Good Food
Why the LA Times Lost Its Food Section
Russ Parsons, food editor at the Los Angeles Times and Jim Rainey, media columnist at the Times discuss the paper's decision to end the ' Food ' section in favor of a combined lifestyle section called 'Saturday.'
By Evan Kleiman • • 1 min readRuss Parsons, food editor at the Los Angeles Times and Jim Rainey, media columnist at the Times discuss the paper's decision to end the 'Food' section in favor of a combined lifestyle section called 'Saturday.' Parsons recalls that when he first joined the paper in 1989, the 'Food' section was 70 pages long because of supermarket advertisements.
Music: "Papa Was a Rolling Stone" by The Temptations
The full episode
5 of 7
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- 6:03The Calvin Trillin Trail
- 13:03The Magic of Morels
- 23:01Foraging for Wild Fennel in LA
- 31:47Why the LA Times Lost Its Food SectionYou’re reading this
- 40:38Advice for Future Food Writers
- 46:03What to Drink at the Kentucky Derby
The full episode
5 of 7Morels; Wild Fennel; The Future of Food Writing- 0:00Market Report
- 6:03The Calvin Trillin Trail
- 13:03The Magic of Morels
- 23:01Foraging for Wild Fennel in LA
- 31:47Why the LA Times Lost Its Food SectionYou’re reading this
- 40:38Advice for Future Food Writers
- 46:03What to Drink at the Kentucky Derby