After 70 years, Gourmet magazine ceased publication in October by order of its parent company, Conde Nast. While the decision to cut the magazine that long set the standard for epicurean living — with its heavily-tested recipes, expert food photography, and rich writing — was much discussed, KCRW’s Evan Kleiman joined Zócalo to have a different sort of conversation, as she joined former Gourmet editors Ruth Reichl and Laurie Ochoa and former Gourmet writer Jonathan Gold.
For those who haven’t had to consider caring for the elderly, long term care may a seem distant and not very pressing or merely basic issue — a matter of figuring out whether or not to rely on a nursing home.
But as Debra Saliba, director of the Anna and Harry Borun Center for Gerontological Research at UCLA, explained, “how we support persons with long-term care needs says a great deal about how we as a society care for our more vulnerable members.”
Of all the many immigrant communities that have come to the U.S., Mexicans may have the most unusual experience.
The question of what makes a Los Angeles writer initially seems simple.
“They live in Los Angeles or write about Los Angeles,” said Laurie Ochoa, a longtime Los Angeles journalist. But that’s just the beginning, Ochoa noted, of understanding a city so large and diverse, rife with stories of glamour, wealth, crime and want.
Every 10 years, the Census Bureau performs its comprehensive count of the American population, a tally that determines the crucial question of Congressional representation, among other things. And every 10 years, controversy erupts.
Orson Welles was born on May 6, 1915, and directed his most acclaimed film, Citizen Kane, at age 26. Years later, after a couple disastrous movies and a sojourn in Europe, he would reunite with one of its stars, Joseph Cotton, in The Third Man. Welles' character, Harry Lime, is the missing center of the movie until he appears, finally, and explains his motives for entering a less-than-savory line of work....
