<description>
                    &lt;p&gt;Plus: A powerful pie documentary, Puerto Rican party food, a loverly chocolate tart, the best Mexican restaurants, and hydroponic tomatoes at the farmers market.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li dir="ltr" role="presentation"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.kcrw.com/shows/good-food/stories/will-ferrell-to-judge-kcrws-2026-piefest-and-contest"&gt;KCRW's PieFest &amp;amp; Contest is back&lt;/a&gt;! We talk to Iowan &lt;a href="https://www.instagram.com/theworldneedsmorepie/"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Beth Howard&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; about her documentary &lt;em&gt;&lt;a href="https://theworldneedsmorepie.com/pieowa/"&gt;Pieowa&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;, which brings together church ladies, state fair contestants, farm wives, and historians to explore the power of a flaky crust.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li dir="ltr" role="presentation"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.instagram.com/chefmiacastro/?hl=en"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Mia Castro&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; transports herself to Puerto Rico with inspired dishes for Sunday's Super Bowl halftime show featuring Bad Bunny.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li dir="ltr" role="presentation"&gt;Psychotherapist and Ottolenghi Test Kitchen recipe developer&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://helen_goh_bakes"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Helen Goh&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; incorporates baking into a meaningful life.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li dir="ltr" role="presentation"&gt;L.A. Taco's&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.instagram.com/el_tragon_de_los_angeles/?hl=en"&gt;Memo Torres&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; finds time to help compile the city's best Mexican restaurants.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li dir="ltr" role="presentation"&gt;At her Highland Park gastropub, chef&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://www.instagram.com/realchefdeblee/?hl=en"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Debbie Lee&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; incorporates farmers market produce into creative bar snacks.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;Connect with Good Food host &lt;a href="https://www.instagram.com/kcrwevan/?hl=en"&gt;Evan Kleiman&lt;/a&gt; on &lt;a href="https://kcrwgoodfood.substack.com/"&gt;Substack&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
                </description>

A pie documentary, Puerto Rican party food, the best Mexican restaurants

Our PieFest & Contest is back!

<description>
                    &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;The good, the bad and the ugly about our new dietary guidelines.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.instagram.com/marionnestle/?hl=en"&gt;Marion Nestle&lt;/a&gt; reconsiders her seminal book &lt;em&gt;What to Eat Now&lt;/em&gt;, two decades later.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.instagram.com/polina.chesnakova/"&gt;Polina Chesnakova&lt;/a&gt; sneaks in a few comforting, cool weather recipes from the Caucuses.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.instagram.com/chefpyet/?hl=en"&gt;Pyet DeSpain&lt;/a&gt; drew on her Native American and Mexican heritage to find a deeper purpose.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.instagram.com/cha_squared/?hl=en"&gt;Cha McCoy&lt;/a&gt; shines a light on underrepresented wine regions and pairings for foods of the diaspora.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li dir="ltr"&gt;At the farmers market,&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://www.instagram.com/erikaachan/?hl=en"&gt;Erika Chan&lt;/a&gt; of Kato shops for parsnips for dessert.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;Connect with Good Food host &lt;a href="https://www.instagram.com/kcrwevan/?hl=en"&gt;Evan Kleiman&lt;/a&gt; on &lt;a href="https://kcrwgoodfood.substack.com/"&gt;Substack&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
                </description>

Plus: Cuisine from the Caucuses, Native recipes rooted in fire, underrepresented wine pairings, and parsnips.

Marion Nestle breaks down our new food pyramid

<description>
                    &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;Would you pay $1,500 for dinner?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.instagram.com/reneredzepinoma/?hl=en"&gt;Ren&amp;eacute; Redzepi&lt;/a&gt; explains how he's orchestrating &lt;a href="https://www.instagram.com/nomacph/?hl=en"&gt;Noma's&lt;/a&gt; LA residency and why it comes with such a hefty price tag.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.instagram.com/thisplacetastesdelicious/?hl=en"&gt;Anna Ansari&lt;/a&gt; follows flavor down the Silk Roads.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://kcrwgoodfood.substack.com/p/veggie-burgers-across-la"&gt;Khushbu Shah&lt;/a&gt; knows where to get the best veggie burgers.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;At the farmers market, &lt;a href="https://www.instagram.com/wmanzke/?hl=en"&gt;Walter Manzke&lt;/a&gt; finds fun uses for chanterelles.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;Connect with Good Food host &lt;a href="https://www.instagram.com/kcrwevan/?hl=en"&gt;Evan Kleiman&lt;/a&gt; on &lt;a href="https://kcrwgoodfood.substack.com/"&gt;Substack&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
                </description>

Plus: Cuisines of the Silk Roads, the best veggie burgers, and chanterelles at the farmers market.

