WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.520 --> 00:00:01.520 Hey, it's Neil Savedra. 2 00:00:01.639 --> 00:00:04.599 You're listening to kfi EM six forty the four Report 3 00:00:04.759 --> 00:00:06.839 on demand on the iHeartRadio app. 4 00:00:07.919 --> 00:00:08.480 Do you Do? 5 00:00:08.640 --> 00:00:09.599 Thanks for hanging out. 6 00:00:09.439 --> 00:00:14.720 Today, Boy, today has been chock filled with guests. I 7 00:00:14.759 --> 00:00:19.120 think we have another guest coming up shortly. But hanging 8 00:00:19.160 --> 00:00:23.960 out with Michael Angaro from the San Pedro Fish Market 9 00:00:24.160 --> 00:00:27.719 is always a pleasure. And I love those family stories 10 00:00:27.800 --> 00:00:31.280 of coming into you know, we pivot in life and 11 00:00:31.320 --> 00:00:35.359 our families pivot in life, and hey, here you have 12 00:00:35.439 --> 00:00:39.439 a fantastic fish market that came and Kate was birthed 13 00:00:39.920 --> 00:00:44.240 from a bookie, so go figure. You gotta love southern 14 00:00:44.240 --> 00:00:48.359 California and its stories. But very cool to chat and 15 00:00:48.399 --> 00:00:57.399 the food is just stellar. There's something about tasting something 16 00:00:57.439 --> 00:01:03.359 that's just done right, you know, their own little twist 17 00:01:03.399 --> 00:01:07.040 on it. Just a really, really wonderful thing. So thanks 18 00:01:07.079 --> 00:01:09.920 again to Michael for coming out and sharing their food 19 00:01:09.959 --> 00:01:10.319 with us. 20 00:01:10.400 --> 00:01:11.640 It really is fantastic. 21 00:01:11.680 --> 00:01:14.879 And another reminder that if you'd like to get that 22 00:01:14.959 --> 00:01:17.519 and you're near the Long Beach location only available July 23 00:01:17.760 --> 00:01:21.200 fourth through the sixth, sixty nine. Ninety nine, serves two 24 00:01:21.280 --> 00:01:24.959 to four people. It is their big barbecue tray. It's 25 00:01:25.000 --> 00:01:28.840 a limited offer, but man, it's got the polish sausage, 26 00:01:28.920 --> 00:01:31.920 the pulled pork, the corn on the cob, cole slaw, 27 00:01:32.040 --> 00:01:37.159 garlic bread, homemade carolina, a gold barbecue sauce on the side. 28 00:01:38.439 --> 00:01:41.879 It is something that you can most definitely enjoy. I 29 00:01:41.920 --> 00:01:44.319 will tell you. Also, I want to remind you that 30 00:01:44.400 --> 00:01:47.200 we are going to be out and about on the twelfth. 31 00:01:47.519 --> 00:01:49.280 We are going to be if you are in the 32 00:01:49.319 --> 00:01:51.319 area of Santa Clarita or you want to go for 33 00:01:51.359 --> 00:01:54.200 a lovely drive on a Saturday out to a beautiful 34 00:01:54.239 --> 00:01:59.640 part of southern California July Saturday, July twelfth, I will 35 00:01:59.680 --> 00:02:02.359 be at the Wild Forks Foods in Santa Clarita. 36 00:02:02.400 --> 00:02:06.799 It's off Magic Mountain Parkway. There. The show two to 37 00:02:06.879 --> 00:02:09.039 five will be in store broadcasting. 38 00:02:09.240 --> 00:02:14.319 It's just basically to celebrate summer grilling season, but man, 39 00:02:14.400 --> 00:02:16.719 are we doing it in a non basic way. You'll 40 00:02:16.719 --> 00:02:20.199 have Wild Fork food samples cooked by a grill pit master, 41 00:02:20.639 --> 00:02:24.039 prizes every fifteen minutes, including the chance to win a 42 00:02:24.159 --> 00:02:27.400 Fork in the Road chef's package, which features a barbecue 43 00:02:27.680 --> 00:02:30.159 proteins from the Wild Fork, along with tickets to see 44 00:02:30.199 --> 00:02:33.879 the Dodgers and an opportunity to go on the Hornblower 45 00:02:33.960 --> 00:02:36.360 dining yacht and have it be on. So it's two 46 00:02:36.439 --> 00:02:40.479 to five Saturday, July twelfth, Wild Fork in Santa Clarita 47 00:02:40.520 --> 00:02:41.759 on Magic Mountain Parkway. 48 00:02:42.120 --> 00:02:44.199 Don't miss. I'd love to have you out there. 