Tomorrow, New York Times food columnist Mark Bittman will be on “To the Point” with Warren Olney.
Warren asks him, “Whatever happened to cooking?” The answer: The microwave… and a billion dollar marketing campaign to drive us out of the kitchen.
The clip below is a sneak preview. Listen to the show in it’s entirety tomorrow at 12 noon on KCRW and KCRW.com.
New York Times Mark Bittman on “whatever happened to cooking?” by KCRW

Eddie Lin on Shark Fin Soup by KCRW
Deep End Diner and Good Food contributor Eddie Lin was on Which Way LA? with Warren Olney last night. He was one of 3 guests talking about the proposed ban on the sale of shark fins. Eddie has eaten shark fin soup at functions, like weddings, and says it dates back to Imperial China. Other guests included Michael Sutton, Vice President of the Monterey Bay Aquarium, and California State Assemblyman Mark Eng, who opposes the ban.
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Writer Gay Talese was on To the Point today to talk with Warren Olney about the iconic eatery Elaine’s.
Gay Talese on the Closing of Elaine’s in New York by KCRW

Yesterday on Which Way LA? host Warren Olney spoke to Michael Flood on the LA Regional Food Bank and Philip Browning of the LA County Department of Social Services.
Los Angeles County has 1.7 million hungry residents, so many that food banks are struggling to keep up with the need. Because of state laws, almost half don’t know they’re eligible for food stamps the federal government pays for. We hear what the County’s doing to make some improvement.

Guests:

Maryn McKenna: Wired.com
Guy Loneragan: Texas Tech University, National Cattlemen’s Beef Association
James Johnson: University of Minnesota, Infectious Diseases Society of America
Brad Spellberg: UCLA, Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute

Links:
McKenna on Translational Genomics Research Institute study of drug-resistant staph in meat samples
Slaughter on emerging public health crisis, legislation

Yesterday, Wayne Pacelle of the Humane Society spoke to Warren Olney on KCRW’s To The Point about the new bill in Iowa making it a crime to produce and distribute photos taken without farmers permission.  That means that all of those undercover videos of downer cows and abused pigs would be illegal.  Here’s the clip:
Wayne Pacelle of the Humane Society on To The Point by KCRW
What do you think?  Should farmers be protected against undercover investigations?

Mark Bittman of the NY Times was on To The Point with Warren Olney today, talking about why he fasted last week in protest of proposed cuts to the Federal budget.  Last week he wrote about in his NY Times Op-Ed column.
Mark Bittman on “To The Point” by KCRW

The New York Times’ Kim Severson was on KCRW’s To The Point with Warren Olney today, talking about Wal-Mart’s efforts to promote healthy eating by making their packaged food lower in salt, fat and sugar.  Kim said that, while those efforts can help, the goal really should be to get Americans to stop eating so much processed food.  Take a listen (it’s about 44 minutes into the show).

KCRW’s Warren Olney tackled the Hollywood Farmers Market / LA Film School dispute on Which Way LA? last night.  His guests were:

Michael Woo: Chairman of the Board, SEE-LA
Adam Englander: Spokesman, Los Angeles Film School
Kerry Morrison: Executive Director, Hollywood Property Owners Alliance
Robert Gottlieb: Professor of Urban and Environmental Policy, Occidental College
David Zahniser: Staff writer, Los Angeles Times

It’s a fascinating segment, and take a minute to read some of the listener comments on the show’s website.… listen to it, after the jump.

Good Food and the LA Weekly’s Jonathan Gold, who caused a kerfuffle over his comments on Paula Deen, apologized in an open letter posted on the Weekly’s website.
Jonathan will be on KCRW’s Which Way LA tonight at 7 pm to discuss the issue.  What do you think?