Episode 242: How Artisans Reclaimed America's Lost Flavors

Published: June 30, 2016, 5:32 p.m.

b"This week on A Taste of the Past, host Linda Pelaccio is joined via phone by Patric Kuh, the multiple-James Beard Award\\u2013winning restaurant critic for Los Angeles Magazine and author of Finding the Flavors We Lost: From Bread to Bourbon, How Artisans Reclaimed American Food.\\n\\nIndustrialization and mass production stripped many foods of their original flavors, but there's been a growing movement over the past 50+ years to get back to those flavors and restore the natural goodness of our food. In Finding the Flavors We Lost, Kuh profiles major figures in the so-called \\u201cartisanal\\u201d food movement who brought exceptional taste back to food and inspired chefs and restaurateurs to redefine and rethink the way we eat."