49 00:02:44.400 --> 00:02:48.159 Find out more at KFIAM six forty dot com slash 50 00:02:48.560 --> 00:02:50.560 Wild Fork. I hope to see you there. I'm going 51 00:02:50.639 --> 00:02:54.400 to bring some swag as well, and we will enjoy 52 00:02:54.599 --> 00:02:57.159 ourselves for sure. 53 00:02:57.680 --> 00:02:58.120 All right. 54 00:02:58.599 --> 00:03:05.319 One of the wonderful things to consume a sauce, a topping, 55 00:03:05.560 --> 00:03:09.680 a condiment, wherever you put it in your lineup is pesto. 56 00:03:10.560 --> 00:03:16.199 So Tony Turnbull was interviewing this from the Sunday Times 57 00:03:16.319 --> 00:03:21.360 was interviewing top chef Stevie Peril and how he puts 58 00:03:21.400 --> 00:03:27.319 together his particular sauce. And if you know, it's not 59 00:03:27.479 --> 00:03:29.800 a super complex, but this is one of those things 60 00:03:29.800 --> 00:03:32.479 as far as a lot of ingredients in those but 61 00:03:32.599 --> 00:03:35.759 as far as putting together a good pesto is about 62 00:03:35.759 --> 00:03:39.360 the balance of the ingredients. So he breaks it down thusly, 63 00:03:39.479 --> 00:03:44.000 one hundred grams of basil leaves, thirty grams of pine nuts, 64 00:03:44.599 --> 00:03:50.400 one small garlic clove that should be up half teaspoon 65 00:03:50.560 --> 00:03:59.439 fine salt, ninety grams of ricotta, a dally fresh sheeps there, 66 00:03:59.479 --> 00:04:06.080 forty parmesan, finally grated, one hundred mills of extra virgin 67 00:04:06.199 --> 00:04:09.719 olive oil. And you know you wash, You pick the basil, 68 00:04:09.840 --> 00:04:13.520 You lay out the leaves flat on Trey in his method, 69 00:04:14.479 --> 00:04:16.160 you put it on a flat tray. You put him 70 00:04:16.160 --> 00:04:19.879 in the freezer for fifteen minutes. Why this is gonna 71 00:04:19.920 --> 00:04:23.120 lock in their color. It's kind of similar to blanching, 72 00:04:23.199 --> 00:04:24.959 I suppose, but in this case you want them to 73 00:04:25.000 --> 00:04:29.199 be fresh. Toast the pine nuts in a dry pan 74 00:04:29.319 --> 00:04:31.360 over medium heat for about two to three minutes. 75 00:04:31.360 --> 00:04:32.680 They're gonna get golden brown. 76 00:04:32.720 --> 00:04:36.560 They're gonna get fragrant, and you put them aside to 77 00:04:36.560 --> 00:04:40.399 cool down. You crush the garlic with the salt until smooth. 78 00:04:41.519 --> 00:04:44.240 You can use a pestle mortar or the flat side 79 00:04:44.240 --> 00:04:48.759 of a knife. When it mixes with the coarse attribute 80 00:04:48.839 --> 00:04:51.040 of the salt, it will start to break it down. 81 00:04:51.160 --> 00:04:54.680 In a high power blender, mix the basil, the pine nuts, 82 00:04:54.879 --> 00:04:59.879 garlic paste, the ricata, the parmesan, the olive oil until 83 00:05:00.079 --> 00:05:04.199 becomes this silky and bright green, lovely goodness. Then you 84 00:05:04.279 --> 00:05:07.560 just taste it, and you're gonna adjust the season. If 85 00:05:07.600 --> 00:05:10.040 you need to loosen it a little bit, you loosen 86 00:05:10.079 --> 00:05:12.759 it with a splash of cold water or more oil 87 00:05:12.839 --> 00:05:15.160 if needed. But how lovely is that? 88 00:05:15.240 --> 00:05:15.360 Now? 89 00:05:15.399 --> 00:05:17.839 You could add all kinds of stuff you can use pistachios, 90 00:05:19.439 --> 00:05:24.279 wal nuts, wild garlic, piously, hazelin. There's things that you 91 00:05:24.319 --> 00:05:27.639 can do to change the profile a little bit, but man, 92 00:05:27.720 --> 00:05:31.439 pesto is one of those things that on you know, 93 00:05:31.519 --> 00:05:36.560 Rigatoni or something good night, simple, easy to done, be done, 94 00:05:36.560 --> 00:05:37.560 and everybody's happy. 95 00:05:37.759 --> 00:05:40.720 You're listening to The Fork Report with Nil Savedra on 96 00:05:40.839 --> 00:05:43.319 demand from KFI AM six forty. 