Spike talks to Baltimore writer-producer D. Watkins—winner of a 2024 James Beard Media Award—about his ever-evolving relationship to food and how and why he writes about it.
D. Watkins—author of eight books and renowned TV writer-producer—loves good food and a well-crafted vodka gimlet; many of his essays also confront the complex role of food and drink in Baltimore's Black communities.
He talks to Spike about his relationship to food growing up in Baltimore and how that's changed over time, his 2024 James Beard Media Award-winning Salon essay on alcohol and loss, and more.
Recorded in front of a live audience on April 29, 2026 at Woodberry Kitchen in Baltimore, Maryland.
Audio engineering by Armen Spendjian.
Music: Ten Ton Motorbike by Caleb Stine.
For more information, visit www.woodberrykitchen.com.