The Splendid Table
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American Public Media's 'The Splendid Table' is public radio's culinary, culture, and lifestyle program that celebrates food and its ability to touch the lives and feed the souls of everyone, hosted by Lynne Rossetto Kasper. The Splendid Table podcast contains each week's program in its entirety and is updated every Friday.
| Title | Podcast Description | Author/Reader | Duration |
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| July 31, 2010: The Splendid Table | Evan Goldstein, author of "Daring Pairings" has a fresh take on pairing food and wine. Also, a new cooking technique for getting the most from summer vegetables, the trivia challenge, and Lynne's answers to your kitchen questions. | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 52:00 |
| July 24, 2010: The Splendid Table | We meet up with Tom Owens, the founder of the cult-status coffee website "Sweet Maria's," journalist John Willoughby introduces us to the allure of dried Persian limes; and the Sterns are eating whitefish livers at Maggie's in Bayfield, WI. | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 00:52:00 |
| July 17, 2010: The Splendid Table | Anthony Bourdain, author of "Medium Raw, A Bloody Valentine To The World of Food and The People Who Cook." The Sterns eat Boudin sausage at T-Boy's Slaughterhouse in Mamou, LA, and Christopher Kimball hosts another round of Stump the Cook. | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 00:52:00 |
| July 10, 2010: The Splendid Table | We learn about Hmong cuisine of Southeast Asia. Our guides are the authors of "Cooking From the Heart: the Hmong Kitchen in America." Jane and Michael Stern eat pancakes near the fountain of youth in De Leon Springs, FL, and we get the perfect summer sauce from Michael Ruhlman, author of "Ratio: The Simple Codes Behiond the Craft of Everyday Cooking." | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 00:52:00 |
| July 3, 2010: The Splendid Table | We talk to food activist Michael Pollan, author of "In Defense of Food," about the intersection between sustainable foods, and cost. Jane and Michael Stern have been researching the green chile cheeseburger in New Mexico and we look at the origins of the American potato chip with Dirk Burhans, author of "Crunch, A History of the Great American Potato Chip." | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 00:52:00 |
| June 26, 2010: The Splendid Table | International view on barbecue from Steve Raichlen, author of "Planet Barbecue." Martha Rose Shulman stops by with recipes for healthy summer grain salads, the Sterns dine at "Thirteen Coins" in Seattle, and L.A. food correspondent Angela Kim has tasty oddball fare at "The Gorbals." | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 00:52:00 |
| June 19, 2010: The Splendid Table | British food writer Tamasin Day-Lewis, author of "Supper for a Song," discusses cooking at home, an adoring newlywed finds a cheaper alternative for his bride's breakfast, and we hear the story "Remembering Smell; how Bonnie Blodgett's loss of smell changed everything she knew about food and taste." | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 00:52:00 |
| June 12, 2010: The Splendid Table | The Mayo Clinic's Dr. James Levine is convinced that moving, not sitting is the key to keeping our weight in check, He is the author of "Move A Little, Lose A Lot." The Sterns get ice cream at Woodside Farm in Delaware, and we learn the art of the grown-up popsicle from Karen Solomon author of "Jam It, Pickle It, Cure It." | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 00:52:00 |
| June 5, 2010: The Splendid Table | Lynne guides us through the world of food styling with one of the masters, Delores Custer, author of 'Food Styling: The Art of Preparing Food for the Camera.' Jane and Michael Stern eat Polish Boys in Cleveland, Food & Wine magazine's Ray Isle has some wine suggestions for summer, Susan Loomis tells us about 'pistachio music,' and Sheila Bowman tells us which seafood to avoid. | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 00:52:00 |
| May 29, 2010: The Splendid Table | Lynne talks with Ethnobiologist, conservationist and farmer Gary Nabhan about the profound visionary who set out to end famine, and the price he paid. James Villas, the Southern gentleman of the food world, stops by to talk about his new book, "Pig: King of the Southern Table." Ian Cheney talks about truck farming. The Sterns tell us about Sacramento's Squeeze Inn, and Lynne answers your kitchen questions. | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 00:52:00 |
| May 22, 2010: The Splendid Table | Lynne discusses independent cheese producers with Gordon Edgar, author of Cheesemonger, A Life on the Wedge, then discusses local dairies and small-scale farming with Tracey Ryder. The Sterns have find first-rate seafood at Sting Ray's in Cape Charles, VA, and Scott Hule tells us why it's not so bad to break a wineglass. | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 00:52:00 |
| May 15, 2010: The Splendid Table | We talk to Benjamin Wallace, author of "The Billionaire's Vinegar: The Mystery of the World's Most Expensive Bottle of Wine." The Sterns nosh donuts at Round Rock Donuts in Texas, Sally Schneider introduces us to the allure of Orange Flower Water, and David Rosengarten tells us how gazpacho is made in Spain. | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 00:52:00 |
| May 8, 2010: The Splendid Table | Historian John T. Edge tells the story of Seattle's obsession with all things teriyaki, Jane and Michael Stern have found the ultimate hangover cure in New Orleans - a dish called Ya-Ka Mein, and we get a take on the 5 Stages of Grief, from Emily Franklin, author of "Too Many Cooks." | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 00:52:00 |
| May 1, 2010: The Splendid Table | One of the last remaining limburger cheese producers; How to keep Asian culinary traditions at home as well as in the restaurants. Thomas O'Brien'S vision of what a kitchen should be. Bring back the ice breaker. The Sterns go back to Milwaukee for some hoppel poppel. A check in with Daniel Delaney, who is making his way across the country one curbside diner at a time. | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 00:52:00 |
| Apr. 24, 2010: The Splendid Table | We're pondering the food supply of the future with Raj Patel author of The Value of Nothing. Greek chef Diane Kochilas teaches how to use mastiha; Charlotte Druckman joins us to ask the question: Why are there no famous female chefs? And we check in with Jane and Michael Stern, who are eating classic road food at White Hut in Springfield, MA. | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 00:52:00 |
| Apr. 17, 2010: The Splendid Table | This week it's Bryant Terry, author of "Vegan Soul Kitchen"; Jane and Michael Stern are at M&M Cigar Store in Butte, Montana; Michael Ruhlman, author of "Ratio: The Simple Codes Behind the Craft of Everyday Cooking," explains the culinary codes behind every successful recipe; and a story of grieving and revival at the farmer's market with Suzanne Pirret, author of "The Pleasure is All Mine." | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 00:52:00 |