97 00:05:44.319 --> 00:05:46.959 Thanks for hanging out today. If you're not familiar with 98 00:05:46.959 --> 00:05:49.000 the show, we just get together for three hours on 99 00:05:49.040 --> 00:05:51.079 a Saturday and kind of shake off the heaviness and 100 00:05:51.959 --> 00:05:56.519 ugliness and sometimes stupidity of the world and just celebrate food, 101 00:05:57.000 --> 00:05:59.759 people that make it, the culture behind it, and everything 102 00:05:59.800 --> 00:06:03.199 in between. So thanks for hanging out. I want to 103 00:06:03.240 --> 00:06:06.480 introduce you to Vanessa Parrish. She's the executive director and 104 00:06:06.560 --> 00:06:10.079 co founding member of the Queer Food Foundation. She's with 105 00:06:10.160 --> 00:06:13.120 us via phone and I hear that there was some 106 00:06:13.279 --> 00:06:16.040 train issues with you, so I'm glad that you are 107 00:06:16.120 --> 00:06:16.439 with us. 108 00:06:16.480 --> 00:06:17.439 Welcome to the Fork Report. 109 00:06:19.240 --> 00:06:21.360 Hi, how are you? Yeah, so sorry about that, but 110 00:06:21.399 --> 00:06:22.639 I'm so excited to be here. 111 00:06:22.800 --> 00:06:25.879 Well, we're happy to have you as well. You out 112 00:06:25.879 --> 00:06:26.839 there on the East Coast. 113 00:06:28.720 --> 00:06:31.439 Yes, it's New York City Pride weekend, so you know 114 00:06:31.480 --> 00:06:33.000 it's just as crazy as ever. 115 00:06:33.519 --> 00:06:36.360 Yes, as if the rest of the time is not 116 00:06:36.439 --> 00:06:41.639 crazy enough in New York. But welcome you to the program, 117 00:06:41.839 --> 00:06:46.720 and we're excited to talk about what's going on tomorrow 118 00:06:47.160 --> 00:06:50.759 five to eight pm on Daily Street there here in 119 00:06:50.839 --> 00:06:53.920 Los Angeles. So why don't you tell us first a 120 00:06:53.959 --> 00:06:57.680 little bit about a Queer Food Foundation. People can find 121 00:06:57.680 --> 00:07:02.240 out more also at Queerfoodfoundation dot org. But tell us 122 00:07:02.240 --> 00:07:05.439 a little bit about the organization and then the chef 123 00:07:05.519 --> 00:07:08.600 a sandwich showdown of course. 124 00:07:08.639 --> 00:07:12.360 So the Quercy Foundation, we are a nation wide nonprofit 125 00:07:12.399 --> 00:07:18.199 that specializes in feeding, funding, and elevating queer food workers. 126 00:07:18.639 --> 00:07:25.319 And that's from smallier's, bartenders, farmers, food service workers. Our 127 00:07:25.360 --> 00:07:28.079 big goal is making sure that people are supported, they're 128 00:07:28.079 --> 00:07:30.800 getting equity pay and there also meeting and connecting with 129 00:07:30.839 --> 00:07:33.040 each other because where everyone is spread out all over 130 00:07:33.079 --> 00:07:34.759 the country, so we want to make sure that people 131 00:07:34.800 --> 00:07:37.639 know where they can find their safe bases and support. 132 00:07:38.279 --> 00:07:41.279 You know, and it's all across the country. Is an 133 00:07:41.279 --> 00:07:44.800 important part of it because here on the coasts we 134 00:07:44.879 --> 00:07:48.639 don't think of this the same way. Now, it's not 135 00:07:48.720 --> 00:07:50.920 that there isn't still a fight to be had, but 136 00:07:51.560 --> 00:07:54.399 we don't think in Los angele know, my dear friend 137 00:07:54.680 --> 00:07:59.279 Susan Finneger fought as a chef, you know, just a 138 00:07:59.319 --> 00:08:02.000 sweetheart of human beings, she and her wife Liz, but 139 00:08:02.079 --> 00:08:05.879 they're you know, here's a woman who fought against even 140 00:08:05.920 --> 00:08:10.680 being a woman in the culinary industry and also a 141 00:08:10.720 --> 00:08:13.399 gay woman on top of that, and the things that 142 00:08:13.439 --> 00:08:16.480 she has struggled through and continues to help through organizations 143 00:08:16.519 --> 00:08:19.439 as well. But we don't think of it the same way. 144 00:08:19.439 --> 00:08:22.439 But this is for across the country where the fight 145 00:08:22.560 --> 00:08:25.800 still continues to go on differently than it does here 146 00:08:25.839 --> 00:08:28.240 on the coasts. So do you get a lot of 147 00:08:28.279 --> 00:08:33.720 the dinner you know inside Middle America type folks right. 