Good Food KCRW

I’ve been listening to Good Food for as long as KCRW’s website has been streaming it, and now as a podcast. Evan is a great interviewer with a focussed progressive perspective. She delights in food’s pleasures, while sharing her fascination with its producers, artistes, and critics. Her warmth and generosity in interviews is underscored by the impression that she secretly might know more than her guests about their topics. Good Food made me aware of the broad-reaching cultural, political, and environmental implications of our food-related lives long before food justice was part of our discourse. Thank you for this show!

I have been listening to this podcast for well over 10 years and it remains one of my weekly treats that I look forward to every Saturday. As a person interested in everything food, from producing it to eating it, the podcast curates topics that are always current and pertinent. Evan is a great conversationalist, her questions are always thoughtful and on point which makes for an engaging and enjoyable listen. Highly highly recommended.

My only problem with Good Food is that I sometimes feel inferior for not living in or around LA. Those of us east of California may not be so on top of trends as this food scene, but at least we can get a taste via Good Food. But it is about so much more than trends. I love the news and culture coverage that is nationally relevant, and the market report that takes a close look at a certain ingredient available at the farmers market is genius (again, even if the rest of us can’t just walk down and get that ultra local goat cheese). The episodes are long, but easy to pick up in hits here and there.