Good Food
Memorial Day Barbecue; School Lunches; Toothpick History
We eat healthy meals at a Los Angeles school, learn the history of the toothpick and cook up barbecue in the Inland Empire with author Susan Straight. We find out about the slow food movement in Riverside County, sample road food along the Mississippi River with TV host Alton Brown and go on a culinary journey through China. We visit food markets in Asia and get a fresh Market Report with Laura Avery.
By Evan Kleiman • • 1h 0m ListenProducer Thea Chaloner talks to children about eating healthy meals at a Los Angeles school, while Henry Petroski explains the history of the toothpick. Author Susan Straight cooks up barbecue in the Inland Empire and Leah DiBernardo talks about the slow food movement in Riverside County. TV host Alton Brown samples road food along the Mississippi River, writer Fuchsia Dunlop remembers her culinary journey through China and photographer Charlie Grasso documents food markets in Asia. Plus, Laura Avery finds what’s in season in the Market Report.
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8 storiesThe Market Report
Peaches are in season in Southern California!
Read the story7 minHealthy School Meals
Producer Thea Chaloner talks with the students of California Academy for Liberal Studies Early College High School in Los Angeles about food options and eating healthy meals. Revolution Foods serves CALS High School and San Francisco Bay area schools with nutritious breakfast, lunch and snacks.
Read the story6 minToothpick
Professor Henry Petroski pays homage to the toothpick, one of the oldest, yet simplest tools, in his book, The Toothpick : Technology and Culture. Petroski teaches civil engineering and history at Duke University. Music break: Big Spender by the Ray Martin Orchestra
Read the story7 minMemorial Day Barbecue and Side Dishes
Author Susan Straight talks about Memorial Day barbecue and side dishes in the Inland Empire. Her body of work includes I Been in Sorrow's Kitchen and Licked Out All the Pots . Michael Silverblatt, host of KCRW's Bookworm , has interviewed novelist Straight on several occasions.
Read the story8 minSlow Food in Riverside County
Leah DiBernardo champions Riverside County's diverse agriculture through Slow Food Temecula Valley 's Field to the Fork event in Temecula. She talks about the area's population growth, water shortage, supporting local farmers and maintaining sustainable practices.
Read the story6 minFeasting on Asphalt
Food Network TV host Alton Brown samples road food along the Mississippi River in his book, Feasting on Asphalt : The River Run. He talks about Louisiana's Creole and Cajun cuisines, alligator and other interesting road foods as he traveled by motorcycle from the Gulf of Mexico to Minnesota.
Read the story8 minShark's Fin and Sichuan Pepper
>British food writer Fuchsia Dunlop recounts her culinary journey through China in her book, Shark's Fin and Sichuan Pepper : A Sweet-Sour Memoir of Eating in China. Music break: Count The Daisies by Chris Joss
Read the story8 minWok the Dog
Photographer Charlie Grasso captures the stark reality of life, death and where food come from in her exhibit, Wok the Dog . Her work depicts food markets in Asia and Turkey, and she discusses the differences between Asian and European markets. Wok the Dog will be shown in September 2008 at LA Artcore.
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