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In a Minute with Evan Lovett

L.A.'s All Time Favorite Foods... By the Decade!

In a Minute with Evan Lovett

Audacy

Society & Culture, Places & Travel

51K Ratings

🗓️ 17 November 2023

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

What was L.A.'s favorite food of the 1900s? How about the 20s, 30s, or 40s?! Find out here as we go decade by decade through over 100 years of L.A.'s most popular and favorite foods... the foods that inspired and created the culture we have today around the culinary industry.  

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0:00.0

Yo, episode number 40 coming to you from the I am studios here in the heart of Los Angeles

0:15.0

and thank you for being here with me. I mean that genuinely. We've had a couple

0:20.0

incredible guests recently but today it's just me and you and I hope you're

0:24.4

hungry because we're going to be talking about food specifically LA's

0:30.3

favorite food throughout history you know how we do it here in a minute. I got to put

0:36.7

context, facts, background, and yes, history around this concept concept which had me really excited

0:44.4

not just talking about LA's favorite foods of the moment but we're talking favorite

0:49.2

food by decade since 1900 foods that have left a legacy not just on LA culture but

0:56.0

worldwide that's right your stomach growling yet it's time to get the grill fired

1:01.6

up and your napkin ready because we're talking about

1:04.4

LA's favorite foods of all time. All right y'all. Let's get into it. So we start as always with something that happened in LA this week.

1:21.6

Thanksgiving is coming and that is the biggest food holiday of the year in

1:28.0

LA or otherwise and I did some research on the history of

1:32.1

Thanksgiving Los Angeles,

1:33.4

but you're gonna have to wait for that.

1:34.6

It's at the end.

1:36.0

But it got me thinking about how our amazing and incredible food culture

1:40.5

developed here in Los Angeles. And as've discussed, LA is the bastion

1:45.8

of both fast food and healthy food throughout the world. With everything from

1:50.6

McDonald's and Taco Bell to avocado toast and kale salad being attributed

1:55.7

to the culinary minds of Los Angeles.

1:59.1

So initially I just wanted to find out LA's favorite foods. That's a tough ask and very, very subjective. But the

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