| Apr. 10, 2010: The Splendid Table | We discuss Chinese food in America with Andrew Coe, author of "Chop Suey, A Cultural History of Chinese Food in the United States." Jane and Michael Stern are in North Charleston, South Carolina for low country soul food at Bertha's Kitchen, and Sally Schneider, of The Improvised Life web site teaches us to improvise with miso. | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 00:52:00 |
| Apr. 3, 2010: The Splendid Table | This week we're meeting up with one of the world's master blade smiths, Bob Kramer, the Sterns are at Pizzeria Lauretano in Bethel, CT, and we look at the new world of edible landscapes with Rosalind Creasy, author of Rosalind Creasy's Recipes from the Garden. | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 00:52:00 |
| Mar. 27, 2010: The Splendid Table | This week we're looking at Mexican Jewish food traditions with Chef Patricia Jinich. And we'll check in with Jane and Michael Stern, who have found world-class cupcakes at Cupcake Royale in Seattle. | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 00:52:00 |
| Mar. 20, 2010: The Splendid Table | We look at America's soul food with Frederick Opie, author of "Hog and Hominy;" Jane and Michael Stern get a two-for-one deal on corned beef at McBob's in Milwaukee; and Food & Wine Magazine's Ray Isle tells us where to look for the best global wine values. | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 00:52:12 |
| Mar. 13, 2010: The Splendid Table | We explore the mind of the hunter with Steve Rinella, author of "American Buffalo, In Search of a Lost Icon," get advice on kitchen cleanup music with Tom Moon, author of "1,000 Recordings To Hear Before You Die," and meet Steve Sando, author of "Heirloom Beans." | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 00:52:12 |
| Mar. 6, 2010: The Splendid Table | We learn how to loosen up the family dinner conversation with Daniel Menaker, author of "A Good Talk: The Story and Skill of Conversation." Jane and Michael Stern have found Orson Welles-sized pies at Royer's Round Top in Texas, and we'll take a look at some up-and-coming cheesemakers with James Norton, author of "The Master Cheesemakers of Wisconsin." | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 00:52:12 |
| Feb. 27, 2010: The Splendid Table | We're taking you on an eating trip to Mexico City this week. We have it all: the tastes, the sounds and the generosity of local experts, including a lesson in authenticity from Diana Kennedy as she opens her Mexican eco-house to us. | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 00:52:12 |
| Feb. 20, 2010: The Splendid Table | How do restaurateurs get us to eat what they want us eat? We find out with William Poundstone, author of "Pricesless: The Myth of Fair Value." We'll check-in with the Sterns, who are at The Cove in Crisfield, MD; and we look at the lure of ice fishing with Greg Breining, author of "A Hard Water World: Ice-Fishing and Why We Do It." | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 00:52:12 |
| Feb. 13, 2010: The Splendid Table | (Repeat Episode) This week we're being introduced to the lush foods of Senegal with Pierre Tham, author of "Yolele: Recipes from the Heart of Senegal." Jane and Michael Stern are at Sahagun in Portland, OR and we learn the art of cooking on your car engine with Bill Sheller, author of "Manifold Destiny." | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 00:52:12 |
| Feb. 05, 2010: The Splendid Table | (Repeat Episode) This week we're looking at how other countries deal with their obesity issues with Barry Popkin author of "The World is Fat." Jane and Michael Stern are at B & W Bakery in Hackensack, NJ, and we learn about the link between a Korean soap opera and the rise of Korean court food in Asia with Debra Samuels, author of "The Korean Table." | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 00:52:12 |
| Jan. 30, 2010: The Splendid Table | We're looking at the country cooking of Ireland with award-winning writer Colman Andrews. And this week, the Sterns are introducing us to the cousin of the Po'Boy in New Orleans. | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 00:52:12 |
| Jan. 23, 2010: The Splendid Table | (Repeat Episode) This week we learn the art of cupping with Portland's legendary Stumptown Coffee; Joshua Wesson introduces us to the world's iconic grapes, and we play a round of "Stump the Cook" with Stumpmaster Christopher Kimball of Cook's Illustrated. | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 00:52:12 |
| Jan. 16, 2010: The Splendid Table | Award-winning author Su-Mei Yu introduces us to the ancient Thai tradition of food as a type of medicine. Her new book is "The Elements of Life, A Contemporary Guide to Thai Recipes and Traditions for Healthier Living." Jane and Michael Stern are in Tucson at the Tucson Tamale Company, and Keith Bellows brings us National Geographic's Food Journeys of a Lifetime. | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 00:52:12 |
| Jan. 9, 2010: The Splendid Table | We get a clear-eyed view of the wine world this week with Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl, author of "Drink This: Wine Made Simple," Chef Patrice Olivon introduces us to the gentle art of the souffle, Indian food authority Monica Bhide, author of "Modern Spice," explains the Indian art of spice blends and we play another round of "Stump the Cook" with Christopher Kimball. | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 00:52:01 |
| Jan. 2, 2010: The Splendid Table | (Repeat) This week we meet the woman behind the wine guide considered by most to be the most comprehensive ever published, Jancis Robinson, author of The Oxford Companion to Wine. Jane and Michael Stern visit Dan's Carry-Out in Charleston, SC, and Gourmet Magazine's John Willoughby introduces us the restaurants of Istanbul. | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 00:52:01 |
| Dec. 25, 2009: The Splendid Table | This week we meet up with Grant Aschatz of Chicago's famed Alinea; Sally Schnieder, author of The Improvisational Cook, teaches us the easy way to make homemade chocolates; Martha Holmberg, author of Puff introduces us to simplest of fancy ingredients, puff pastry; and mixologist Dale De Groff, author of The Essential Cocktail, joins us with his take on holiday imbibing. | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 00:51:58 |
| Dec. 18, 2009: The Splendid Table | Chef Douglas Rodriguez joins us with a Cuban take on the Christmas feast, the legendary Paula Wolfert joins us with her new book Mediterranean Clay Pot Cooking, and we have a tale of a childhood gingerbread house gone mad from Augusten Burroughs, author of "You'd Better Not Cry: Stories for Christmas." | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 00:52:01 |
