Author, chef, TV star, podcast host, Dave Chang is the greatest food personality of all time.

And I'm not just saying that because I've appeared five times on his shows.

Okay, I am.

But Dave does have a good record of calling trends.

And now he's telling us how we're going to eat in the future.

I'm Gustavo Arianna.

You're listening to The Times, Daily News from the LA Times.

It's Thursday, December 2nd, 2021.

Today, we'll spend the show with Dave to talk about his new Hulu series,

The Next Thing You Eat, which, full disclosure, I appear in.

We'll discuss what he found, why he thinks Southern California is such a great place for food,

and also the future of the food industry in the era of COVID-19.

I think in food, in food science, there is unbelievable ingenuity that is around the corner.

When I think about the future, I think about my kids and what are we going to leave them?

Without pain and struggle, you're not David Chang.

Everything's on the table.

That's part of the trailer for The Next Thing You Eat, which you can stream on Hulu now.

I appeared in the Burger and Sushi episodes, and Dave, remember that amazing Mexican sushi we had and how Ryan Sechrist beat us to it?

Did Sechrist or was it Marley-Lo?

No, it was Ryan Sechrist.

God damn it.

Of all the people who would have thought that Mexican sushi in the United States would be discovered by Ryan Seacrest, man? I still have been disbelief

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