32 posts tagged “evan kleinman”
Go to a full discussion of a great panel here.
Evan's thoughts...
I’m sitting in the Herbst Theater at the San Francisco Civic Center, a gem of a theater with Frank Brangwyn murals flanking gilded molding. The theater is packed. We’re all waiting for the first of several Food For Thought sessions to begin. The first session and the real kick-off to the weekend is a panel on The World Food Crisis
Why is everyone so excited? Here is a list of the panelists:
Michael Pollan, moderator
Carlo Petrini, founder and president of Slow Food International
Vandana Shiva, environmental thinker and activist and winner of the The Right Livelihood Award (the alternative Nobel Peace Prize
Raj Patel, author Stuffed and Starved
Corby Kummer, Sr. Editor Atlantic Monthly and acclaimed food writer
I just got out of the session. I think many will say it was a "come to Jesus" moment for the American food movement and how we perceive ourselves within a global system that takes way too many hits from our own governmentally supported industrial food system.
Great thoughts for the moment from Carlo:
We must ban the word consumer from our language. We are not consumers, (word is linked to a disease, tuberculosis), rather we are co-producers. Eating is the last link in the chain of food production. Thinking of ourselves as attached to the chain of production rather than as a passive recipient of it changes the paradigm of individual decision making when it comes to food.
Also, in light of the extraordinary happening in Denver last night where the words Economy and Security were up front the the conversation, the underpinning of much of our security is food. We need to place the Food Conversation into the political conversation.
From Raj Patel, author of Stuffed and Starved
Talking about scary technology from Monsanto....
Terminator and Zombie Seeds
Seeds that Die off after a season
Seeds that are dead until they are sprayed by a monsanto chemical
From Vandana Shiva
Internalizing criminality vs. non cooperation
We need every one of us to be Rosa Parks of food
We had the first dinner at Chai Toong E-San Thai in Hollywood.
A full dining room of 35 came to this cash-only (oops! sorry guys) restaurant hosted by Jet Tila of Bangkok Market.
We ate a lot of food and heard about this restaurant's Thai specialties. Here's some pics. We will have another dinner in late September. We're hoping to have it an Angeli Caffe. Email us at goodfood-at-kcrw.com to sign up for information.
I drove up to San Francisco yesterday (and can I just take a moment to say what a drag it is that KCRW wasn't 'able to boom out of the radio all the way up), to await the beginning of a weekend of insane celebration, sharing and thinking called Slow Food Nation. Oh, and Eating, I mustn't forget that.
Slow Food Nation is the first version yet attempted in the US of the famed Italian Salone del Gusto or Salon of Taste. Anya Fernald is the head of Slow Food Nation and she is to be cheered for what looks to be the greatest gathering of food artisans and their products as well as the most important food thinkers and writers in the country. Tens of thousands of happy consumers and learners are expected to wander through the Taste Pavilions, the culinary workshops and the Food for Thought Panel Presentations.
DECLARATION FOR HEALTHY FOOD AND AGRICULTURE
The evening started with the presentation of one of the most important documents of our time.
I've been working on the Stewardship Council for Roots of Change. We helped birth the Declaration by putting together a group of talented thinkers and writers on today's food system. Read it here.
Gathering at San Francisco's City Hall were a stellar group of framers and writers to present the final draft to the public.
After the declaration and a symbolic signing we all trooped across the street for a Come to the Table Dinner.
A group of about 500 of us sat down to dinner at long tables
surrounding The Victory Gardens recently planted in front of San
Francisco City Hall. Tomorrow is a day full of extraordinary speakers on where we are with our current food system and ways to change.
Listener Wynne C. writes:
After listening to the nationwide ice cream round-up on a recent Good Food podcast, I was disappointed that The Bent Spoon in Princeton, New Jersey was not mentioned. They have great ice cream with very creative flavors. Check them out!
Wouldn't it be great if we could vote by buying chocolates? One chocolatier is taking advantage of this week's conventions. Wear or eat the political button of your choice.
How does that sound?
Delicious. You'll see.
Put grapes on a roasting pan in one layer, off the stem. Drizzle with olive oil, salt and pepper.
Roast at 500 degrees for 10 minutes or until the skin blisters. They will get gelatinous and gooey.
I've been putting them on the grill while they are in bunches. It's faster and adds another dimension.
Try it and let me know.
Look at that sexy, shiny, copper pan! KCRW's Good Food is giving one away to a lucky subscriber. Support us by donating some cash to KCRW. A contribution of anywhere from $25 to $1000 will get you automatically enrolled in this sweepstakes with amazing odds. (Something like 1 in 300.)
Your dollars make KCRW able to produce Good Food. We are a listener-supported radio station. Funny concept I know. But it allows us to do a food show free from product placement and cheesy restaurant endorsements.
Make sure when you subscribe online that you put GOOD FOOD in the comments section. Then we'll be sure to enroll you in the copper pan sweepstakes PLUS a chance to win a Mini Cooper Convertible and a trip to Kyoto, Japan. Odds are great. You've got until August 18th. Do it now and tell us how much Good Food means to you -- it would mean a lot to me.
Evan Kleiman
Host, Good Food
KCRW
PS: Our first of two days of fundraising on Good Food. We raised a little more than $16,000. We were shooting for $20,000 like we did last year but we feel good about this. Thanks to you who contributed. We have one more shot, next week on Saturday at 11am Pacific time.
We tasted some incredible custard-style ice cream here last week. It's from a place called Silky Smooth Creamery located in, of all places, the Beverly Center. High quality, custard-style ice cream is extruded from specialized machines and made from milk whose cows live in Wisconsin.
Give the custard-style cream a try. A Pinkberry's is moving in right next door so they are concerned about surviving. This is some high-quality, delicious ice cream. The flavors are complex and delicate and the ice cream is made by someone who really cares about quality.
A listener wrote in the following:
I am a college student who is not going to have a meal plan this
year. What foods can you suggest that can help to stretch my budget
that are not Ramen? I am limited to a microwave, but I have a can
opener!
What advice can you give?
Post your comments below.
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