Slutty Food, Hot Chicken, Will Nutrition Labels Get a Makeover?

Hosted by Evan Kleiman Aug. 08, 2015 Food & Drink

What does it mean to call a dish "slutty?" LA Weekly critic Besha Rodell offers a definition. Plus, writer and historian Rachel Martin looks into the history of Nashville hot chicken and we turn to Marion Nestle to discuss the FDA's proposal to add a daily value for sugar on nutrition labels.

From this Episode:

What is "Slutty Food?"

Last weekend, the editor-in-chief of Bon Appétit hit a nerve when he tweeted about the "slutty Chinese food" he'd just eaten. Chefs, writers and readers quickly took sides...

10 min

The Story of Nashville Hot Chicken

When writer and historian Rachel Martin returned to Nashville after an eight-year absence she was shocked to discover her hometown was famous for a dish she had never...

9 min

Ten Years after Katrina, New Orleans Restaurants are Booming

In a New York Times story this week, reporter Kim Severson writes, "The joke used to be that New Orleans is a town of 5,000 restaurants and five recipes." But now, ten...

8 min

The Diet of a Sumo Wrestler

On Saturday, August 8 thousands are expected to attend the US Sumo Open in Long Beach. Sixty wrestlers from around the world will compete in what has become one of the...

6 min

Jonathan Gold Reviews Cassia in Santa Monica

Jonathan Gold is the Pulitzer Prize-winning food writer for the LA Times. This week, he visits Cassia in Santa Monica. The buzzy new opening is a partnership between chef...

9 min

FDA Proposes a Daily Value for Sugar on Nutrition Labels

Marion Nestle is the author of seven books and a professor at NYU's Department of Nutrition, Food Studies and Public Health.

6 min

Market Report

This week market manager Laura Avery talks with chef Nyesha Arrington who recently opened Leona on Washington Boulevard in Venice. This week chef Arrington is shopping for...

5 min

Talking Pie and Pi with LA Earthquake Czar Lucy Jones

Dr. Lucy Jones is a seismologist at the US Geological Survey, based at CalTech, and has served time as the city of LA’s "earthquake czar" for Mayor Eric Garcetti. She...

5 min