René Redzepi brings Noma to Silver Lake

<description>
                    &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;AI might be making your groceries more expensive.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Reporter &lt;a href="https://www.ericgardner.net/"&gt;Eric Gardner&lt;/a&gt; explains how grocery stores are exploring "dynamic pricing," charging different people different prices for the same items.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.instagram.com/the_sioux_chef/?hl=en"&gt;Sean Sherman&lt;/a&gt;, the Sioux Chef, links the natural environments, traditions, and histories of Indigenous peoples across North America in his latest cookbook.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.instagram.com/beesip/?hl=en"&gt;Krystle Hickman&lt;/a&gt; journeys through the world of California bees, one letter at a time.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.instagram.com/yaochengfarm/?hl=en"&gt;Jason Cheng&lt;/a&gt; explains why his farm, Yao Cheng Farm in Camarillo, is &lt;a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/DTbLdiGEyMr/?hl=en"&gt;dropping its organic certification&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;Connect with Good Food host &lt;a href="https://www.instagram.com/kcrwevan/?hl=en"&gt;Evan Kleiman&lt;/a&gt; on &lt;a href="https://kcrwgoodfood.substack.com/"&gt;Substack&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
                </description>

Dynamic pricing, the Sioux Chef's new cookbook, California bees and why one farm is dropping its organic certification.

Are grocery stores charging you more than your neighbor?

<description>
                    &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;Amid the loss and devastation, there is resilience and hope.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;We remember our friend &lt;strong&gt;Christine Moore&lt;/strong&gt;, owner of &lt;a href="https://littleflowercandyco.com/"&gt;Little Flower&lt;/a&gt;, who unexpectedly passed away this week.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Leah Ferrazzani&lt;/strong&gt; of &lt;a href="https://ferrazzanis.com/pages/about-ferrazzanis"&gt;Ferrazzani's Pasta &amp;amp; Market&lt;/a&gt; tells the tale of multiple fires, pointing out the disparities in how Altadena residents were affected.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Teddy and Andy Leonard&lt;/strong&gt; weigh in on the challenges of rebuilding &lt;a href="https://reelinnmalibu.com/"&gt;the Reel Inn&lt;/a&gt;, their cherished coastline seafood shack, which was lost in the Palisades Fire.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Elina Shatkin&lt;/strong&gt; hangs out with the &lt;a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/1500128948060835/"&gt;Altadena Dining Club&lt;/a&gt;, the brainchild of &lt;strong&gt;Brooke Iva Lohman&lt;/strong&gt;, who gathers locals at struggling eateries for a weekly meal.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Janek Schaller&lt;/strong&gt; visits the &lt;a href="https://www.altadenacommunitygarden.com/"&gt;Altadena Community Garden&lt;/a&gt;, where scientists and volunteers use bioremediation practices to clean up contaminated soil.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;LA Times&lt;/em&gt; restaurant critic &lt;a href="https://www.instagram.com/bill_addison/"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Bill Addison&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; reviews two Altadena restaurants &amp;mdash; &lt;a href="https://www.instagram.com/miyaonlake/?hl=en"&gt;Miya&lt;/a&gt;, a Thai spot, and &lt;a href="https://betsyaltadena.com/"&gt;Betsy&lt;/a&gt;, a venture from Tyler Wells.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;Connect with Good Food host &lt;a href="https://www.instagram.com/kcrwevan/?hl=en"&gt;Evan Kleiman&lt;/a&gt; on &lt;a href="https://kcrwgoodfood.substack.com/"&gt;Substack&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
                </description>

Rebuilding the Reel Inn, remembering Christine Moore, eating with the Altadena Dining Club, cleaning up contaminated soil.

One year after the Eaton & Palisades fires


            <p>Evan Kleiman is your guide to the best cooking and eating&nbsp;</p>
        

Good Food

Details

Recent Episodes