
Harper’s Magazine has been a platform for exceptional food writing for the last 167 years.
Read the story8 minThe life and times of Ernest Mickler
Photo by Ernest Mickler.
Read the story8 minMarket Report: Just 'beet' it!
This week at the Santa Monica Farmers Market, Laura Avery checks in with Renata Rokicki , executive chef at Cafe Birdie in Highland Park, about how to best utilize beets in her dishes.
Read the story8 minJonathan Gold dines on sushi at Shiki
Morihiro "Mori" Onodera might have LA’s most passionate sushi fans. Jonathan Gold stopped by Chef Onodera’s latest venture, Shiki Beverly Hills , for a reminder of why high-end sushi connoisseurs seek out his fare.
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