Kristyn Leach and a network of farmers work to preserve cultural heritage through seed saving. LA Times restaurant critic Bill Addison visits Perilla in Echo Park for Korean banchan and dosirak. Photographer Lucy Schaeffer captures the nostalgia and personal memories behind school lunch. Peter Miller pens an ode to the midday meal. Politics professor Aaron Bobrow-Strain looks at the history of white bread in America and how it became so popular and industrialized. Wax Paper in LA pays homage to NPR personalities with their sandwiches, and co-owner Peter Lemos explains what goes into an “Ira Glass.”
Seed saving, dosirak, school lunch, the art of the midday meal at work
“A 60-year-old man will tell you the first and last name of the kid who had the better lunch than he did,” shares Lucy Shaeffer. She visually documents a cross section of food and meal memories in her book, “School Lunch: Unpacking Our Shared Stories.” Photo by Lucy Schaeffer.
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