| Dec. 12, 2009: The Splendid Table | We've some advice for the home cook from chef Thomas Keller. His new book is "Ad Hoc at Home." We get advice for throwing a party Southern-style from Matt and Ted Lee, authors of "Simple, Fresh Southern," master baker Rose Levy Beranbaum gives us a primer on 'keeping cakes.' Her new book is "Rose's Heavenly Cakes." Jane and Michael Stern are at Pico de Gallo in Tucson, and Sally Schneider of "The Improvised Life" gives a us a quick list of inspired homemade gifts. | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 00:51:59 |
| Dec. 5, 2009: The Splendid Table | This week we look at the Russian tradition of zakuski with Diana Henry, author of 'Roast Figs, Sugar Snow, Winter Food to Warm the Soul.' Chef David Chang of Momofuku discusses his inspired fusion cuisine, Jane and Michael Stern eat sweets in Salt Lake City's 'The Lamb,' and Food and Wine Magazine's Ray Isle joins us with his short wine list. | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 00:52:13 |
| Nov. 28, 2009: The Splendid Table | (Repeat) This week we're joined by British chef Heston Blumenthal, author of Further Adventures in Search of Perfection. Jane and Michael Stern are at Singleton's Seafood Shack in Mayport, FL. We talk with Chef Vitaly Paley author of The Paley's Place Cookbook. And Jenn Garbee shares notes from her latest book. | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 00:51:02 |
| Nov. 21, 2009: The Splendid Table | (Repeat Episode) This week for Thanksgiving we meet up with Chef Marcus Samuelsson for a new take on the turkey. His latest book is "New American Table." Historian Andy Smith reminds us of the real origin of Thanksgiving Day, and Lynne takes on the great feast ... vegetarian style. | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 00:51:02 |
| Nov. 14, 2009: The Splendid Table | (Repeat Episode) We talk to Paul Roberts author of "The End of Food," about global food prices. Jane and Michael Stern are at Famous Fourth Street Delicatessen in Philadelphia, PA, and Shirley Corriher brings us some practical baking advice as we head into high baking season. | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 00:51:02 |
| Nov. 7, 2009: The Splendid Table | This week it's a show of American iconoclasts starting with winemaker Randall Grahm of Bonny Doon Vineyard. His latest book is "Been Doon So Long, A Randall Grahm Vinthology." And we meet the true originator of the no-knead bread technique, Jim Lehey of New York City's famed Sullivan Street Bakery. His book is "My Bread, The Revolutionary No-Work, No-Knead Method." | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 00:51:02 |
| Oct. 31, 2009: The Splendid Table | This week, we talk with Lucinda Scala Quinn, author of Mad Hungry: Feeding Men and Boys; learn about the relationship between food and gangster movies with Rebecca Epstein, and talk with Andrea Nguyen, who shares her techniques for mastering Asian Dumplings. The Sterns are eating huge portions at Rocky & Carlo's Restaurant in Chalmette, LA. | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 00:51:02 |
| Oct. 24, 2009: The Splendid Table | (Repeat Episode) This week we go into the kitchen with Andy Ricker, the man behind Portland's legendary Thai restaurant Pok Pok. Jane and Michael Stern are noshing kolaches in West, Texas, and wine authority Josh Wesson suggests some smooth sips for rough times. | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 00:51:02 |
| Oct. 17, 2009: The Splendid Table | (Repeat Episode) This week we're catching up with Italian food authorities Marcella and Victor Hazan. Marcella's latest project is her autobiography, "Amarcord, Marcella Remembers." Jane and Michael Stern are eating Czech food at Belgrade Gardens outside of Akron, Ohio, and Harold McGee, author of the seminal On "Food and Cooking" explains the remarkable link between extra-virgin olive oil and ibuprofen. | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 00:51:02 |
| Oct. 10, 2009: The Splendid Table | This week, we're taking a look at the cuisine of Portugal with David Leite, author of The New Portuguese Table. Jane and Michael Stern have found stellar Creamed Chipped Beef at The Breakfast Shoppe in Severna Park, MD, plus we check in with the Hungry Scientist society, and we'll get a few tips for traveling on the cheap from the frugal traveler. | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 00:51:02 |
| Oct. 3, 2009: The Splendid Table | This week we have a look at school lunch programs, from a lunch lady's eyes. Our guest is Jean Ronnei of the St. Paul, MN public schools. Mario Batali addresses the issue of family meals, and the Sterns are eating soul food in the Arizona desert at Mrs. White's Golden Rule. Plus, we get a guide to making simple cured meats at home from Karen Solomon author of Jam It, Pickle It, Cure It and Other Cooking Projects. | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 00:51:02 |
| Sept. 26, 2009: The Splendid Table | What makes man a man and an ape an ape? According to Richard Wrangham it is not one's ability to fashion tools, but rather the ability to cook. He is the author of Catching Fire, How Cooking Made Us Human. The Sterns are in LA eating a French Dip at its origin, Philippe's French Dip Restaurant, and there is a new movement sweeping across America - group canning sessions. | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 00:51:02 |
| Sept. 19, 2009: The Splendid Table | (Repeat episode) This week we are rebroadcasting our conversation with a winemaking legend, the late David Lett of Oregon's famed Eyrie Vineyards, Jane and Michael Stern are eating ice cream at Ici in Berkeley, CA and New York City food authority Mike Colameco introduces us to Izakayas, Japanese drinking places. | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 00:51:02 |
| Sept. 12, 2009: The Splendid Table | We're looking at the art of the Asian pickle with Alex Hovzen creator of the Cultured Pickle Shop in Berkely, CA, the Sterns are visiting Moonlite Bar-B-Q in Owensboro, KY, Fred Plotkin teaches us how to take an eaters vacation without a rental car, and Amy Stewart, author of Wicked Plants: A Book of Botanical Atrocities, introduces us to the darker side of Mother Nature. | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 00:51:02 |
| Sept. 5, 2009: The Splendid Table | This week it's all things tomato with Amy Goldman, author of The Heirloom Tomato: From Garden to Table. Jane and Michael Stern are at the Formica Brothers Bakery in Atlantic City, NJ, and writer David Leite, editor of the Web site Leite's Culinaria, takes on the Toll House Cookie. | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 00:51:02 |
| Aug. 29, 2009: The Splendid Table | Historian John T. Edge take a look back at one of America's great food treasures, Craig Claiborne, the Sterns share their pick of great public markets on both coasts and wine writer Paul Lukacs from Wine Review Online introduces to the wines of Priorat. | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 00:51:02 |