148 00:08:33.600 --> 00:08:36.120 Exactly like you know, in the South, like you know, 149 00:08:36.279 --> 00:08:38.879 Los Angeles, New York, Miami have those, you know, really 150 00:08:39.000 --> 00:08:41.519 nice bubbles of safety that we don't think about. But 151 00:08:41.559 --> 00:08:43.919 there's a lot of cities and states that don't have 152 00:08:44.000 --> 00:08:47.759 that whatsoever. You know, people fly in from all over 153 00:08:47.840 --> 00:08:49.679 just to go to Los Angeles Pride because they don't 154 00:08:49.720 --> 00:08:52.639 have those type of places in their own hometowns. So 155 00:08:53.080 --> 00:08:55.120 we definitely try to meet people where they are, Like, 156 00:08:55.159 --> 00:08:57.639 you know, Los Angeles. We do things like the Chef 157 00:08:57.720 --> 00:09:00.720 Dammich sow down to kind of elevate the queer chefs 158 00:09:00.720 --> 00:09:02.440 that are already out and about, you know, and then 159 00:09:02.480 --> 00:09:05.639 we also do other events in smaller regions to just 160 00:09:05.759 --> 00:09:08.240 build their network that they're just getting started with. 161 00:09:08.879 --> 00:09:09.120 Yeah. 162 00:09:09.480 --> 00:09:13.120 I often joke when people get hot headed about certain 163 00:09:13.159 --> 00:09:17.080 books displaying different types of families and the like being 164 00:09:17.120 --> 00:09:19.919 in children's libraries, and I laughed and I said, well, 165 00:09:20.799 --> 00:09:23.600 my eight year old does go to school, and you know, 166 00:09:24.000 --> 00:09:27.440 those families exist and he sees them in real life. 167 00:09:28.600 --> 00:09:29.879 He doesn't have to open a book. 168 00:09:29.960 --> 00:09:33.759 When we have friends over and families over, they're all 169 00:09:33.879 --> 00:09:38.120 kinds of families. So we get it a little differently. 170 00:09:38.240 --> 00:09:40.679 As you call them bubbles, I think is pretty appropriate. 171 00:09:40.799 --> 00:09:44.279 So in doing that, you put together events. What we're 172 00:09:44.279 --> 00:09:46.799 going to do is take a quick news break to 173 00:09:46.799 --> 00:09:48.720 get some news in here. But then when we come back, 174 00:09:48.759 --> 00:09:50.759 I want you to share with people the Chefs Sandwich 175 00:09:50.759 --> 00:09:54.600 Showdown at Benny Boy Brewing tomorrow and let them know 176 00:09:54.679 --> 00:09:56.360 what that is and how they can participate. 177 00:09:56.559 --> 00:10:00.720 Okay, yeah, of course, all right, Hang tight. Vanessa Parish 178 00:10:00.840 --> 00:10:01.159 is with us. 179 00:10:01.159 --> 00:10:04.200 She's the executive director and co founding member of the 180 00:10:04.279 --> 00:10:06.840 Queer Food Foundation. You can find out more at their 181 00:10:06.840 --> 00:10:11.039 website Queerfoodfoundation dot org, and it would be the same 182 00:10:11.159 --> 00:10:15.440 on Instagram and Facebook as well, Queer Food Foundation. We'll 183 00:10:15.519 --> 00:10:18.519 chat more about the event tomorrow when we return. So 184 00:10:18.600 --> 00:10:19.080 go nowhere. 185 00:10:19.279 --> 00:10:22.240 You're listening to the Fork Report with Nil Sevadra on 186 00:10:22.360 --> 00:10:24.799 demand from KFI AM six forty. 187 00:10:24.919 --> 00:10:25.480 How do you do? 188 00:10:26.039 --> 00:10:29.480 We've been chatting with Vanessa Parrish. She is the executive 189 00:10:29.480 --> 00:10:32.360 director and co founding member of the Queer Food Foundation. 190 00:10:33.519 --> 00:10:36.480 You can find out more at Queerfoodfoundation dot org. They 191 00:10:36.519 --> 00:10:39.399 have an event going on tomorrow, Sunday, June twenty ninth, 192 00:10:39.440 --> 00:10:44.159 from five to eight pm at eighteen twenty one. Now 193 00:10:45.200 --> 00:10:50.159 is that Daily Street Let's see Los Angeles, California, nine 194 00:10:50.399 --> 00:10:53.519 zero zero three one. You can check that there at 195 00:10:53.879 --> 00:10:58.120 Benny Boy Brewing. This is the Chef Sandwich Showdown. Tell 196 00:10:58.200 --> 00:11:00.919 us more about that, Vanessa lose you, no. 197 00:11:03.480 --> 00:11:03.840 Thank you. 198 00:11:05.200 --> 00:11:10.200 Oh sure. We have four amazing queer chefs from the 199 00:11:10.240 --> 00:11:14.639 Los Angeles Long Beads community that are coming out to 200 00:11:14.679 --> 00:11:18.519 do the best of the best and their sandwich curations. 