Good Food

Good Food

Everything you wanted to know about good cooking and good eating from LA chef, author, radio host and restaurateur Evan Kleiman.

Episodes

July 11, 2025 59 mins

How one man's fruity side hustle became a cash cow

  • There are many ways to look at the Louvre but writer Elaine Sciolino invites us to view the largest museum in the world through the lens of food 
  • Journalist Lisa Held documents the power and influence of the pesticide industry
  • Since stress for farmers is deeply intertwined with the land, social worker Kaila Anderson developed a tool to treat depressio...
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Three cheers for these James Beard winners!

  • LA Times restaurant critic Bill Addison visits Kato in its new location at the Row DTLA
  • Pastry chef Nicola Lamb sifts through the essential ingredients of baking — flour, sugar, eggs, and butter
  • Chef Ashleigh Shanti goes beyond fried chicken and cornbread to reconsider Southern cuisine
  • Bartender Jim Meehan considers cocktails from a culinary perspective
  • Ada...
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Bottoms up for vino?

  • Between declining alcohol consumption and increasing tariffs, Esther Mobley updates us on how California's wine industry is meeting this moment
  • Olivia Haver loves cheese so much, she has devoted her career to babysitting it
  • Exploring her roots, recipe developer Noor Murad dives into the food of Bahrain
  • At RVR in Venice, chefs Trav...
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From the latest on ICE raids in Los Angeles to the legacy of Creole cuisine:

  • Memo Torres reports on how immigration raids are impacting local food businesses
  • Hawa Hassan, who escaped civil war in Mogadishu, shares stories of displacement in eight other regions of the world
  • Nina Compton makes a case for New Orleans and the Caribbean sharing a similar "self of being"
  • Journalist Christina Cooke visits Patrick...
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June 13, 2025 59 mins

When the going gets tough, the tough go for pozole.

  • Tony Ramirez dusts off the barbecue for summer grilling and adds Filipino flair to live fire
  • TikTok darling Claire Dinhut has a thing for condiments and finds creative ways to use them
  • Casey Elsass helps you decide what to bring to the party based on what type of guest you are
  • Memo Torres discovers a pozole palace in the San Fernando Valley
  • Charlotte Bilt...
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This week, we take physical and historical journeys to East Africa and South America.

  • John Birdsall traces the evolution of queer food through the 20th century
  • In her new series Panamericana, Pati Jinich travels the roads and highways linking North and South America, connecting with people along the way
  • As a child of East African immigrants, Zaynab Issa uses her suburban childhood to create a cooking style...
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It's time to get grlling! And sipping!

  • Men of barbeque loom large in America but Toni Tipton Martin and Morgan Bolling remind us that women also know their way around the pit
  • Cathy Park rounds up the best matcha lattes in Los Angeles. Zach Mangan of Kettl in Los Feliz considers the downside to the matcha boom
  • Lila Seidman reports on the tricky process of removing r...
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Bottoms up! We're all about the tipple this week.

  • Historian Hadley Meares looks at how Hollywood sips cocktails on the big screen
  • Aaron Goldfarb follows collectors hunting for vintage spirits
  • Sociologist Nicola Nice takes a look at how women brought the cocktail home
  • Lesley Jacobs Solmonson explains how liqueurs went from the hands of the apothecary to those of the mixologist
  • Evan Rail plays detective, loo...
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The joy of cooking with Roy Choi...

  • Kogi king Roy Choi has health on his mind in a new collection of recipes
  • How do you become a restaurant critic? Besha Rodell explains in her memoir
  • Marie Mitchell shares dishes from the Caribbean and its diaspora
  • It's cherry season at the farmers market and which means the lines are long at the Murray Family Farm stand

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It's Mother's Day weekend and we head to the sea

  • Sarah Ahn's viral food videos of her mom have captivated millions of viewers with their behind-the-scenes look at Korean cooking and multigenerational life
  • Environmental photographer Arati Kumar-Rao goes night fishing alongside dolphins on the Brahmaputra River
  • Tyler Harper dons a wetsuit, often during storms, and he...
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It's a perfect party trifecta of tequila, margaritas, and salsa. Plus, we dig into the latest on food dyes.

