Good Food

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Evan Kleiman is your guide to the best cooking and eating

20h ago

Liberating Thai Cuisine from the Tyranny of Peanut Sauce

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.
2d ago

LA's Best Vegetarian Sushi

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.
Aug 21

Putting the "Cult" in Permaculture

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.
Aug 19

Istanbul, One Bite at a Time

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.
Aug 14

The High-Stakes World of Deep-Sea Oil Rig Fishing

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.
Aug 12

LA's Hidden Temple Cuisine

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.
Aug 7

Riding the frozen yogurt wave

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.
Aug 5

Better understanding the food of South Africa through its diverse communities

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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4d ago

spending less at WF

I love this show. Evan is the replacement for Lynne Rosetto Kasper. She talks about food the same way Lynne use to, in a way that makes my mouth water. She also discuses serious food issues that give me pause and make me want to change my way of food consumption.
love this show, but rethink the split

Aug 21

sad about Claire

I feel the show suffers from being split up into two episodes, don’t see the reason for it, and I’m missing the market report every week, still it’s a meaningful part of the Los Angles cultural life.
A total fan

Mar 31

herkie!

Good food is one of the few podcasts i can listen to in these dark times. Evans show is always the best of radio. Comes from many directions and covers areas of interest that i may not have been aware of. I love evans voice and appreciate her warm approach with guests. Love her choice of guests and the books she exposes us to. We are so lucky to have this quality of radio available to us.
Bring back long episodes!

Aug 8

mvh 1234

This was my favorite podcast to put on when I needed the extra oomph to drive an hour but now they are in 25-35 minute segments? Not the full show? Why?