201 00:11:18.960 --> 00:11:23.120 We've got Charlie Ray from Long Beads, Private chef Cloon 202 00:11:23.159 --> 00:11:27.320 Eliza from UI's Studios are also amazing private chefs. Sammy 203 00:11:27.360 --> 00:11:29.960 Schwartz from Slutty Sammy's. If you have not had a 204 00:11:30.000 --> 00:11:34.200 Slutty Sammise sandwich, you have to go and get one. 205 00:11:34.960 --> 00:11:36.919 The name alone, you're on the list. 206 00:11:38.679 --> 00:11:41.279 It definitely needs to be on the list. And then 207 00:11:41.759 --> 00:11:45.159 Jerny Rain, who is the chef and owner of Grits 208 00:11:45.159 --> 00:11:49.519 and Waffles in Ktown. So you've got four very different 209 00:11:49.600 --> 00:11:53.519 concepts of chefs coming to battle it out. And then 210 00:11:53.519 --> 00:11:55.759 a few of them will also be coming earlier, so 211 00:11:55.759 --> 00:11:57.799 if you want to grab a bite just to support them, 212 00:11:58.519 --> 00:12:01.399 they'll be out there all day lan whatever they've got 213 00:12:01.440 --> 00:12:04.960 going on, and then the actual chef sandwich battle will 214 00:12:04.960 --> 00:12:05.919 be from five to eight. 215 00:12:06.519 --> 00:12:11.360 That's you know, sandwiches is I mean, it's just it 216 00:12:11.440 --> 00:12:14.440 is one of the perfect meals because it's like, you know, 217 00:12:14.480 --> 00:12:16.960 we all love pizza because it's all your favorite things 218 00:12:17.000 --> 00:12:19.840 on an edible plate, and a sandwich is kind of 219 00:12:19.840 --> 00:12:22.559 the same thing. It's all these great things whatever your 220 00:12:22.759 --> 00:12:26.879 heart desires between two edible plates, basically, so you can 221 00:12:26.960 --> 00:12:30.120 just eat it. What's your what's your favorite? I mean, 222 00:12:30.159 --> 00:12:32.519 you've got great choices there on the East Coast. What's 223 00:12:32.519 --> 00:12:34.039 your favorite go to sandwich? 224 00:12:35.440 --> 00:12:39.120 Yeah, you know, I really think it is a mont 225 00:12:39.159 --> 00:12:42.600 of Crysto on the menu. I'm gonna have to try it. 226 00:12:42.759 --> 00:12:45.480 Wow, goods so big. 227 00:12:45.440 --> 00:12:47.759 Ultimate brunch sandwich, you know what I mean? 228 00:12:48.440 --> 00:12:52.440 Absolutely it is. Yeah, it's one of mine too. It's 229 00:12:52.519 --> 00:12:55.720 super decadent and it's a lot. But if I see 230 00:12:55.720 --> 00:12:59.039 it on a brunch menu, I'm I'm going headfirst into 231 00:12:59.080 --> 00:13:02.639 that as well. How does this event going on tomorrow? 232 00:13:02.919 --> 00:13:09.480 Is it's twenty five dollars? And do they get this? 233 00:13:10.720 --> 00:13:14.919 Do they get tickets on your website? I'm looking now 234 00:13:15.000 --> 00:13:15.639 for a link. 235 00:13:16.200 --> 00:13:18.440 Yeah, you can get the tickets on our website at 236 00:13:18.480 --> 00:13:21.440 Pride twenty twenty five. It's to be right there. And 237 00:13:22.120 --> 00:13:24.840 the twenty five dollars you get a sampling of all 238 00:13:24.879 --> 00:13:27.320 four sandwiches and you get to vote, you get to 239 00:13:27.360 --> 00:13:31.399 crown the winner. So it's gonna be really awesome. I 240 00:13:31.399 --> 00:13:33.200 can't actually I told this if I actually don't even 241 00:13:33.200 --> 00:13:34.960 want to know what they're making, because I feel like 242 00:13:34.960 --> 00:13:36.879 that kind of ruins the element of surprise for me, 243 00:13:37.279 --> 00:13:39.080 because I like, I'm also a shop. It's like I 244 00:13:39.080 --> 00:13:40.600 feel like I'm just going to kind of dissect it. 245 00:13:41.159 --> 00:13:44.000 So I was like, just at a mental fairness to 246 00:13:44.279 --> 00:13:47.639 my colleagues, I'm just gonna like go and see how 247 00:13:47.639 --> 00:13:51.159 everything tastes and support. But yeah, please get to ticke 248 00:13:51.240 --> 00:13:54.759 us online at our website Queertprefoundation dot org. You'll see 249 00:13:54.799 --> 00:13:58.000 right at the top Pride twenty twenty five. It will 250 00:13:58.000 --> 00:14:02.080 be right there. Proceeds do go to us at QSFF. 251 00:14:02.200 --> 00:14:06.679 Course of the proceeds so all tickets matter to help 252 00:14:06.720 --> 00:14:09.279 support our causes, keep each side of the events and 253 00:14:09.320 --> 00:14:11.360 community building in Los Angeles growing. 