Good Food
Looking Back at LA's Oldest Restaurants
Josh Kun is the author of To Live and Dine in LA: Menus and the Making of the Modern City , a book inspired by the extensive menu collection in the Los Angeles Public Library. You can see some of the actual menus at the Los Angeles Central Library's exhibition of the same name.
By Evan Kleiman • • 1 min readJosh Kun is the author of To Live and Dine in LA: Menus and the Making of the Modern City, a book inspired by the extensive menu collection in the Los Angeles Public Library. You can see some of the actual menus at the Los Angeles Central Library's exhibition of the same name.
Next Sunday, August 9, join Josh Kun, Roy Choi, and MC Rakaa Iriscience of Dilated Peoples for a Live Mixtape at the Regent Theater. Also, Evan Kleiman will take the stage to interview writer-producer Norman Lear. The event hopes to raise the awareness of food history and food justice in Los Angeles.
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The full episode
5 of 7Sugar's History, The Gravenstein Apple, Is a Burrito a Taco?- 0:00James Ponsoldt and Jason Segal Dish on Pie
- 2:53Diep Tran Serves Pie Advice
- 12:29Jonathan Gold Reviews Mapo Galbi
- 19:24A History of Sugar, from Child Labor to Cotton Candy
- 30:05Looking Back at LA's Oldest RestaurantsYou’re reading this
- 39:43Is a Burrito a Taco?
- 47:31Market Report