# KCRW's Good Food

A look at life through the lens of food with Los Angeles-based chef, former restaurateur, and long-time radio host, Evan Kleiman. Thousands of interviews. Countless recipes. Thirty years and counting.

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## [Second Helping: Will Gene-Edited Food Ever Make It to Market?](https://kcrwgoodfood.substack.com/p/second-helping-will-gene-edited-food)

_2026-08-19 · Elina Shatkin_

Plus: Tablescaping influencers, the best Mexican restaurants, and more food recalls.

## [Breakfast Burritos](https://kcrwgoodfood.substack.com/p/breakfast-burritos)

_2026-08-18 · Evan Kleiman_

LA's portable gut bombs

## [Second Helping: The Great Avocado Oil Scam](https://kcrwgoodfood.substack.com/p/second-helping-the-great-avocado)

_2026-08-12 · Elina Shatkin_

Plus: Taylor Farms' cruel summer, Talenti's identity crisis, and lobster turf wars.

## [Need a Cookie?](https://kcrwgoodfood.substack.com/p/need-a-cookie)

_2026-08-11 · Evan Kleiman_

Chocolate chippers to the rescue

## [LA's Froyo Renaissance](https://kcrwgoodfood.substack.com/p/la-is-in-the-midst-of-a-froyo-renaissance)

_2026-08-07 · Kelly Dobkin_

Frozen yogurt is having a moment in Los Angeles

## [A Law has Preserved California Farmland for Over 60 Years. Here’s Why Some Farmers Want It Rewritten.](https://kcrwgoodfood.substack.com/p/a-law-has-preserved-california-farmland)

_2026-08-06 · Janek Schaller_

Drive about 75 miles north from Los Angeles, and you’ll cross into Kern County.

## [Second Helping: Office Potlucks Gone Awry](https://kcrwgoodfood.substack.com/p/second-helping-office-potlucks-gone)

_2026-08-05 · Elina Shatkin_

Plus: Ant sorbet, how Big Food wins even when it loses, and a killer lettuce update.

## [On the Road Again](https://kcrwgoodfood.substack.com/p/on-the-road-again)

_2026-08-04 · Evan Kleiman_

Next stop, Cambria

## [Second Helping: Millions Go Hungry as SNAP Collapses](https://kcrwgoodfood.substack.com/p/second-helping-millions-go-hungry)

_2026-07-29 · Elina Shatkin_

Plus: The colostrum craze, tainted baby formula, forever chemicals in our food chain

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_2026-07-29 · **Sponsored**_

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## [Need Crunch But Avoiding Lettuce?](https://kcrwgoodfood.substack.com/p/need-crunch-but-avoiding-lettuce)

_2026-07-28 · Evan Kleiman_

Slaw to the rescue