Roy Choi, Caribbean flavors, cherries
Good Food
KCRW
4.5 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 16 May 2025
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Summary
The joy of cooking with Roy Choi...
- Kogi king Roy Choi has health on his mind in a new collection of recipes
- How do you become a restaurant critic? Besha Rodell explains in her memoir
- Marie Mitchell shares dishes from the Caribbean and its diaspora
- It's cherry season at the farmers market and which means the lines are long at the Murray Family Farm stand
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| 0:51.7 | From KCRW, I'm Evan Klyman and you're listening to Good Food. |
| 0:56.7 | When we last spoke with Roy Choi, |
| 0:59.6 | he was on the front lines of wildfire relief, |
| 1:03.2 | passing out burritos to first responders from the Kogi truck alongside World Central Kitchen. |
| 1:06.3 | Community has always been at the center of Roy's cooking philosophy. |
| 1:11.4 | It's been a dozen years since he published L.A. Sun, |
| 1:15.0 | where we got to learn a bit more about Roy's background |
| 1:17.6 | and those short-ribed tacos that started a food trek phenomenon. |
| 1:23.1 | Roy's back with a new arsenal of recipes that rely on some life lessons. |
| 1:28.5 | The man who can't resist upon presents the choy of cooking. |
| 1:34.4 | Hi, Roy. |
| 1:36.2 | Hello. |
| 1:37.8 | First of all, thank you so much for coming to Good Food again. |
| 1:42.4 | Some time has passed to gain perspective about the fires, |
| 1:46.7 | but the city still has years of recovery ahead. |
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