AUDIO KCRW, Good Food Elina Shatkin 10/15/22 KCRW, Good Food Elina Shatkin 10/15/22 'Maíz Is Life' — The Masa Episode A deep dive into the history, science and politics surrounding masa and the stuff it’s made from — maize (aka corn). Read More KCRW, Good Food Elina Shatkin 7/30/22 KCRW, Good Food Elina Shatkin 7/30/22 It’s The End Of The World As We Know It And We Don’t Feel Fine It’s our Dystopia episode. From insect extinction to dangerous chemicals, Good Food looks at the biggest food crises facing the planet. Read More KCRW, Good Food Elina Shatkin 7/9/22 KCRW, Good Food Elina Shatkin 7/9/22 ‘The Bear’ Captures The Joy And Pain Of Being A Chef “For Carmy, my heart just kind of broke for him,” says actor Jeremy Allen White, who plays a chef returning home to run his family’s sandwich shop in the series. Read More KCRW, Good Food Elina Shatkin 6/18/22 KCRW, Good Food Elina Shatkin 6/18/22 LA BBQ King Kevin Bludso Has A Few Secrets To Share He thinks rib tips are the most underrated cut. “Rib tips have always been big in L.A.,” he says. “That’s our buffalo wing.” Read More KCRW, Good Food Elina Shatkin 6/18/22 KCRW, Good Food Elina Shatkin 6/18/22 Classic Texas Barbecue Comes To San Juan Capistrano Pitmaster Daniel Castillo of Heritage Barbecue was serving neighbors out of his backyard before going to Texas to perfect his craft. Read More KCRW, Good Food Elina Shatkin 6/4/22 KCRW, Good Food Elina Shatkin 6/4/22 How A Community Stepped Up To Help Displaced Salvadoran Street Vendors With complaints of trash and bad odors, street vendors along L.A.’s El Salvador Corridor (Vermont Ave. between 11th and 12th streets) were forced to shut down. Read More KCRW, Good Food Elina Shatkin 6/4/22 KCRW, Good Food Elina Shatkin 6/4/22 Fried Chicken And Spaghetti: Filipino Fast Food Chain Jollibee Goes Big The Filipino fried chicken chain has high hopes for global expansion. And they start in Downtown L.A. Read More KCRW, Good Food Elina Shatkin 5/21/22 KCRW, Good Food Elina Shatkin 5/21/22 Meet The British Retiree Growing Crazy Big Vegetables After retiring, Gerald Stratford took to the garden then Twitter, where he found an audience hungry for his gardening tips. Read More KCRW, Good Food Elina Shatkin 5/14/22 KCRW, Good Food Elina Shatkin 5/14/22 Rick Martínez Discovers The Flavors Of Mexico Rick Martínez grew up in Austin, Texas. He now lives in Mazatlan where he explores Mexican dishes, like relleno negro, a turkey dish from Yucatan. Read More KCRW, Good Food Elina Shatkin 5/14/22 KCRW, Good Food Elina Shatkin 5/14/22 ChopValue Gives Single-Use Chopsticks A Second Life The company collects more than 35,000 chopsticks each week from Vancouver businesses and brings them to a microfactory where they are sorted and recycled. Read More KCRW, Good Food Elina Shatkin 4/30/22 KCRW, Good Food Elina Shatkin 4/30/22 Chef-Driven Cannabis Edibles Are The New Hotness The cannabis edible market grew exponentially during the pandemic — and artisanal edibles were a big part of that. Read More KCRW, Good Food Elina Shatkin 4/23/22 KCRW, Good Food Elina Shatkin 4/23/22 Pulque, Tepache And Tejuino These foggy, fermented drinks from Mexico are finding more fans in the U.S. Read More KCRW, Good Food Elina Shatkin 4/16/22 KCRW, Good Food Elina Shatkin 4/16/22 Making Ukrainian Easter Eggs Helps One Artist Cope With War In Her Homeland For Sofika Zielyk, the art of pysanka is a secret practice passed down from mother to daughter. Read More KCRW, Good Food Elina Shatkin 4/16/22 KCRW, Good Food Elina Shatkin 4/16/22 Mantu And Kalimati Are On This Iftar Menu Zaynab Issa loves serving Afghan mantu during the iftar meal she is hosting this Ramadan. Read More KCRW, Good Food Elina Shatkin 4/9/22 KCRW, Good Food Elina Shatkin 4/9/22 Where Bánh Mì, Equity And Sustainability Are On The Menu At Bé Ù, Uyen Le honors the Vietnamese food she grew up eating while striving to pay her employees a living wage and feed the community. Read More KCRW, Good Food Elina Shatkin 4/2/22 KCRW, Good Food Elina Shatkin 4/2/22 Narrating The Past, Healing The Present With recipes like Gochugaru Shrimp and Roasted Seaweed Grits, Eric Kim marries his Korean heritage and his Southern upbringing. Read More KCRW, Good Food Elina Shatkin 3/19/22 KCRW, Good Food Elina Shatkin 3/19/22 Farewell, Chowhound Platforms like Instagram and Twitter stole its thunder and after two decades, Chowhound is going offline. Read More KCRW, Good Food Elina Shatkin 3/5/22 KCRW, Good Food Elina Shatkin 3/5/22 Want To Make Friends? Host A Pancake Party To foster new connections, Curtis Kimball started hosting sidewalk pancakes and invited his San Francisco neighbors. Read More