254 00:14:11.919 --> 00:14:15.320 You know, twenty five dollars is the ticket price twenty 255 00:14:15.360 --> 00:14:20.080 one in Old and Over, but in LA and in 256 00:14:20.120 --> 00:14:23.799 New York that's the cost of one sandwich. 257 00:14:24.879 --> 00:14:25.799 Right more. 258 00:14:27.360 --> 00:14:29.720 I'm like, twenty five bucks for a sandwich is like 259 00:14:29.919 --> 00:14:31.519 average right now? 260 00:14:32.480 --> 00:14:35.000 So can you come get a grab a nice drink 261 00:14:35.039 --> 00:14:37.399 from Benny Boy. You know they're grateful to them for 262 00:14:37.519 --> 00:14:40.759 hosting us and they're really awesome patio space. I don't 263 00:14:40.759 --> 00:14:42.519 know if you've been, I know of. 264 00:14:42.480 --> 00:14:45.600 It, but I have not been any patio space in 265 00:14:45.639 --> 00:14:49.519 Southern California I'm aware of. I love I love anything 266 00:14:49.559 --> 00:14:52.080 where they have eating outside in southern California. I don't 267 00:14:52.080 --> 00:14:54.480 know why we don't do it more here. It took 268 00:14:54.840 --> 00:14:59.279 it took the COVID for us to start eating outside 269 00:14:59.320 --> 00:15:01.360 in Southern califor one you're for some stupid reason. 270 00:15:03.159 --> 00:15:05.559 Yeah, oh, this is so nice. 271 00:15:05.279 --> 00:15:08.639 Like who ever thought of it? It's Los Angeles. We 272 00:15:08.720 --> 00:15:09.679 all be doing it. 273 00:15:10.759 --> 00:15:12.879 Sometimes we get it backwards. 274 00:15:13.279 --> 00:15:17.440 And again, remind everybody where the money goes to and 275 00:15:17.759 --> 00:15:19.399 about the Queer Food Foundation. 276 00:15:21.039 --> 00:15:23.519 Yes, so a portion of the proceeds of the tickets 277 00:15:23.639 --> 00:15:26.480 will go to the Queer Fee Foundation to help us 278 00:15:26.639 --> 00:15:30.960 funds feed and elevate queer workers and food. And that 279 00:15:31.120 --> 00:15:36.440 again goes to smallia's bartenders, bussers, your local chefs and restaurants. 280 00:15:36.559 --> 00:15:40.960 We have resources as far as food banks. We also 281 00:15:41.000 --> 00:15:43.679 had a hate crime fund for restaurants that have may 282 00:15:43.720 --> 00:15:47.039 have been affected by hate crimes. We have educational resources 283 00:15:47.480 --> 00:15:50.039 and a multitude of partnerships all across the country just 284 00:15:50.120 --> 00:15:55.799 to keep people safe. In equity and also inclusive in 285 00:15:55.879 --> 00:15:57.039 their workspace environment. 286 00:15:57.840 --> 00:16:01.879 Well, it's a great cause. And I love the fact. 287 00:16:01.600 --> 00:16:05.039 When food it's just kind of the attitude of this 288 00:16:05.080 --> 00:16:09.159 show that you know, food is the one thing that 289 00:16:09.279 --> 00:16:12.200 kind of ties us all together. We all have to eat, 290 00:16:12.840 --> 00:16:16.879 and that there's something magical about breaking bread with somebody, 291 00:16:16.960 --> 00:16:19.919 and it's always And people that work in the hospitality 292 00:16:19.919 --> 00:16:23.480 industry are some of the most generous people on the planet. 293 00:16:23.840 --> 00:16:27.320 Obviously you talking about Benny Boy Brewery and the fact 294 00:16:27.320 --> 00:16:30.080 that you know they're opening up their space for you 295 00:16:30.159 --> 00:16:32.639 to do this event. I hear this stuff day in 296 00:16:32.879 --> 00:16:36.360 and day out on this program, that you know, these 297 00:16:36.399 --> 00:16:41.519 people are constantly opening up their restaurants, their breweries, whatever 298 00:16:41.559 --> 00:16:45.799 it is, for great causes, and this is yet another one. 299 00:16:46.240 --> 00:16:47.720 So I wish you success. 