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Broken Bread

The Future of Restaurants

Season 2 Episode 1

Roy breaks bread with chef Wolfgang Puck, journalist Patricia Escárcega and restaurateurs who are working to address the worker exploitation, high food prices and unsustainable financial models that have long defined the restaurant industry.

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Fruit juices in jugs are lined up on a table in front of a food truck. A man in a black t-shirt uses a ladle to scoop juice into a small sample cup for a customer.

Broken Bread

After Breakup of Avenue 26 Night Market, Vendors Rebuild Around the City

An Asian American man with a baseball cap and a woman in red and a cap order food from a food stall at Avenue 26 night market in Lincoln Heights.

Broken Bread

How You Can Support L.A.'s Street Vendors Right Now

A group of volunteers at No Us Without U stand for a group photo along a curb in Los Angeles. Some of the volunteers are sitting on plastic produce crates while others stand behind them with their arms crossed or at their side. Behind the group of volunteers is a collapsable outdoor tent where there are stacks of plastic produce crates and a plastic table for distributing food. Parked along the curb is a small moving truck with graffiti on the back.

Broken Bread

13 Restaurants and Organizations Changing the Food Industry for the Better

Steamed manila clams surround a small metal dish with a dark-colored dipping sauce and bits of chopped ginger and garlic floating up top.

Broken Bread

Bé Ù's Vietnamese-Inspired Steamed Lemongrass Clams

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Season 2 Episode 6

Tijuana

Roy travels to Tijuana, experiencing a side of the city rarely portrayed in the media.

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Season 2 Episode 5

Owning the Block

Roy meets Leimert Park residents using food to counteract gentrification.

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Season 2 Episode 4

Returning to Chinatown

Roy returns to Chinatown and examines his role as a catalyst in its gentrification.

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Season 2 Episode 3

Food as Resistance

Roy meets Latino restaurateurs who are using food as a form of cultural preservation.

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Season 2 Episode 2

From Seed to Table

Roy meets with chefs and farmers leading the fight against the corporatization of food.

Community members celebrate "Hood Day" eating turkey tacos at Locol. | Still from "Broken Bread"

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Season 1 Episode 6

Watts

Roy takes a head-on look at efforts to heal the social and economic wounds of Watts, acknowledging one of the oldest communities in Los Angeles as a mirror into ourselves and our future.