  • Ted Genoways considers José Cuervo's colorful history, from eluding Pancho Villa's death threats to bringing tequila north of the Mexican border
  • Caroline Pardilla serves up 60 recipes for your next batch of margaritas
  • Rick Martinez chops, blends, and c...
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What baking beliefs can you do without?

  • Nicole Rucker rekindled her love for baking by tinkering with her favorite recipes and eliminating the fuss
  • Gabriela Glueck visits the "Torture Orchard," where California's nut trees are pushed to the brink so they can withstand the curveballs thrown by climate change
  • Nasim Alikhani spent decades working various jobs before realizing her calling — opening a res...
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April 18, 2025 59 mins

What do we buy? And what does that say about us?

  • Emily Mester examines what happens when consumption begins to consume you
  • Journalist Ada Tseng visits Costco twice a week for gas, deals, and hidden Asian treasures
  • Benjamin Lorr explores how the sliding doors at American grocery stores stay open
  • Patty Civalleri tells us about the man who created Trader Joe's, which started in Pasadena in 1967
  • Gustavo Arella...
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Passover and Easter are here — and we have food ideas for both holidays.

  • Hèléne Jawhara Piñer unravels the thread connecting the Spanish Inquisition to modern Jewish food practices
  • In a new memoir, Joan Nathan reflects on her life through the lens of food
  • Jeff Chu abandoned his career as a journalist to work the land and attend seminary, tilling up life lessons as well as a sense...
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From takeout boxes to feeling boxed in, growing up as a "restaurant kid" is a unique experience.

  • Curtis Chin and Rachel Phan share memories of growing up in their parents' Chinese restaurants
  • Cookbook author Irina Georgescu finds inspiration east of the Danube River in Romania, Serbia, and Bulgaria
  • Jeremy Salamon reconnects with his Hungarian Jewish heritage and the charming childhood created by his grandm...
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Explore the spiritual side of food and modern Ghanaian recipes.

  • Jody Eddy spent two years visiting sacred spaces and meeting the people who cook in them
  • Inspired by childhood visits to Ghana, Eric Adjepong debuts his first collection of recipes
  • Andrea Nguyen questions the accuracy of those Prop 65 warning labels on many foods
  • Evan Rail plays detective, looking back on an absinthe enthusiast who became a co...
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A Black chef and cookbook author finally gets her due!

  • Deb Freeman traces the life of Edna Lewis, author of "The Taste of Country Cooking," in a new documentary.
  • While some people spent the pandemic starting sourdough, Jesse Valenciana got busy perfecting his birria.
  • Memo Torres visits an Inglewood backyard, where three generations of the Sandoval family make birria using an abuela's recipe.
  • Carolyn Korman...
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Celebrate the Persian new year with fresh herbs and new recipes

  • Known to his followers as the Caspian Chef, Omid Roustaei prepares to celebrate Nowruz. 
  • Economist Betty Resnick lays out the reasons behind the US's agricultural trade deficit.
  • Alissa Timoshkina ventures beyond cabbage in a new cookbook dedicated to vegetables in Eastern European cuisines.
  • Whales that get caught in Dungeness crab fishing...
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The story behind the famous orange chicken at Panda Express and more!

  • Dora Herrera remembers her mother, Socorro, who took orders at Yuca's in Los Feliz for nearly 50 years.
  • Tejal Rao visits the renovated Panda Inn, where a precursor to orange chicken took flight.
  • Honor May Eldridge follows our obsession with the Hass avocado, which was developed right here, in Southern California.
  • In his new cookbook, Tu ...
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Karen E. Fisher shares stories of Ramadan at Zaatari, the world's largest Syrian refugee camp located in Jordan. Helena Bottemiller Evich introduces the new administration's appointments charged to “Make America Healthy Again.” Dr. Christopher Gardener drops some wisdom about seed oil. Caroline Eden reflects on her travels through Central Asia and Eastern Europe and considers how the kitchen is a un...

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