In the Weeds: ‘I wouldn’t have Woon without mom,’ says Keegan Fong Written by Andrea Domanick, produced by Laryl Garcia Listen 11 min MORE Owner Keegan Fong and Julie Chen Fong, aka Mama Fong, teamed up for Woon Kitchen, a small noodle pop-up turned culinary destination in Historic Filipinotown. Photo by Cody James.
We re all familiar with warm and fuzzy stories about spending time in the kitchen alongside mom. But imagine turning that sweet, syrupy story into a business plan. Keegan Fong did just that.
Woon Kitchen in Historic Filipinotown is his collaboration with his mother Julie Chen Fong, a.k.a. Mama Fong.
Listen 57 min MORE An early photo of New York Times cooking writer Eric Kim, who spent an unexpected nine months back home in Atlanta with his mom during the pandemic, cooking by her side and learning some life lessons in the process. Photo courtesy of Eric Kim.
There’s something special about the relationship between a boy and his mom. In anticipation of Mother’s Day, Good Food hears from Eric Kim, who returned home to Atlanta to work on his upcoming cookbook with his mom. This week’s “In the Weeds” takes listeners to Woon Kitchen in Historic Filipinotown, where Keegan Fong and Mama Fong are making a mean bowl of beef noodles. Farmer Lee Jones shares how his family’s rags-to-riches farm went bust but rebuilt with vegetables that are sought after by the world’s best chefs. Edible flowers are blooming at the Santa Monica Farmer’s Market. Artist and illustrator Lindsay Gardner pays homage to 112