Roman Mars: How the Pandemic is Transforming Restaurants
The author and host of the design and architecture podcast 99% Invisible talks about how the pandemic creates an opportunity to make restaurant design more resilient by innovating parklets and reclaim...
23 Nov 202040min
Breaking Up with Diet Culture
Virgie Tovar, author and podcast host of the Rebel Eaters Club, talks about diet culture: what it is, how it feels and how we can push against it in favor of a less punitive way of thinking about how ...
10 Nov 202037min
How a Recipe Can Become a Protest
“Chinese Protest Recipes” is an antiracist zine from chef and activist Clarence Kwan, who insists food and cooking are political. Kwan joins hosts Justin Phillips and Soleil Ho to discuss his project,...
9 Nov 202036min
Food Photography Is a Meritocracy — If You’re a White Person
Food photographer Oriana Koren talks about their work researching and documenting Black contributions to American cuisine, including their notable feature on underground chefs in South L.A. As a Black...
2 Nov 202036min
Food Pop-ups in Legal Limbo
While AB-626 legalized the permitted sale of home-cooked food, most California counties have not developed a permitting process, creating a legal gray area. Katie Valenzuela, an incoming Sacramento ci...
26 Okt 202041min
Three-Michelin-Starred: A Fine Dining Legacy, Burned Down
Located in Napa Valley’s St. Helena, the highly acclaimed Restaurant at Meadowood was destroyed on September 28th by the massive Glass Fire, which scorched close to the 67K acres in Sonoma and Napa co...
19 Okt 202039min
A Foodie's First Impressions of the Bay Area Food Scene
Serena Dai, the new senior features editor for The San Francisco Chronicle, talks about her first impressions of the Bay Area food scene and why food writing continues to fascinate her. Dai worked clo...
12 Okt 202036min
What Wildfires Mean for California Wine
With more than a dozen California wineries damaged and even more threatened by smoke tainted grapes, this season might prove to be calamitous for the wine industry. Chronicle wine critic Esther Mobley...
5 Okt 202034min