KCRW, Good Food Elina Shatkin 10/15/22 KCRW, Good Food Elina Shatkin 10/15/22 'Maíz Is Life' — The Masa Episode A deep dive into the history, science and politics surrounding masa and the stuff it’s made from — maize (aka corn). Read More
KCRW, Good Food Elina Shatkin 7/30/22 KCRW, Good Food Elina Shatkin 7/30/22 It’s The End Of The World As We Know It And We Don’t Feel Fine It’s our Dystopia episode. From insect extinction to dangerous chemicals, Good Food looks at the biggest food crises facing the planet. Read More
KCRW, Good Food Elina Shatkin 7/9/22 KCRW, Good Food Elina Shatkin 7/9/22 ‘The Bear’ Captures The Joy And Pain Of Being A Chef “For Carmy, my heart just kind of broke for him,” says actor Jeremy Allen White, who plays a chef returning home to run his family’s sandwich shop in the series. Read More
KCRW, Good Food Elina Shatkin 6/18/22 KCRW, Good Food Elina Shatkin 6/18/22 LA BBQ King Kevin Bludso Has A Few Secrets To Share He thinks rib tips are the most underrated cut. “Rib tips have always been big in L.A.,” he says. “That’s our buffalo wing.” Read More
KCRW, Good Food Elina Shatkin 6/18/22 KCRW, Good Food Elina Shatkin 6/18/22 Classic Texas Barbecue Comes To San Juan Capistrano Pitmaster Daniel Castillo of Heritage Barbecue was serving neighbors out of his backyard before going to Texas to perfect his craft. Read More
KCRW, Good Food Elina Shatkin 6/4/22 KCRW, Good Food Elina Shatkin 6/4/22 How A Community Stepped Up To Help Displaced Salvadoran Street Vendors With complaints of trash and bad odors, street vendors along L.A.’s El Salvador Corridor (Vermont Ave. between 11th and 12th streets) were forced to shut down. Read More
KCRW, Good Food Elina Shatkin 6/4/22 KCRW, Good Food Elina Shatkin 6/4/22 Fried Chicken And Spaghetti: Filipino Fast Food Chain Jollibee Goes Big The Filipino fried chicken chain has high hopes for global expansion. And they start in Downtown L.A. Read More
KCRW, Good Food Elina Shatkin 5/21/22 KCRW, Good Food Elina Shatkin 5/21/22 Meet The British Retiree Growing Crazy Big Vegetables After retiring, Gerald Stratford took to the garden then Twitter, where he found an audience hungry for his gardening tips. Read More
KCRW, Good Food Elina Shatkin 5/14/22 KCRW, Good Food Elina Shatkin 5/14/22 Rick Martínez Discovers The Flavors Of Mexico Rick Martínez grew up in Austin, Texas. He now lives in Mazatlan where he explores Mexican dishes, like relleno negro, a turkey dish from Yucatan. Read More
KCRW, Good Food Elina Shatkin 5/14/22 KCRW, Good Food Elina Shatkin 5/14/22 ChopValue Gives Single-Use Chopsticks A Second Life The company collects more than 35,000 chopsticks each week from Vancouver businesses and brings them to a microfactory where they are sorted and recycled. Read More
KCRW, Good Food Elina Shatkin 4/30/22 KCRW, Good Food Elina Shatkin 4/30/22 Chef-Driven Cannabis Edibles Are The New Hotness The cannabis edible market grew exponentially during the pandemic — and artisanal edibles were a big part of that. Read More
KCRW, Good Food Elina Shatkin 4/23/22 KCRW, Good Food Elina Shatkin 4/23/22 Pulque, Tepache And Tejuino These foggy, fermented drinks from Mexico are finding more fans in the U.S. Read More
KCRW, Good Food Elina Shatkin 4/16/22 KCRW, Good Food Elina Shatkin 4/16/22 Making Ukrainian Easter Eggs Helps One Artist Cope With War In Her Homeland For Sofika Zielyk, the art of pysanka is a secret practice passed down from mother to daughter. Read More
KCRW, Good Food Elina Shatkin 4/16/22 KCRW, Good Food Elina Shatkin 4/16/22 Mantu And Kalimati Are On This Iftar Menu Zaynab Issa loves serving Afghan mantu during the iftar meal she is hosting this Ramadan. Read More
KCRW, Good Food Elina Shatkin 4/9/22 KCRW, Good Food Elina Shatkin 4/9/22 Where Bánh Mì, Equity And Sustainability Are On The Menu At Bé Ù, Uyen Le honors the Vietnamese food she grew up eating while striving to pay her employees a living wage and feed the community. Read More
KCRW, Good Food Elina Shatkin 4/2/22 KCRW, Good Food Elina Shatkin 4/2/22 Narrating The Past, Healing The Present With recipes like Gochugaru Shrimp and Roasted Seaweed Grits, Eric Kim marries his Korean heritage and his Southern upbringing. Read More
KCRW, Good Food Elina Shatkin 3/19/22 KCRW, Good Food Elina Shatkin 3/19/22 Farewell, Chowhound Platforms like Instagram and Twitter stole its thunder and after two decades, Chowhound is going offline. Read More
KCRW, Good Food Elina Shatkin 3/5/22 KCRW, Good Food Elina Shatkin 3/5/22 Want To Make Friends? Host A Pancake Party To foster new connections, Curtis Kimball started hosting sidewalk pancakes and invited his San Francisco neighbors. Read More