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FOOD is a monthly segment exploring cooking, eating, and how food shapes our identity and culture here in the Northwest.
FOOD: A KNKX Podcast
English, Cookery, Food, Drink, 1 season, 9 episodes, 1 hour, 7 minutes
FOOD: A KNKX Podcast
English, Cookery, Food, Drink, 1 season, 9 episodes, 1 hour, 7 minutes
For Sue Kidd, strip mall diners and fancy bistros held equal merit
The longtime Pierce County food journalist was fearless in her reviews, but also kind and professional — earning the trust of area restaurateurs.
4/6/2022 • 7 minutes, 44 seconds
After eating East Coast bagels, a look at what the PNW has to offer
It’s been said, usually by people from there, that bagels are better on the East Coast than they are in the Northwest. But KNKX food commentator Nancy Leson – who grew up in Philadelphia – isn’t sure that’s still true.
1/26/2022 • 5 minutes, 3 seconds
'Less meat, but good meat': How a childhood in London informs this Ballard butcher's philosophy
Beast & Cleaver has only been open in Seattle's Ballard neighborhood for about two years, but it's already developed a loyal following.
12/22/2021 • 7 minutes, 26 seconds
'The best turkey we’ve ever had’: A loyal following in Seattle’s Chinatown-International District
Kau Kau BBQ Restaurant in Seattle's Chinatown-International District started roasting Thanksgiving turkeys decades ago. It's now an enormously popular tradition with many repeat customers.
11/24/2021 • 7 minutes, 43 seconds
FOOD: Spice Bridge offers global flavors that are 'so frickin' good'
Just south of Seattle, in a new development called Tukwila Village, something special is cooking. A lot of special things, as a matter of fact.
11/3/2021 • 7 minutes, 31 seconds
'Irish' Spaghetti and the power of food and family
In the latest installment of FOOD, KNKX's Ed Ronco shares an old family recipe with food commentator Nancy Leson. Meet "Irish Spaghetti."
9/23/2021 • 7 minutes
FOOD: The place with all the peppers
In this month's episode, KNKX's Ed Ronco and food commentator Nancy Leson head to Yakima County to visit a farm that grows more than 200 varieties of peppers, sold at farmers markets across western Washington.
8/26/2021 • 8 minutes, 8 seconds
FOOD: J. Kenji López-Alt on Seattle, cooking and representation
The chef, columnist, cookbook author and social media sensation just moved to Seattle. Why? Nancy Leson asks that and other questions in this conversation about food, representation and more.
8/25/2021 • 9 minutes, 19 seconds
FOOD: A salmon feast and a happy reunion
It’s been a decade since I cooked my first salmon, while living in Alaska — three hefty filets from some Chinook I’d caught and saved, frozen, to impress my Michigan parents on their first trip to visit me.
8/25/2021 • 7 minutes, 10 seconds