| Aug. 22, 2009: The Splendid Table | (Repeat episode) British TV star and author Nigella Lawson on those summer fruit dishes of England. Then it's burnt ends sandwiches at LC's Bar-B-Q in Kansas City, Missouri for Jane and Michael Stern. Wine wizard Joshua Wesson says we need to put a chill on some of those reds. He'll tell us which ones. Chad Ward, author of An Edge in the Kitchen: The Ultimate Guide to Kitchen Knives, has advice for getting the most for your money, and Dave Broom has some surprises from the World Whisky Awards. | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 00:51:02 |
| Aug. 15, 2009: The Splendid Table | What does a chef consider the most important tool in the kitchen? Chef and writer Daniel Patterson has a surprising answer for all of those who love to cook. He is the author of Aroma. Jane and Michael Stern are looking at the phenomenon of the slider and Elizabeth Karmel author of Soaked, Slathered and Seasonings, fills us in on the latest developments in outdoor grilling. | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 00:51:02 |
| Aug. 8, 2009: The Splendid Table | (Repeat episode) This week we're meeting one of the pioneers in America's artisan cheese movement, our very own Steve Jenkins author of The Food Life: Inside the World of Food with the Grocer Extraordinaire at Fairway. Jane and Michael Stern are at Halibut in Portland, OR and we look at the Southern way with picnics, with Jean Anderson author of A Love Affair with Southern Cooking: Recipes and Recollections. | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 00:51:02 |
| Aug. 1, 2009: The Splendid Table | This week we've tips to turning your kitchen green with Kate Heyhoe author of Cooking Green: Reducing Your Carbon Footprint in the Kitchen, historian Rachel Lauden explores the link between Mexican cuisine and Islam, and cheesemonger Steve Jenkins explains the real cost of artisan cheeses. | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 00:51:02 |
| Jul. 25, 2009: The Splendid Table | (Repeat Episode) This week we're meeting journalist Adam Leith Gollner, author of The Fruit Hunters, A Story of Nature, Adventure, Commerce and Obsession. Jane and Michael Stern are at Louis Mueller's BBQ in Taylor, TX, and wine wit Joshua Wesson recommends cool wines for hot days. | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 00:51:02 |
| Jul. 18, 2009: The Splendid Table | We're talking to food activist Michael Pollan, author of "In Defense of Food" about the intersection between sustainable foods, and our real life pocketbooks. Jane and Michael Stern have been researching the green chile cheeseburger in New Mexico and we look at the origins of the American potato chip with Dirk Burhans author of Crunch, A History of the Great American Potato Chip. | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 00:51:02 |
| Jul. 11, 2009: The Splendid Table | Today we're in Lynne's kitchen to learn about one of our most elusive immigrant cuisines, that of the Hmong people of Southeast Asia. Our guides are the authors of Cooking From the Heart: the Hmong Kitchen in America. Jane and Michael Stern are eating pancakes near the fountain of youth at the Old Spanish Sugar Mill in De Leon Springs, FL, and we get the perfect summer sauce from Michael Ruhlman, author of Ratio: The Simple Codes Behind the Craft of Everyday Cooking. | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 00:51:02 |
| Jul. 4, 2009: The Splendid Table | (repeat episode) To arm us for 4th of July celebrations, we've enlisted the services of Gourmet Magazine's John Willoughby for a lesson in smoke roasting. Jane and Michael Stern are eating al fresco at Champlin's Seafood Deck in Naragansett, RI. Sally Schneider author of The Improvisational Cook takes on coleslaw, and David Rosengarten tells us everything we will need to know to make a world-class burger. | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 00:51:02 |
| Jun. 27, 2009: The Splendid Table | (repeat episode) All those people talking about a wine's terroir - meaning the place the grapes come from - can we really taste it? We get the scientific last word from Harold McGee author of the seminal On Food and Cooking. Jane and Michael Stern are at Woodyard Bar-B-Que in Kansas City, KS, and novelist Nicole Mones tell us about the time in Chinese culinary history which she used as a framework for her latest novel, The Last Chinese Chef. | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 00:51:02 |
| Jun. 20, 2009: The Splendid Table | (repeat episode) We're looking at medieval Europe's greed for spices with Paul Freedman, author of Out of the East, Spices and the Medieval Imagination. Jane and Michael Stern are eating old time Florida seafood at Salt Water Cowboys in St. Augustine, Florida, and tea expert Bill Waddington explains the ins and outs of real iced tea. | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 00:51:02 |
| Jun. 13, 2009: The Splendid Table | The Mayo Clinic's Dr. James Levine is convinced that we are moving animals, not sitting animals and that is the key to keeping our weight in check, He is the author of Move A Little, Lose A Lot. The Sterns have met the happy cows behind the divine ice cream at Woodside Farm in Delaware, and we learn the art of the grown-up popsicle from Karen Solomon author of Jam It, Pickle It, Cure It. | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 00:51:02 |
| Jun. 6, 2009: The Splendid Table | (repeat episode) Neal Rosenthal, author of Reflections of a Wine Merchant joins us with his tale of life in the wine business. Jane and Michael Stern are at Joe Roger's Chili Parlour in Springfield, IL and Gourmet Magazine's John Willoughby gives us a primer in smoke roasting. | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 00:51:02 |
| May 30, 2009: The Splendid Table | (repeat episode) We are looking at the history of the kitchen in America this week with Steven Gdula author of The Warmest Room in the House and Jane and Michael Stern are eating eggnog waffles and espresso twinkies at Bette's Oceanview Diner in Oakland, CA. | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 00:51:02 |
| May 23, 2009: The Splendid Table | This week it's the art of the noodle from an Asian standpoint with Takashi Yagihashi author of Takashi's Noodles. Jane and Michael Stern are on Minnesota's North Shore at Betty's Pies, and American Public Media's John Moe brings us an experiment in dinner table politics, pitting kids against parents. Can there be harmony? | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 00:51:02 |
| May 16, 2009: The Splendid Table | We've a look at entertaining through the eyes of one of world's most festive and stylish hosts, fashion designer and cultural iconoclast Issac Mizrahi. Jane and Michael Stern may have found the best coffee in Seattle at Crema, and Food and Wine Magazine's Lettie Teague tells us about the latest restaurant trend, house wines. | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 00:51:02 |
