Good Food

Episodes

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  The Hunger We've Learned to Live With 25.09.2026 26m

  This week on Good Food: After decades of covering famine abroad, journalist Roger Thurow asks why we allow hunger to persist in the world's wealthiest nation. Chez Mar chef Wesley Barden poaches Asian pears for a French salad while farmer Phil Rhodes explains why this year's harvest is so small. Connect with Good Food host Evan Kleiman on Substack.  
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  Around the World in 140 Ferments 23.09.2026 32m

  This week on Good Food: Move over, kombucha. Ken Albala travels the world to explore how fermentation transforms cuisines. Paul van Ravestein and Monique Mulder look at the history of New York City through its pickle vendors. Connect with Good Food host Evan Kleiman on Substack.  
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  Carla Lalli Says Food Is A Feeling, from Expense Account 22.09.2026 53m

  Sharing an episode of the new podcast Expense Account. We all know eating out in New York has become an extreme sport. If you treat dining out like a full-time obsession—and care about the scene just as much as what’s on the menu—you need to listen to Expense Account. Expense Account uses food as an entry point into bigger conversations about restaurants, culture, taste and how it all relates to life and the world at large. Hosted by J Lee, food critic at Emily Sundberg’s Feed Me media empire, J has one million opinions about food. But since he wants to hear everyone else’s take, J will talk to chefs, writers, musicians, actors and more. Like writer Molly Baz, chef Carla Lalli, and PBS host Pati Jinich. You’ll hear about their best meals and worst meals. Favorite spots around the world. And you might even get a peek inside their fridges to find out how they’re really eating. The conversations will start with food, but will always wind up somewhere else, because food is culture, and everybody eats. I’m going to play the first episode for you now. In it, J Lee talks with chef and author Carla Lalli about her journey from Shake Shack to Bon Appetit, her new cookbook, and why we should eat our feelings. Listen to more episodes of Expense Account at https://lnk.to/expenseaccountTR  
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  Mother Nature Is the Last Great Luxury House 18.09.2026 22m

  This week on Good Food: Tucked away in the hills above Los Angeles, Richard Christiansen creates an almanac for gardening, cooking, and home projects at Flamingo Estate. Chef Joshua Whigham of Casa Leo visits the farmers market where Christine Brown of Rincon Tropics sells passion fruit from her coastal farm. Connect with Good Food host Evan Kleiman on Substack.  
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  One Beef Plant, A Century of Immigrant Labor 16.09.2026 32m

  This week on Good Food: Tchelly Moise helped lead the first American slaughterhouse strike in nearly 40 years. He and journalist Ted Genoways explain how JBS, the world's largest meat producer, relies on vulnerable immigrant labor, and what's happened since the US government terminated Temporary Protected Status for many of the workers who keep the plant running. Connect with Good Food host Evan Kleiman on Substack.  
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  Eating the Entire Vegetable 11.09.2026 21m

  This week on Good Food: Pierce Abernathy makes vegetables the heroes of the plate. Matt Biancaniello turns the farmers market into a cocktail menu while Cirone Farms sees its earliest apple harvest ever. Connect with Good Food host Evan Kleiman on Substack.  
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  The 'Sugar Coated' Politics of Breakfast Cereal 09.09.2026 36m

  This week on Good Food: Marion Nestle and Lisa Sutherland argue that if you want to understand the American food industry, start in the cereal aisle. In preparation for the High Holidays, Leah Koenig explores 2,000 years of Jewish baking. Connect with Good Food host Evan Kleiman on Substack.
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  Grill, Baby, Grill 04.09.2026 28m

  This week on Good Food: From bossam and brats to carne asada and miso black cod, Noah Galuten commands the grill. TikTok darling Claire Dinhut has a thing for condiments and finds creative ways to use them. Connect with Good Food host Evan Kleiman on Substack.
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  From Soil to Skillet, Make Your Garden Earn Its Keep 02.09.2026 25m

  This week on Good Food: Food preservation evangelist Kevin West puts his home garden to work in the kitchen. With the sale of Andy’s Orchard, we revisit Tyler Boudreaux's report on the history of the Black Republican cherry. Connect with Good Food host Evan Kleiman on Substack.
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  Liberating Thai Cuisine from the Tyranny of Peanut Sauce 28.08.2026 28m

