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Good Food

Everything you wanted to know about good cooking and good eating from LA chef, author, radio host and restaurateur Evan Kleiman.

Christy Spackman tracks how municipal water systems have spent billions eliminating taste from our tap water.

Why does tap water taste like nothing?

Christy Spackman tracks how municipal water systems have spent billions eliminating taste from our tap water.

Arielle Johnson chases deliciousness by taking science and making it fashion.

Noma's in-house flavor scientist explains how taste works

Arielle Johnson chases deliciousness by taking science and making it fashion.

Arielle Johnson chases deliciousness by taking science and making it fashion.

BONUS: Arielle Johnson talks Flavorama (Extended Interview)

Arielle Johnson chases deliciousness by taking science and making it fashion.

Baker Rose Wilde shows us how to bring edible flowers onto our plates.

Market Report: Edible flowers explode off farmers' tables

Baker Rose Wilde shows us how to bring edible flowers onto our plates.

Flexitarian Pamelia Chia canvases Asian chefs for show-stopping vegetarian recipes.

Pamelia Chia builds vegetarian dishes with Asian flavors, accents, and techniques

Flexitarian Pamelia Chia canvases Asian chefs for show-stopping vegetarian recipes.

Reporter Susanne Rust explains why California's plastic bag ban created more waste.

Why did California's plastic bag ban fail?

Reporter Susanne Rust explains why California's plastic bag ban created more waste.

Dr. Alex Ketchum showcases feminist restaurants and the essential role they played in multiple social justice movements.

The funky, fascinating history of America's feminist restaurants

Dr. Alex Ketchum showcases feminist restaurants and the essential role they played in multiple social justice movements.

Laura Strange develops recipes and travel guides for those living a gluten-free life in a gluten-centric world.

Want to make gluten-free brownies, bread, and noodles? Ask Laura Strange

Laura Strange develops recipes and travel guides for those living a gluten-free life in a gluten-centric world.

Sous chef Kamran Gill discusses the challenges he faces while fasting during the holy month of Ramadan.

How a Muslim chef observes the Ramadan fast while cooking for others

Sous chef Kamran Gill discusses the challenges he faces while fasting during the holy month of Ramadan.

A springtime delicacy, sugar snap peas add crunch to salads and bring a delicate flavor to soups.

Market Report: Sugar snap peas are in season

A springtime delicacy, sugar snap peas add crunch to salads and bring a delicate flavor to soups.

Two apple pie categories this year?! Yes, there are. We've made other (tasty) changes, too. It all goes down Sunday, April 28 at UCLA.

Good Food's 2024 Pie Contest: Dates, categories, and new rules

Two apple pie categories this year?! Yes, there are. We've made other (tasty) changes, too. It all goes down Sunday, April 28 at UCLA.

Forget green beer. Stick to corned beef, creamy mashed potatoes, and delicious cabbage.

7 essential St. Patrick's Day recipes

Forget green beer. Stick to corned beef, creamy mashed potatoes, and delicious cabbage.

Sommelier Courtney Kaplan explains shochu, Japan's indigenous distilled spirit.

Shochu, with a lower alcohol content than many spirits, finds a new audience in the US

Sommelier Courtney Kaplan explains shochu, Japan's indigenous distilled spirit.

In Praisesong for the Kitchen Ghosts, Crystal Wilkinson recounts stories and recipes from five generations of Black Appalachian cooks.

The hidden history of Black Appalachian foodways

In Praisesong for the Kitchen Ghosts, Crystal Wilkinson recounts stories and recipes from five generations of Black Appalachian cooks.

At the farmers market, chef Daniel Matho shops for butternut squash while Lettie Garcia talks grapefruit.

Market Report: Chef Daniel Matho uses butternut squash in a seasonal sandwich

At the farmers market, chef Daniel Matho shops for butternut squash while Lettie Garcia talks grapefruit.

Intrepid food writer Bill Esparza shows us where to find Dominican food in Los Angeles.

Where to find Dominican food in Los Angeles

Intrepid food writer Bill Esparza shows us where to find Dominican food in Los Angeles.

Poised to open a restaurant complex in Los Angeles, Rose Previte traveled spice trade routes to see how cooking traditions informed each other.

Maydan brings Middle Eastern and North African flavors to LA with a new cookbook and a massive restaurant complex

Poised to open a restaurant complex in Los Angeles, Rose Previte traveled spice trade routes to see how cooking traditions informed each other.

Dr. Lauren Crossland-Marr explains how the gene editing technology CRISPR is impacting our food chain.

How the gene-editing technology CRISPR is changing tomatoes, grapes and cattle

Dr. Lauren Crossland-Marr explains how the gene editing technology CRISPR is impacting our food chain.

LA Times restaurant critic Bill Addison visits Yess, a new Japanese restaurant in the Arts District.

Yess: 'The most quietly ambitious cooking to emerge in LA'

LA Times restaurant critic Bill Addison visits Yess, a new Japanese restaurant in the Arts District.

At the farmer's market, chef Deau Arpapornnopparat shops for Holy Basil, his Atwater Village Thai restaurant.

Market Report: Chef Deau Arpapornnopparat finds his cilantro roots

At the farmer's market, chef Deau Arpapornnopparat shops for Holy Basil, his Atwater Village Thai restaurant.