| May 9, 2009: The Splendid Table | This week we're looking at the wine cork controversy with journalist George Taber, author of To Cork or Not to Cork: Tradition, Romance, Science and the Bottle for the Wine Bottle. Jane and Michael Stern are taking us to upstate NY to raise our "hot dog consciousness" at Ted's in Tonawanda, NY, Wine Spectator's Matt Kramer introduces us to his favorite white wine, riesling, and we meet our Gastrosexual for the month of May. | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 00:53:35 |
| May 2, 2009: The Splendid Table | This week it's Bryant Terry, author of Vegan Soul Kitchen, Jane and Michael Stern are at M & M Cigar Store in Butte, MT, Michael Ruhlman explains the culinary codes behind every successful recipe. He is the author of Ratio: The Simple Codes Behind the Craft of Everyday Cooking, and we hear a story of grieving and revival at the farmer's market with Suzanne Pirret, author of The Pleasure is All Mine. | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 00:53:35 |
| The Splendid Table for Saturday April 18, 2009 | We are learning how to build a curry with award-winning teacher Raghavan Iyer, author of 660 Curries. Jane and Michael Stern have found pecan pie worth the trip at the Texas Pie Company in Kyle, TX. Joshua Wesson brings us wines for the picnic basket and we look the misunderstandings behind MSG with Julia Moskin. | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 00:53:35 |
| Apr. 11, 2009: The Splendid Table | It's a look at America's soul food with Frederick Opie, author of Hog and Hominy, Jane and Michael Stern are getting a two-for-one deal on corned beef at McBob's in Milwaukee, WI, and Food & Wine Magazine's Ray Isle tells us where to look for the best global wine values. | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 00:53:35 |
| April 4, 2009: The Splendid Table | This week we're looking at the flavors of the golden age of Arab cuisine with Charles Perry author of "Medevial Cuisine of the Islamic World," and Jane and Michael Stern are breakfasting at Kitchen Little in Mystic Connecticut, Dorie Greenspan, author of "Baking, from My Home to Yours" introduces us to authentic Parisian macaroons, and we get a lesson in making vinegar. | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 00:53:35 |
| March 28, 2009: The Splendid Table | We're exploring the mind and ethics of the hunter with Steve Rinella, author of American Buffalo, In Search of a Lost Icon. We get advice on kitchen cleanup music with Tom Moon, author of 1,000 Recordings To Hear Before You Die and we meet bean obsessed Steve Sando, author of Heirloom Beans. | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 00:53:35 |
| March 21, 2009: The Splendid Table | (Repeat Broadcast.) We are looking at how the miraculous omega-3 fatty acids are disappearing from our Western diet with Susan Allport, author of The Queen of Fats. Jane and Michael Stern are at Skylight Inn BBQ in Ayden, NC and Russ Parsons, author of How to Pick a Peach turns his expertise to Spring's fresh peas and fava beans. | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 00:53:35 |
| March 14, 2009: The Splendid Table | This week we're looking at the truth and lies of why we buy, with Martin Lindstrom author of Buyology: Truth and Lies About Why We Buy. The Sterns are at Mosca's, an Italian roadhouse in Louisiana swamp country, and Josh Wesson introduces us to American Riesling. | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 00:53:35 |
| March 7, 2009: The Splendid Table | This week we're looking at the surprising political power of the banana with Dan Koeppel author of Banana: The Fate of the Fruit That Changed the World. Jane and Michael Stern are eating first rate Mexican food in the sugar beet belt at Rosita's in Scottsbluff, NE, and Sally Schneider author of The Improvisational Cookbook introduces us to the savory side of lemons. | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 00:53:35 |
| February 28, 2009: The Splendid Table | This week we're bringing you a show recorded in one of the most happening food towns in the world, Mexico City, including a visit with the grand dame of Mexican cuisine, Diana Kennedy. | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 00:53:35 |
| February 21, 2009: The Splendid Table | (Repeat Broadcast) We're taking you behind the scenes of the legendary restaurant, Per Se in New York City. Our guide? A waitress. Phoebe Damrosch is the author of Service Included, Four-Star Secrets of an Eavesdropping Waiter. Jane and Michael Stern are at the Grove Cafe in Ames, Iowa and cheesemonger Steve Jenkins introduces us to the cheeses of the Pyrenees. | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 00:53:35 |
| February 14, 2009: The Splendid Table | This week we're being introduced to the lush foods of Senegal with Pierre Tham, author of Yolele: Recipes from the Heart of Senegal. Jane and Michael Stern are at Sahagun in Portland, OR and we learn the art of cooking on your car engine with Bill Sheller, author of Manifold Destiny. | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 00:53:35 |
| February 6, 2009: The Splendid Table | This week we're looking at how other countries deal with their obesity issues with Barry Popkin author of The World is Fat. Jane and Michael Stern are at B and W Bakery in Hackensack, NJ, and we learn about the link between a Korean soap opera and the rise of Korean court food in Asia with Debra Samuels, author of The Korean Table. | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 00:53:35 |
| January 31, 2009: The Splendid Table | This week we are taking an in-depth look at one of the great culinary arts, stock making with Michael Ruhlman, author of The Elements of Cooking, Translating the Chef's Craft for Every Kitchen. Jane and Michael Stern are in Cambridge, MA at the All Star Sandwich Bar and Ken Abala author of Beans, A History brings us a cultural and historical look. | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 00:53:35 |
| January 24, 2009: The Splendid Table | This week we learn the art of cupping with Portland's legendary Stumptown Coffee, Joshua Wesson introduces us to the world's iconic grapes and we pay a round of Stump the Cook with Stumpmaster Christopher Kimball of Cook's Illustrated. | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 00:53:35 |
| January 17, 2009: The Splendid Table | We are taking a look at our Locavore Nation project. 15 adventurous souls took on the challenge to eat a sustainable, local diet for a year. We will weigh in with the results. Locavore novelist Barbara Kingsolver, author of Animal, Vegetable. Miracle: A Year of Food Life joins us for a commentary on the results. | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 00:53:35 |
| January 10, 2009: The Splendid Table | This week we meet the woman behind the wine guide considered by most to be the most comprehensive ever published. England's Jancis Robinson, author of The Oxford Companion to Wine. Jane and Michael Stern are visiting Dan's Carry Out in Charleston, SC, and Gourmet Magazine's John Willoughby introduces us the restaurants of Istanbul. | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 00:53:35 |
