The Menu, Hanukkah, tamales, French cakes

Good Food

KCRW

Society & Culture

4.5 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 17 December 2022

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Screenwriters Seth Reiss and Will Tracy tackle issues of class, consumerism, art, and privilege in "The Menu." Katianna and John Hong, the husband-and-wife duo behind Korean American restaurant and deli Yangban Society, discuss their blended Hanukkah and Christmas traditions. Michael W. Twitty, an African American Jewish writer and culinary historian, considers the "braid of influences" that have shaped his Hanukkah traditions. Want a new twist on the latke? Chef Chris Scott’s herbed potato and onion waffle is the perfect Hanukkah treat. From the ancient history of the tamal (which existed before the tortilla), to the variety of fillings, to regional twists, to different methods of preparation, Indigenous culinary anthropologist Claudia Serrato talks about tamales, top to bottom. Food writer Aleksandra Crapanzano shares the French approach to making dessert at home. Finally, chef Scott Zwiezen reopens Elf Cafe in Echo Park with a new look and some new additions to the menu.

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0:00.0	From KCRW, I'm Evan Kliman and you're listening to good food.
0:06.2	Revenge is a dish best served cold, but when Julian Sloick, the renowned chef played by
0:12.1	Ray Fines in the menu, decides to exact revenge on
0:16.1	both his accolites and critics. He turns up the heat in entirely unexpected ways. Seth Reese and Will Tracy are the screenwriters behind the new
0:26.2	culinary satire. Hello gentlemen. Hi how are you? Hello, thanks for having us.
0:32.4	Before we dig in are you're. Hello, thanks for having us.
0:33.2	Before we dig in, so to speak, let's meet Chef Julian.
0:38.8	Here's a clip of him introducing the diners to his restaurant.
0:47.4	Good evening.
0:52.4	Welcome to Hawthorne. I'm Julian Sloick and tonight it will be our pleasure to feed you.
0:57.0	The curtain rises.
0:58.0	Over the next few hours you will ingest fat, salt, sugar, protein, bacteria, fungi,
1:10.2	various plants and animals, at times entire ecosystems.
1:15.0	But I have to beg of you one thing, it's just one.
1:20.0	Do not eat.
1:23.0	Eat.
1:24.0	Taste.
1:26.0	Taste.
1:28.0	Saver, relish.
1:31.0	Consider every morsel that you place inside your mouth.
1:35.0	Be mindful, but do not eat.
1:40.0	Our menu is too precious for that.
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