300 00:16:47.320 --> 00:16:51.519 With thank you so much. We always say unity is 301 00:16:51.559 --> 00:16:54.039 a verb, you know, and these are the type of 302 00:16:54.039 --> 00:16:55.559 moments to show what that means. 303 00:16:55.799 --> 00:16:59.720 That's so funny. I say that about father too. The 304 00:16:59.720 --> 00:17:03.279 word father to me is a verb. Do you have 305 00:17:03.360 --> 00:17:06.759 to actually participate in things? Well, I wish you nothing 306 00:17:06.759 --> 00:17:09.000 about success on the event. Please keep us posted when 307 00:17:09.000 --> 00:17:11.359 you have other events that we can help get the 308 00:17:11.359 --> 00:17:15.440 word out and as pride wraps, thank you. 309 00:17:15.640 --> 00:17:19.319 So wait, what do you do come July July? First, 310 00:17:19.400 --> 00:17:20.559 you have fulled up the flags. 311 00:17:21.720 --> 00:17:26.079 Everybody puts their asslest chaps away and uh. 312 00:17:25.519 --> 00:17:26.240 Gets back to. 313 00:17:27.720 --> 00:17:27.799 No. 314 00:17:28.319 --> 00:17:31.240 We take a much seated break, but we have a 315 00:17:31.279 --> 00:17:34.599 big campaign that we call clear all year so you know, 316 00:17:34.759 --> 00:17:38.319 we're the equity and advocacy and people need to be 317 00:17:38.400 --> 00:17:41.880 said all year round. So we take a few weeks 318 00:17:41.880 --> 00:17:44.079 off to regroup and then we go right back at 319 00:17:44.119 --> 00:17:44.519 it again. 320 00:17:45.039 --> 00:17:46.319 Okay, well, good to hear. 321 00:17:46.839 --> 00:17:49.000 Well, thanks for what you're doing, and I'm glad that 322 00:17:49.039 --> 00:17:51.799 the train didn't keep you forever. We were happy to 323 00:17:51.799 --> 00:17:53.000 have some time to spend with you. 324 00:17:53.960 --> 00:17:55.119 Yeah, thank you so much. 325 00:17:55.279 --> 00:17:59.480 All right, That, of course was Vanessa Parrish. She's the 326 00:17:59.519 --> 00:18:03.000 executive director and co founding member of the Queer Food Foundation. 327 00:18:04.119 --> 00:18:07.240 You can find out more at Queerfoodfoundation dot org. Of course, 328 00:18:07.680 --> 00:18:11.240 you know, as much as I support and you know, 329 00:18:11.799 --> 00:18:15.240 love that there's organizations out there like this, I also 330 00:18:15.319 --> 00:18:18.200 hate there has to be organizations out there like this. 331 00:18:18.240 --> 00:18:21.920 Sometimes the most beautiful thing about America to me is 332 00:18:21.920 --> 00:18:25.440 that freedom, right, a little bit of that liberty we 333 00:18:25.559 --> 00:18:29.480 keep talking about, and so I love that. 334 00:18:31.000 --> 00:18:31.160 One. 335 00:18:31.359 --> 00:18:34.160 People are coming together to celebrate that frustrated that we 336 00:18:34.200 --> 00:18:35.359 still have to deal with these things. 337 00:18:35.759 --> 00:18:39.240 Off my soapbox, firm on the ground. We'll be back 338 00:18:39.279 --> 00:18:41.440 with more. So go know where. 339 00:18:42.519 --> 00:18:44.799 You've been listening to the Fork Report. You can always 340 00:18:44.839 --> 00:18:47.480 hear us live on KFI AM six forty two to 341 00:18:47.559 --> 00:18:51.279 five pm on Saturday and anytime on demand on the 342 00:18:51.319 --> 00:18:52.680 iHeartRadio app How Do. 343 00:18:52.720 --> 00:18:54.240 You Do What a show Man? 344 00:18:54.279 --> 00:18:57.359 It has been one of those shows that has been 345 00:18:57.519 --> 00:19:01.799 kind of NonStop with stuff going on, great conversations today, 346 00:19:02.799 --> 00:19:05.680 and we are going to be handing everything over to 347 00:19:06.200 --> 00:19:07.440 this young lady right. 