| January 3, 2009: The Splendid Table | (Repeat Broadcast) This week we're taking you on a road trip, specifically a wine trip to the Galicia region of Spain. It was one week, one bus, four wine geeks and The Splendid Table. The job was to taste a minimum of 50 wines a day, and if you don't think that is work, give it a try. Galicia and it's neighboring area of Bierzo are up and comers in the wine world, and this trip sure explained why. | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 00:53:35 |
| December 27, 2008: The Splendid Table | (Repeat Broadcast) Padma Lakshmi host of Bravo's Top Chef and author of Tangy, Tart, Hot and Sweet joins us with her unique international take in the kitchen, the Sterns are at Northern Waters Smokehaus in Duluth, MN, and we learn to make first-rate bread with the authors of Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day. | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 00:53:35 |
| December 20, 2008: The Splendid Table | What does a world-class chef cook for the family Christmas? This week we meet up with Grant Aschatz of Chicago's famed Alinea, Jane and Michael Stern are at the Silvermine Tavern in Norwalk, CT, Sally Schneider, author of The Improvisational Cook, teaches us the easy way to make homemade chocolates, Martha Holmberg, author of Puff introduces us to simplest of fancy ingredients, puff pastry, and mixologist Dale DeGroff, author of The Essential Cocktail joins us with his take on holiday imbibing. | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 00:53:35 |
| December 13, 2008: The Splendid Table | This week we're taking a look at our carnivore nation with journalist Susan Bourette, author of Meat: A Love Story. Jane and Michael Stern are at Bakesale Betty's in Berkely, CA. Wine expert Joshua Wesson gives us his suggestions for gift bottles. New York City food authority Mike Colameco comes up with a short list of places in NY with a particularly festive air, and we learn how to cup coffee with Portland's legendary Stumptown Coffee. | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 00:53:35 |
| December 6, 2008: The Splendid Table | This week we're meeting up with the legendary and powerful wine expert Robert Parker author of Parker's Wine Buyer's Guide, 7th Edition. Jane and Michael Stern, authors of Road Food, are at The Northside Grill in Ann Arbor, MI. Chris Kimball of Cook's Illustrated brings us his favorite kitchen gadgets, Shirley Corriher, author of Bakewise, The Hows and Whys of Successful Baking, explains how take control of your cookies and Bill Waddington, proprietor of Tea Source fills us in on tea etiquette world wide. | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 00:53:35 |
| November 29, 2008: The Splendid Table (repeat) | Food scientist Harold McGee author of the seminal On Food and Cooking. We talk to violinist Joshua Bell, and with Sally Schneider author of The Improvisational Cook, and Jane and Michael Stern are at Balaton, in Cleveland, OH. | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 00:53:35 |
| November 22, 2008: The Splendid Table | This week it's Jeff Henderson of the Chef Jeff project on The Food Network. Jane and Michael Stern are at Enstrom Toffee in Grand Junction, CO. And we visit with Dorie Greenspan author of Baking, From My Home to Yours, and Gourmet magazine's John Willoughby. | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 00:53:35 |
| November 15, 2008: The Splendid Table | This week we have British chef Heston Blumenthal author of Further Adventures in Search of Perfection. Jane and Michael Stern are at Singleton Seafood Shack in Mayport, Fl. We talk with Chef Vitaly Paley, author of The Paley's Place Cookbook, and Jenn Garbee, author of Secret Suppers: Rogue Chefs and Underground Restaurants in Warehouses, Townhouses, Open Fields and Everywhere in Between. | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 00:53:35 |
| November 8, 2008: The Splendid Table | On this episode we talk with Paul Roberts author of The End of Food, on global food prices. Jane and Michael Stern, authors of Roadfood, are at Famous Fourth Street Delicatessen in Philadelphia, PA. and Shirley Corriher, author of Bakewise, The Hows and Whys of Successful Baking. | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 00:53:35 |
| November 1, 2008: The Splendid Table | This week we go into the kitchen with Andy Ricker, the man behind Portland's legendary Thai restaurant Pok Pok. Jane and Michael Stern are noshing kolaches in West Texas, and New York Time's columnist Rob Walker explains how what we buy reveals who we are. He is the author of Buying In. | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 00:53:35 |
| October 25, 2008: The Splendid Table | This week we've a homage to all things porcine, and the story of family life in a rural French village from French chef Stephane Reynaud, author of Pork & Sons, Jane and Michael Stern have found the krunkest fish in Nashville at Eastside Fish, and Kim Marcus of The Wine Spectator brings us up to date on the wines of Portugal. | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 00:53:35 |
| October 18, 2008: The Splendid Table | This weeks it's the intersection of food and international relations with Chris Fair, author of Cuisines of the Axis of Evil and Other Irritating States: A Dinner Party Approach to International Relations. Jane and Michael Stern are eating cream puffs at Butler's Donuts in Somerset, MA and Gourmet Magazine's John Willoughby brings us their picks of America's legendary restaurants. | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 00:53:35 |
| October 11, 2008: The Splendid Table | This week we peek at the fantasy life of a house in Tuscany with Michael Tucker, author of Living in a Foreign Language, A Memoir of Food, Wine and Love. Sally Schneider author of A New Way to Cook gives us a fresh take on pears, and Seattle chef Tom Douglas explains the trials and tribulations of becoming a gentleman farmer. | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 00:53:35 |
| October 4, 2008: The Splendid Table | This week we're catching up with Italian food authorities Marcella and Victor Hazan. Marcella's latest project is her autobiography, Amarcord, Marcella Remembers. Jane and Michael Stern are eating Czech food at Belgrade Gardens outside of Akron, OH, and Harold McGee, author of the seminal On Food and Cooking explains the remarkable link between extra-virgin olive oil and ibuprofen. | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 00:53:35 |
| September 27, 2008: The Splendid Table | This week we talk to journalist Julia Flynn Siler author of The House of Mondavi: The Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty. Jane and Michael Stern are at Kumback Lunch in Perry, OK, and David Rosengarten looks at the origins of ramen noodles. | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 00:53:35 |
