Listen Live
Donate
 on air
    Schedule

    KCRW

    Read & Explore

    • News
    • Entertainment
    • Food
    • Culture
    • Events

    Listen

    • Live Radio
    • Music
    • Podcasts
    • Full Schedule

    Information

    • About
    • Careers
    • Help / FAQ
    • Newsletters
    • Contact

    Support

    • Become a Member
    • Become a VIP
    • Ways to Give
    • Shop
    • Member Perks

    Become a Member

    Donate to KCRW to support this cultural hub for music discovery, in-depth journalism, community storytelling, and free events. You'll become a KCRW Member and get a year of exclusive benefits.

    DonateGive Monthly

    Copyright 2026 KCRW. All rights reserved.

    Report a Bug|Privacy Policy|Terms of Service|
    Cookie Policy
    |FCC Public Files|

    Back to Good Food

    Good Food

    La Niña del Mezcal

    Six years ago, Cecilia Rios Murrieta started a mezcal company with her mother in Oaxaca. They named it La Niña del Mezcal and hit the road to meet with local producers and sipped their way through very small batches of espadin, pechuga, tobala and bacanora.

    • rss
    • apple-podcasts
    • spotify
    • Share
    By Evan Kleiman • Mar 3, 2017 • 1 min read

    Six years ago, Cecilia Rios Murrieta started a mezcal company with her mother in Oaxaca. They named it La Niña del Mezcal and hit the road to meet with local producers and sipped their way through very small batches of espadin, pechuga, tobala and bacanora. Murrieta walks Evan through the difference between mezcal and tequila, horse-drawn methods of mezcal production, and how Trump's proposed trade and travel policies will drive up the cost of her product.

    The full episode

    6 of 6
    From Trump to farm to slaughterhouse to restaurant
    1. 0:00Being a restaurateur under Trump
    2. 12:26Cheap eats, cheap labor
    3. 25:20Many hands make light work
    4. 28:50Report from the Central Valley
    5. 35:48How the travel ban affects slaughterhouses
    6. 46:02La Niña del MezcalYou’re reading this
    • https://images.ctfassets.net/2658fe8gbo8o/AvYox6VuEgcxpd20Xo9d3/769bca4fbf97bf022190f4813812c1e2/new-default.jpg?h=250

      Evan Kleiman

      host 'Good Food'

    • https://images.ctfassets.net/2658fe8gbo8o/AvYox6VuEgcxpd20Xo9d3/769bca4fbf97bf022190f4813812c1e2/new-default.jpg?h=250

      Laryl Garcia

      Senior Director, Good Food

    • https://images.ctfassets.net/2658fe8gbo8o/AvYox6VuEgcxpd20Xo9d3/769bca4fbf97bf022190f4813812c1e2/new-default.jpg?h=250

      Abbie Fentress Swanson

      Independent reporter and producer

    • KCRW placeholder

      Camellia Tse

      Producer, Good Food

      CultureFood & Drink

    The full episode

    6 of 6
    From Trump to farm to slaughterhouse to restaurant
    1. 0:00Being a restaurateur under Trump
    2. 12:26Cheap eats, cheap labor
    3. 25:20Many hands make light work
    4. 28:50Report from the Central Valley
    5. 35:48How the travel ban affects slaughterhouses
    6. 46:02La Niña del MezcalYou’re reading this
    Back to Good Food