This week on Good Food:

• Vicky Bennison, the founder of Pasta Grannies, shares and documents nonna-approved regional recipes.
• On the Market Report, farmer Alex Frecker talks Honeynut, Delicata and Kabocha squash while chef Marco Gagliardi plans a squash, chickpea, and kale soup that riffs on two classic cuisines.

Connect with Good Food host Evan Kleiman on Substack.

This week on Good Food:

• Nokx Majozi heads home to South Africa to explore the many cultures and dishes that inform the cuisine.
• Between October 2025 and April 2026, the US took in 4,499 refugees. All but three were from South Africa. Boyce Upholt discovers thousands of Afrikaners in the Mississippi Delta living and working on agricultural visas.

Connect with Good Food host Evan Kleiman on Substack.

KCRW’s Good Food partnered with Grocery Goblin for “In-Store Stories,” a series of readings this fall. The first in the series centered around the theme of lunchtime, where listeners filled the aisles at Sabzee Market in Encino. Vanessa Anderson shares why she chose the themes for her storytellers. Chef and political activist Angel Dimayuga reveals their father’s uncredited idea for the McDonald’s Extra Value Meal and journalist Lauren Bethke eats nachos with a dominatrix and her gimp at an LA diner.

Egg is the theme for our next In-Store Stories event at Fresco Community Market on Sunday, October 18. Purchase tickets here.