| The Splendid Table: September 20, 2008 | This week we are meeting a winemaking legend, David Lett of Oregon's famed Eyrie Vineyard, Jane and Michael Stern are eating ice cream at Ici in Berkeley, CA and New York City food authority Mike Colameco introduces us to Izakayas, Japanese drinking places. | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 00:53:35 |
| The Splendid Table: September 13, 2008 | This week it's all things tomato with Amy Goldman author of The Heirloom Tomato: From Garden to Table, Jane and Michael Stern are at the Formica Brothers Bakery in Atlantic City, NJ and writer David Leite, editor of the website Leite's Culinaria takes on the Toll House Cookie. | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 00:53:35 |
| The Splendid Table: September 6, 2008 | We're looking at global seed banks with journalist John Seabrook, author of The New Yorker article, Sowing For the Apocalypse. Jane and Michael Stern are at Short Sugar's BBQ in Reidsville, NC and wine wit Joshua Wesson takes us to Italy's premier wine event, Vin Italy. | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 00:53:35 |
| The Splendid Table: August 30, 2008 | We're talking to Benjamin Wallace author of The Billionaire's Vinegar: The Mystery of the World's Most Expensive Bottle of Wine. Jane and Michael Stern are at Round Rock Donuts in Round Rock, TX, and we get the final word on knife care from Chad Ward, author of An Edge in the Kitchen. | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 00:53:35 |
| The Splendid Table: August 23, 2008 | This week we meet up with Britain's charming Nigella Lawson, author of Nigella Express: 130 Recipes for Good Food, Fast. Jane and Michael Stern are in Kansas City, MO at LC's BBQ, and wine wit Joshua Wesson introduces us to his pick in chillable reds. | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 00:53:35 |
| The Splendid Table: August 16, 2008 | This week we're meeting one of the pioneers in America's artisan cheese movement, our very own Steve Jenkins author of The Food Life: Inside the World of Food with the Grocer Extraordinaire at Fairway Market. Jane and Michael Stern are at Halibut in Portland, OR and we look at the Southern way with picnics, with Jean Anderson author of A Love Affair with Southern Cooking: Recipes and Recollections. | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 00:53:35 |
| The Splendid Table: August 9, 2008 | This week we're talking to distinguished nutritionist and food activist Marion Nestle about who should really be responsible for our food supply. She is the author of What To Eat. The Stern's are at Standard Baking on the Portland, ME waterfront and Sally Schneider author of the award-winning The Improvisational Cook gives us a new view of the kitchen staple, the egg. | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 00:53:35 |
| The Splendid Table: August 2, 2008 | We're looking at the unusual and humble origins of sushi with Trevor Corson, author of The Zen of Fish: The Story of Sushi, from Samurai to Supermarket, Jane and Michael Stern are at Johnson's Corner Truckstop and Cafe in Loveland, CO and legendary chef Jacque Pepin reminisces on the French kitchen of his childhood. His latest book is Chez Jacques. | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 00:53:35 |
| The Splendid Table: July 26, 2008 | This week we're meeting journalist Adam Leith Gollner, author of The Fruit Hunters, A Story of Nature, Adventure, Commerce and Obsession. Jane and Michael Stern are at Louis Mueller's BBQ in Taylor TX, and wine wit Joshua Wesson recommends cool wines for hot days. | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 00:53:35 |
| The Splendid Table: July 19, 2008 | This week's show could be called the cookbook lover's version of The Antiques Road Show. Our guide is Jose Andres, award-winning chef and host of PBS's Made in Spain. He'll explain why his collection of antique cookbooks is so essential to his work. It's skirted cheeseburgers at the Squeeze Inn in Sacramento for Jane and Michael Stern. Russian food authority Anya Von Bremzen joins us for a look at the sizzling hot Moscow food scene. | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 00:53:35 |
| The Splendid Table: July 12, 2008 | This week it's the seeds and bark that changed the planet. We're talking spices, the stuff of wonderment and avarice in the medieval world with Paul Freedman, author of Out of the East: Spices and the Medieval Imagination. It's a St. Augustine, Florida special for Jane and Michael Stern at Saltwater Cowboy's. Celebrity chef Mario Batali reveals the summertime reads in his beach bag. His new book is Italian Grill. Tea purist Bill Waddington, proprietor of St. Paul's TeaSource, has summer in a glass -- iced teas for the lazy at heart, and culinary improv artist Sally Schneider has a brief on the wallflower of the farm stand -- the beet. | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 00:53:35 |
| The Splendid Table: July 5, 2008 | This week we talk to journalist Dave Plotnikoff about his hike from the Mexican border to Canada on the Pacific Crest Trail and the food that ended up being the touch point of the trip. He is the author of "Hungry Man" from the July 2007 issue of Saveur Magazine. Jane and Michael Stern are eating planked whitefish and ice cream "Thunderclouds" at Juilleret's in Harbor Springs, MI, and Russ Parsons, author of How to Pick a Peach explains the rules about produce and the refrigerator. | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 00:53:35 |
| The Splendid Table: June 28, 2008 | To arm us for 4th of July celebrations, we've enlisted the services of Mario Batali and his newest book, The Italian Grill. Jane and Michael Stern are eating al fresco at Champlin's Seafood Deck in Naragansett, RI and Harold McGee author of the seminal On Food and Cooking explains the one thing every cook needs to know about cooking red meat. | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 00:53:35 |
| The Splendid Table: June 21, 2008 | Neal Rosenthal, author of Reflections of a Wine Merchant joins us with his tale of life in the wine business. Jane and Michael Stern are at Joe Roger's Chili Parlour in Springfield, IL and Gourmet Magazine's John Willoughby gives us a primer in smoke roasting. | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 00:53:35 |
| The Splendid Table: June 14, 2008 | This week we have the story of Mother Noella Marcellino who found her calling in a Benedictine abbey and the cheese caves of France. The Stern's are at Clanton's in Vinita, OK eating chicken fried steak. Wine wit Josh Wesson introduces us to the delicious and overlooked sparkling red wines of summer. | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 00:53:35 |
| The Splendid Table: June 7, 2008 | We've a look at entertaining through the eyes of one of world's most festive and stylish hosts, fashion designer and cultural iconoclast Issac Mizrahi. Jane and Michael Stern may have found the best coffee in Seattle at Crema, and Food and Wine Magazine's Lettie Teague tells us about the latest restaurant trend, house wines. | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 00:53:35 |