348 00:19:07.279 --> 00:19:09.599 Here, Tiffany, including the food. 349 00:19:10.079 --> 00:19:13.039 Yeah, yeah, including the food right can't wait? 350 00:19:13.279 --> 00:19:16.720 Okay, So you know I told you this before, but 351 00:19:17.200 --> 00:19:19.759 one of your the most powerful things about you and 352 00:19:19.799 --> 00:19:22.799 the way you see life is your perspective as an 353 00:19:22.920 --> 00:19:26.960 artist as well photographer and connecting with the the beautiful 354 00:19:27.000 --> 00:19:29.839 streets of Los Angeles and sometimes the not so beautiful 355 00:19:29.839 --> 00:19:33.559 streets of Los Angeles. But the first thing you said 356 00:19:33.720 --> 00:19:36.880 is that you would go here all the time, and 357 00:19:36.920 --> 00:19:39.000 that's just so Los Angeles to. 358 00:19:39.000 --> 00:19:40.839 Me to go Yes, San Pedro. 359 00:19:41.839 --> 00:19:45.799 Pedro is such a jewel. It's such a little the Pedro. 360 00:19:46.279 --> 00:19:49.400 I don't even have time, I think I am, but 361 00:19:49.400 --> 00:19:51.720 but yeah, I love San Pedro. There we go, and 362 00:19:51.920 --> 00:19:54.640 just going to, you know, the Ports of Call. I 363 00:19:54.680 --> 00:19:57.880 remember my homecoming in high school was at Ports the Call. 364 00:19:58.079 --> 00:20:01.599 So I've been a fan and a ficionado, if you will. 365 00:20:01.880 --> 00:20:02.799 It's a special place. 366 00:20:02.839 --> 00:20:05.359 It's really it's got its own vibe and it really 367 00:20:05.440 --> 00:20:08.400 it's you know, all of la is parsed into these 368 00:20:08.440 --> 00:20:11.519 little nooks and crannies and they have their own vibe. 369 00:20:11.680 --> 00:20:14.200 Yeah, and it feels very small towny and you can't 370 00:20:14.240 --> 00:20:17.839 get better than you know, restaurants like this one. And 371 00:20:18.400 --> 00:20:21.720 the longevity they've been able to experience seventy years. Seventy 372 00:20:21.799 --> 00:20:24.480 years is insane speaking of seventy. 373 00:20:24.119 --> 00:20:28.119 Years when you're saying that, what are you doing? Minus 374 00:20:28.160 --> 00:20:30.519 a few? But I went to Disneyland. 375 00:20:30.599 --> 00:20:33.079 Yes you're talking about that off air, and that's the 376 00:20:33.240 --> 00:20:36.799 This is their seventieth anniversary, which it feels a lot older. 377 00:20:37.400 --> 00:20:44.960 But well, because Walt's Walt's Company is one hundred. There 378 00:20:45.000 --> 00:20:47.119 you go, so that's why we all cut. So you 379 00:20:47.200 --> 00:20:52.000 go back to the early days of Oswald, the rat, 380 00:20:52.039 --> 00:20:53.680 Lucky Rabbit or whatever that was there. 381 00:20:53.759 --> 00:20:56.279 We saw that character yeah, really strange. Looks like a 382 00:20:56.359 --> 00:20:59.519 cracked out Mickey. Yeah, it's a little a little different. 383 00:20:59.640 --> 00:21:01.880 But that was stolen from him originally. 384 00:21:02.000 --> 00:21:05.839 Okay, so that was stolen from him, and that's why 385 00:21:05.839 --> 00:21:11.039 he created Mickey Mouse with his partner I works. I'm 386 00:21:11.039 --> 00:21:13.160 trying to remember. But the interesting thing is, so you 387 00:21:13.279 --> 00:21:17.680 went to California Adventure as well. So you walk in 388 00:21:17.720 --> 00:21:23.319 there and you're going down Buena Vista Avenue. There there's 389 00:21:23.400 --> 00:21:26.839 a point and you see Oswald, you do, but there's 390 00:21:26.880 --> 00:21:30.680 a point where there's a demarcation. There's a line that 391 00:21:30.880 --> 00:21:35.880 Oswald doesn't cross and Mickey never crosses. So that's the 392 00:21:36.000 --> 00:21:39.000 early twenties there, and then when you get into the 393 00:21:39.079 --> 00:21:42.559 later twenties, then Mickey Mouse is born, and so they 394 00:21:42.599 --> 00:21:45.279 never crossed that line, those two characters never. You never 395 00:21:45.279 --> 00:21:47.200 see Oswald anywhere else in the park, and you never 396 00:21:47.240 --> 00:21:48.599 see Mickey pass that line. 397 00:21:48.599 --> 00:21:53.279 On the other side, Disney's own version of segregation wonderful. 398 00:21:52.839 --> 00:21:55.799 Yes, equal but separate or whatever that garbage was. 399 00:21:56.200 --> 00:21:57.680 But I had a ball and I thought about you 400 00:21:57.759 --> 00:21:58.440 the whole time. 401 00:21:58.960 --> 00:22:01.359