Bay Area food legend Narsai David, 'King of the Culinary airwaves,' dies

Long before David’s warm, friendly voice became a constant presence on the radio station, his life was already worthy of a biopic. He was born in South Bend, Indiana, but the Davids decamped to Turlock when they learned David’s father had been diagnosed with leukemia. There, 11-year-old David and his family were embraced by the large Assyrian community. “Hospitality is a strong tradition among Assyrian people,” David recalled to the San Francisco Examiner in 1972. “When people drop by, even though they may have just finished dinner, an Assyrian family...