  This week on Good Food: Chef Pim Techamuanvivit breaks down traditional techniques to create simple Thai dishes. Farmer Jason Chang explains how his purple corn comes to farmers markets while chef Giles Clark turns it into tagliatelle. Connect with Good Food host Evan Kleiman on Substack.
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  LA's Best Vegetarian Sushi 26.08.2026 31m

  This week on Good Food: Khushbu Shah discovers that vegetarian sushi in LA has come a long way from cucumber and avocado rolls. Šárka Otevrel Camrdova and Marek Bartoš explore food preservation in the Czech Republic, where pickling has become a symbolic faith. Connect with Good Food host Evan Kleiman on Substack.  
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  Putting the "Cult" in Permaculture 21.08.2026 28m

  This week on Good Food: On Orcas Island, farmer Doug Bullock has been putting the "cult" in permaculture for the past 45 years. With decades of experience covering pivotal moments in history, from the fall of the Soviet Union to the current war in Ukraine, journalist Felicity Spector looks at world events through a culinary lens. Connect with Good Food host Evan Kleiman on Substack.  
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  Istanbul, One Bite at a Time 19.08.2026 34m

  This week on Good Food: Sultans, street food, and pickles — Özlem Warren brings the diverse flavors of Istanbul to the home kitchen. Sloane Crosley explains misophonia, a neurophysiological disorder characterized by a severe aversion to sound with its own set of triggers. Connect with Good Food host Evan Kleiman on Substack.  
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  The High-Stakes World of Deep-Sea Oil Rig Fishing 14.08.2026 28m

  This week on Good Food: Paul Greenberg goes fishing among deep sea oil rigs and explains how the forces that built these unlikely oceanside ecosystems are now causing their downfall. For 65 years, Fisherman's Outlet has remained mostly unchanged. On "In the Weeds," Sheri Kopelowicz shares the ups and downs of running the seafood market her father started. Connect with Good Food host Evan Kleiman on Substack.  
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  LA's Hidden Temple Cuisine 12.08.2026 26m

  This week on Good Food: Journalist Frank Shyong dines at sacred spaces that happen to have world-class eats. Connect with Good Food host Evan Kleiman on Substack.  
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  Riding the frozen yogurt wave 07.08.2026 28m

  This week on Good Food:  Kelly Dobkin beats the heat with her rundown of LA’s best frozen yogurt stops. Julia Child Fellow Janek Schaller reports on agrivoltaics, which fuse old school farming with solar power to offset utility bills and protect crops. At the farmers market, look for figs from Murray Family Farms, which grows close to 40 varieties. Chef Luis Sierra of Picala grills them over a fire and serves them with lamb and mojo rojo sauce. Connect with Good Food host Evan Kleiman on Substack.  
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  Better understanding the food of South Africa through its diverse communities 05.08.2026 29m

  This week on Good Food: Nokx Majozi heads home to South Africa to explore the many cultures and dishes that inform the cuisine. Between October 2025 and April 2026, the US took in 4,499 refugees. All but three were from South Africa. Boyce Upholt discovers thousands of Afrikaners in the Mississippi Delta living and working on agricultural visas. Connect with Good Food host Evan Kleiman on Substack.  
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  Where to find the best banchan in LA 03.08.2026 22m

  This week on Good Food:    Cathy Park of The Infatuation feasts on her favorite part of a Korean meal. Chef Chuy Cervantes from San Damian shops the farmer's market for lemon cucumbers.   Connect with Good Food host Evan Kleiman on Substack.  
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  As cyclospora cases march forward, two experts parse the implications on leafy greens 31.07.2026 34m

  In this bonus episode of Good Food, Marion Nestle and Helena Bottemiller Evich unpack the current state of public health amid the nation’s collective stomach bug  – cyclospora.   Connect with Good Food host Evan Kleiman on Substack.  
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  Successful Japanese home cooking begins with the pantry 29.07.2026 32m

  This week on Good Food: Emiko Davies builds the backbone of the Japanese pantry. Chef Tadashi Ono and food writer Harris Salat have spent nearly two decades exploring that soulful side of Japanese cuisine together, compiling simple seasonal recipes that generations of families have relied on. Connect with Good Food host Evan Kleiman on Substack.