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Good Food

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Evan Kleiman is your guide to the best cooking and eating

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In this bonus episode of Good Food, Marion Nestle and Helena Bottemiller Evich unpack the current state of public health amid the nation’s collective stomach bug  – cyclospora.   Connect with Good Food host Evan Kleiman on Substack.

This week on Good Food:

* Emiko Davies builds the backbone of the Japanese pantry.

* Chef Tadashi Ono and food writer Harris Salat have spent nearly two decades exploring that soulful side of Japanese cuisine together, compiling simple seasona... more

This week on Good Food:

* Chef Saeng Douangdara on the dips, ferments, and family history behind Lao cuisine.

* At the farmers market, RVR bartender Nina Wongsuwat shops for plums for a seasonal negroni.

Connect with Good Food host Evan Kle... more

This week on Good Food:

* Time traveling to 1980s New York, Dylan Gottlieb explores how Yuppies forged the food culture we now take for granted.

* Chef Eddie Huang discusses the pain of writing his first novel and the joy of seeing his beloved... more

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Nephi Craig
Chef and author; founder of the Native American Culinary Association
Native American Culinary Association; Café Gojo (White Mountain Apache Reservation)
Episode: Nephi Craig on Cooking His Way Back to Himself
Madhushree Ghosh
Food writer and author of Suffer, Finding Home, History and Culture Through Punjabi Food in the American West
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Episode: Punjabi Migration, One Dish at a Time
Helen Goh
Psychotherapist, cookbook author; Ottolenghi Test Kitchen veteran
Ottolenghi Test Kitchen; author of Baking and the Meaning of Life
Episode: Baking Your Way to a Meaningful Life
Ozoz Sokoh
Nigerian food explorer, culinary anthropologist and food historian
The Kitchen Butterfly; Chop Chop, Cooking the Food of Nigeria
Episode: Baking Your Way to a Meaningful Life
Irene Yoo
Food writer, bar owner, author of Soju Party
Orion Bar, Brooklyn
Episode: It's a soju party and everyone's invited!
Leslie Soble
Ethnographer, author of Eating Behind Bars
Impact Justice (in project with book)
Episode: It's a soju party and everyone's invited!
Farideh Sadeghin
Chef, video host and food writer
Author of Hot Dog Book
Episode: Hot Dog History
George Motz
Author of Hamburger America; burger scholar
Hamburger America
Episode: The Best Burgers in the Country
Alex Tatusian
Writer; contributor to Gourmet magazine
Gourmet (online publication)
Episode: The Best Burgers in the Country

Host

Evan Kleiman
Host of Good Food

Reviews

4.6 out of 5 stars from 1.4k ratings
  • Why two installments?

    I’ve always enjoyed this but they changed it to twice a week which is too much even though the duration has been cut in half. I have too many other podcasts that I need to listen to and now I end up putting this one on the back burner, no pun intended.

    Apple Podcasts
    4
    GJ-Nick
    United Statesa month ago
  • A total fan

    Good food is one of the few podcasts i can listen to in these dark times. Evans show is always the best of radio. Comes from many directions and covers areas of interest that i may not have been aware of.

    I love evans voice and appreciate her warm approach with guests. Love her choice of guests and the books she exposes us to. We are so lucky to have this quality of radio available to us.

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    herkie!
    United States4 months ago
  • Cancel the host?

    Can’t believe the host, Evan, was recently promoting a total predator, Rene Redzepi, when the info about his misbehavior has been out there for many years! While pretending to be ‘woke’ this Karen is complicit in his crimes by promoting him and should be cancelled immediately unless she demonstrates true contrition by giving her hosting job to a person of color immediatelly who doesn’t share in her white priviledge! ! Otherwise she is just performatively woke and should be cancelled immediately!... more

    Apple Podcasts
    1
    Stopthefraud
    United States5 months ago
  • Vegetable Gardens

    In late 1958 my parents bought their first home in a block and half subdivision built on a former walnut orchard. My dad landscaped everything with his brother and the priority and money went into the front yard (the lawn was dichondra!) but the backyard was a giant vegetable garden... we even had rows of corn. We missed it so much in the early '60s when they ripped it out and landscaped with grass.

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    celtcwrtr
    United States5 months ago
  • Redzepi

    Never ever mention him or have him on the show.

    May he go away and join Batalie and the rest.

    And Evan, before you worship any chef or anyone do the research.

    Apple Podcasts
    2
    JNLCIA
    United States5 months ago

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Consistently high-quality interviews with diverse experts.
Listeners value the storytelling and historical context as a standout feature.
Readers praise breadth and depth, with occasional critiques of politics or guest choices.
Engaging host with thoughtful guests and broad food coverage.

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Nephi Craig on Cooking His Way Back to Himself
Q: How does indigenous knowledge influence your current culinary approach and your work with indigenous foodways today?
Craig discusses using ancestral memory, language, ceremonies, and community-centric practices to guide modern cooking, emphasizing humility, gratitude, and food as a teacher rather than a display of luxury.
Nephi Craig on Cooking His Way Back to Himself
Q: At what point did cooking become more than a job and begin functioning as part of your recovery?
He explains that professional loss, particularly the Phoenix Phoenician setback, catalyzed a shift where cooking became a personal act of recovery, a path beyond career status that connected with his broader work in decolonization and cultural restoration.
Nephi Craig on Cooking His Way Back to Himself
Q: Your understanding of Indigenous foodways was self-directed in many ways. Where were you born? And what do you remember about food and meals as part of your upbringing?
Craig describes growing up in White Mountain Apache and Navajo contexts, where food was rooted in everyday life, communal meals, family stories, and a blending of Native and American influences, which shaped his early relationship with cooking.
Baking Your Way to a Meaningful Life
Q: To just give us an idea of one particular set of flavors, could you tell me about the basic yaji in particular and where you would use it?
Helen explains yaji as the definitive spice mix of Northern Nigerian cooking, its ingredients, variations, and versatile uses in stews, dips, marinades, and even beverages.
Baking Your Way to a Meaningful Life
Q: Could you share the story around the creation of that cake?
Helen explains how Sam's bake-off request for an egg-free, dairy-free, nut-free cake led to a chocolate cake for everyone, developed through iterations with her son and focus on inclusivity.

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Frequently Asked Questions About Good Food

What is Good Food about and what kind of topics does it cover?

A broad, globe-spanning appetite for regional cuisines, food history, and culinary craft anchors the show. Episodes blend interviews with authors, chefs, farmers, and historians to explore traditions, sourcing, techniques, and food's cultural meanings. Recurring strengths include deep historical context, hands-on cooking perspectives, and a willingness to connect food with social and political dimensions, from Indigenous foods and diaspora spice routes to street food heritage and farm-to-table movements. Listeners may appreciate the thoughtful storytelling, cross-cultural insights, and practical cooking notes, with occasional critiques of guest selections or editorial framing. This mix makes it valuable for food professionals, brand partner... more

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1. Nephi Craig
2. Madhushree Ghosh
3. Helen Goh
4. Ozoz Sokoh
5. Irene Yoo
6. Leslie Soble
7. Farideh Sadeghin
8. George Motz

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