Good Food
Soul food, from Tennessee to Israel
Carla Hall wants readers to celebrate the difference between southern food and soul food with her new cookbook. Home cook Timothy Pakron is southern and vegan?
By Evan Kleiman • • 56m ListenCarla Hall wants readers to celebrate the difference between southern food and soul food with her new cookbook. Home cook Timothy Pakron is southern and vegan? James Beard Award-winner Michael Solomonov and Steven Cook have brought back soulful recipes and stories from their trips to Israel. Plus: the L.A. Kitchen and the Santa Monica Farmers Market announce some bittersweet endings.
In this episode
6 storiesCelebrating soul food
Carla Hall grew up eating soul food; she had what she calls a “Nashville palate.” But as her culinary career took off, she lost touch with the meals of her childhood.
Read the story15 min‘Mississippi Vegan’
A southern vegan sounds like an oxymoron to those who think of Southern food as a meaty cuisine. Timothy Pakron relies on flavors from plant-sources, making nostalgic dishes from his childhood delicious. His book is “Mississippi Vegan.”
Read the story9 min‘Israeli Soul’
This year the modern Israeli restaurant Zahav in Philadelphia turned ten. Zahav co-owners Michael Solomonov and Steven Cook have a flourishing restaurant group that includes a donut and fried chicken concept, falafel shops, and hummus bars.
Read the story10 minL.A. Kitchen closes its doors
The non-profit L.A. Kitchen recently shuttered due to a lack of funding. Founded in 2013, the kitchen fed thousands of low-income seniors with excess produce while hiring and training formerly incarcerated and homeless individuals.
Read the story6 minThe saint of the Santa Monica Farmers Market
Good Food’s beloved Market Report correspondent Laura Avery will be retiring at the end of 2018.
Read the story8 minMarket Report: Apples
Laura Avery talks with Brianna Abrams of Winston Pies in Brentwood and West Hollywood about a Good Food’s autumnal favorite: apple pie.
Read the story9 min
