Samin Nosrat discovers "Good Things"; a bar devoted to women's sports; winter squash at the farmers market.
Samin Nosrat chats about the pressure she felt following the success of Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat, relinquishing perfectionism, and the importance of ritual in connecting with others and yourself.
Married couple Janie Trinh and Stephanie Ellingwood founded Silver Lake's Untamed Spirits, a bar devoted to women's sports.
Gillian Ferguson takes us to the farmers market to meet Ben Norton, the chef behind Darling, Sean Brock's grill house and hi-fi lounge in West Hollywood.
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Fixing our broken food system and the glory of tacos
How do you fix a food system that isn't simply broken but has been captured, top to bottom, in the name of profit?
Our food system isn't simply broken, it has been captured, top to bottom, in the name of profit. Austin Frerick shares the stories of seven agricultural titans, their rise to power, and the consequences for the rest of us.
For almost a decade, renowned Mexican chef Enrique Olvera veered away from serving tacos at Pujol, his Michelin-starred Mexico City restaurant. Now, he celebrates them with taco omakase at the bar.
Oaxacans claim if you eat chapulínes (grasshoppers), you will return to Oaxaca. Anthropologist Jeffrey H. Cohen looks at the consumption of these insects and the women who make a living selling them.
Travel and food writer Caroline Eden hiked between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea, discovering recipes along the way.
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Chef Jeremy Fox moves from vegetables to meat
Passionfruit, overlapping food crises, and what federal spending cuts mean for local food banks
Seven years after chef Jeremy Fox released On Vegetables, he offers a cookbook with a different focus, On Meat.
Michael Flood of the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank explains what the massive cuts to SNAP, USAID, and DOGE mean for local food assistance programs.
Dr. Stuart Gillespie analyzes the cascade of overlapping crises impacting our food system — and he proposes solutions.
At the farmers market, passionfruit from Carpinteria goes into an LA mole.
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The fight to raise minimum wage for tipped workers
The real story behind "no tax on tips" and the best vegan cheese
Eyal Press reports on the fight to raise the minimum wage for tipped workers
Animal and food activist Miyoko Schinner prides herself on making dairy-free butters, creams, and cheeses
Chloe Sorvino exposes the hidden corruption and corporate greed within the meat industry
Mike Cirone travels from See Canyon near San Luis Obispo to share his apples with farmers market shoppers.
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Going garden-to-table
Going garden-to-table and how immigration raids are impacting LA's restaurant workers
Canning evangelist Kevin West puts his home garden to work in the kitchen
Journalist Andrew Lopez reports on how ICE raids are impacting Boyle Heights
Rudy Espinoza shares how Inclusive Action supports communities affected by the immigration raids
Journalist Kim Severson explores the creation of the perfect peanut
Vannak Tan serves Cambodian-style seafood at A&J Seafood from a shack in San Pedro
Alvaro Bautista brings dates from Mecca to the farmers market in Santa Monica
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