The Reckoning in Food Media Archives

Chazaro, left, interviews musical artist Kev Choice, right.

Q&A: Alan Chazaro of KQED’s ¡Hella Hungry!

By Janelle Salanga ● Q&A ● September 22, 2023

Poet, educator and ¡Hella Hungry! creator Alan Chazaro reflects on coming to food writing as someone from outside the institution of traditional journalism, telling human stories through food and more.

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Where the hell is Africa in food coverage?

By Omnia Saed ● The Reckoning in Food Media ● May 2, 2023

Despite the growing popularity of food media in recent years, African stories are sparingly included — leaving media coverage of food history incomplete.

The alternate reality of celebrity chefs

By John Besche ● The Reckoning in Food Media ● May 2, 2023

Rarely, aside from sexual assault, overt racism, or in the case of Martha Stewart, insider trading, do celebrity chefs get comeuppance.

Urban farms can be a crucial part of food access coverage

By Alex Espitia ● The Reckoning in Food Media ● April 25, 2023

But in order to create lasting change, we can’t be satisfied with just recognizing the symptoms of an unjust system and responding with patchwork solutions.

An illustration of a white woman featured as an expert on television cooking noodles.

“Noodles are tasty”: The economic implications behind race and cultural appropriation in food media

By Frankie Huang ● The Reckoning in Food Media ● April 25, 2023

Discussing cultural appreciation and appropriation is also about broader questions of who can get a platform to share food — and who profits.

Is social media ruining the vibes of your favorite LA eats?

By Jireh Deng ● The Reckoning in Food Media ● April 18, 2023

Angelenos like me fear strangers stampeding into our communities with some voyeuristic claim on our spaces.

A tiered platter of seafood on ice, accompanied by lemons and chips, obscures Hanna Raskin, the author.

The Food Section’s origin story: Pushing for more thoughtful food journalism

By Hanna Raskin ● The Reckoning in Food Media ● April 13, 2023

Regardless of reason, uncritical food writing shores up existing power structures, and fails to serve the consumers and workers who stand to be hurt by them.