Through line of experience, as typically happens these last 35 years listening to NPR, this time,

The ever-vibrant Ailsa Chang comes on the radio, interviewing food truck pioneer chef Roy Choi from his kitchen at the Alibi Room in West Los Angeles, about his new cookbook,

“The Choi Of Cooking” …

And one of the primary focuses of the book was to bring vegetable dishes out to front and center, as Choi put it in convo with Chang,

“You know, vegetables should curse. Like, they should be brash and curse, and they should, like, have their tongue out, you know…

…Like a cheeseburger.

CHANG: Yeah.

CHOI: Like yeah, you know?

CHANG: (Laughter).

CHOI: Like, it should look like the point of view of the Double-Double, you know?

CHANG: Yeah. Yeah.

CHOI: Like, that’s how a vegetable…

CHANG: Badass vegetables.

CHOI: Badass – you know, badass food porn, in your face. Like, it should be “Spinal Tap 11,” you know? …”

And they went on, and I was, AM, inspired.

And then I check Choi’s IG account , his feed, and it turns out he’s gonna be here in the San Francisco Bay area this week…Today as a matter of fact,

And so I bought a ticket to go to his book signing… Can’t wait!

And that? That’s GOOD.

Thank you, NPR, thank you Ailsa Chang, thank you Roy Choi !

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