| The Splendid Table: May 31, 2008 | This week we're looking at the wine cork controversy with journalist George Tabor, author of To Cork or Not to Cork: Tradition, Romance, Science and the Bottle for the Wine Bottle. Jane and Michael Stern are taking us to upstate NY to raise our hot dog consciousness at Ted's in Tonawanda, NY, and the Wine Spectator's Matt Kramer introduces us to his favorite white wine, reisling. | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 00:53:35 |
| The Splendid Table: May 24, 2008 | All those people talking about a wine's terroir, meaning the place the grapes come from. Can we really taste it? We get the scientific last word from Harold McGee author of the seminal On Food and Cooking. Jane and Michael Stern are at Woodyard Bar-B-Que in Kansas City, KS, and novelist Nicole Mones tells us about the time in Chinese culinary history which she used as a framework for her latest novel, The Last Chinese Chef. | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 00:53:35 |
| The Splendid Table: May 17, 2008 | Today we are learning how to build a curry with award-winning teacher Raghavan Iyer author of 660 Curries. Jane and Michael Stern have found pecan pie worth the trip at the Texas Pie Company in Kyle, TX. Wine wit Joshua Wesson brings us wines for the picnic basket and we look the misunderstandings behind MSG with The New York Times' Julia Moskin. | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 00:53:35 |
| The Splendid Table: May 10, 2008 | We're looking at the education of a wine rookie with Lettie Teague and her student, movie critic Peter Travers. Lettie is the author of Educating Peter. Jane and Michael Stern are in the Mississippi Delta at Rhoda's Famous Hot Tamales and we look at the advent of a new dining trend, one-pot meals served in private homes. | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 00:53:35 |
| The Splendid Table: May 3, 2008 | We are looking at the foods of the Philippine's this week with Amy Besa, author of Memories of Philippine Kitchens: Stories and Recipes from Far and Near. Jane and Michael Stern are at Prince's Hot Chicken Shack in Nashville, TN and Sally Schneider author of the award-winning The Improvisational Cook gives us a cooking lesson for spring. | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 00:53:35 |
| The Splendid Table: January 3, 2008 | (Repeat Broadcast) This week we're taking you on a road trip, specifically a wine trip to the Galicia region of Spain. It was one week, one bus, four wine geeks and The Splendid Table: . The job was to taste a minimum of 50 wines a day, and if you don?t think that is work, give it a try. Galicia and it's neighboring area of Bierzo are up-and-comers in the wine world, and this trip sure explained why. | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 00:53:35 |
| The Splendid Table: December 27, 2008 | (Repeat Broadcast) Padma Lakshmi host of Bravo's Top Chef and author of Tangy, Tart, Hot and Sweet joins us with her unique international take in the kitchen, the Sterns are at Northern Waters Smokehaus in Duluth, MN, and we learn to make first-rate bread with the authors of Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day. | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 00:53:35 |
| The Splendid Table: December 20, 2008 | What does a world-class chef cook for the family Christmas? This week we meet up with Grant Aschatz of Chicago's famed Alinea, Jane and Michael Stern are at the Silvermine Tavern in Norwalk, CT, Sally Schneider, author of The Improvisational Cook, teaches us the easy way to make homemade chocolates, Martha Holmberg, author of Puff introduces us to simplest of fancy ingredients, puff pastry, and mixologist Dale DeGroff, author of The Essential Cocktail joins us with his take on holiday imbibing. | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 00:53:35 |
| The Splendid Table: December 13, 2008 | This week we're taking a look at our carnivore nation with journalist Susan Bourette, author of Meat: A Love Story. Jane and Michael Stern are at Bakesale Betty's in Berkely, CA. Wine expert Joshua Wesson gives us his suggestions for gift bottles. New York City food authority Mike Colameco comes up with a short list of places in NY with a particularly festive air, and we learn how to cup coffee with Portland's legendary Stumptown Coffee. | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 00:53:35 |
| The Splendid Table: December 6, 2008 | This week we're meeting up with the legendary and powerful wine expert Robert Parker author of Parker's Wine Buyer's Guide, 7th Edition. Jane and Michael Stern, authors of Road Food, are at The Northside Grill in Ann Arbor, MI. Chris Kimball of Cook's Illustrated brings us his favorite kitchen gadgets, Shirley Corriher, author of Bakewise, The Hows and Whys of Successful Baking, explains how take control of your cookies and Bill Waddington, proprietor of Tea Source fills us in on tea etiquette world wide. | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 00:53:35 |
| The Splendid Table: November 29, 2008 (repeat) | Food scientist Harold McGee author of the seminal On Food and Cooking. We talk to violinist Joshua Bell, and with Sally Schneider author of The Improvisational Cook, and Jane and Michael Stern are at Balaton, in Cleveland, OH. | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 00:53:35 |
| The Splendid Table: November 22, 2008 | This week it's Jeff Henderson of the Chef Jeff project on The Food Network. Jane and Michael Stern are at Enstrom Toffee in Grand Junction, CO. And we visit with Dorie Greenspan author of Baking, From My Home to Yours, and Gourmet magazine's John Willoughby. | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 00:53:35 |
| The Splendid Table: November 15, 2008 | This week we have British chef Heston Blumenthal, author of 'Further Adventures in Search of Perfection.' Jane and Michael Stern are at Singleton Seafood Shack in Mayport, Fl. We talk with Chef Vitaly Paley, author of The Paley's Place Cookbook, and Jenn Garbee, author of Secret Suppers: Rogue Chefs and Underground Restaurants in Warehouses, Townhouses, Open Fields and Everywhere in Between. | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 00:53:35 |
| The Splendid Table: November 8, 2008 | On this episode we talk with Paul Roberts author of 'The End of Food,' on global food prices. Jane and Michael Stern, authors of Roadfood, are at Famous Fourth Street Delicatessen in Philadelphia, PA. and Shirley Corriher, author of Bakewise, The Hows and Whys of Successful Baking. | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 00:53:35 |
| The Splendid Table: November 1, 2008 | This week we go into the kitchen with Andy Ricker, the man behind Portland's legendary Thai restaurant Pok Pok. Jane and Michael Stern are noshing kolaches in West Texas, and New York Time's columnist Rob Walker explains how what we buy reveals who we are. He is the author of Buying In. | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 00:53:35 |
| The Splendid Table: October 25, 2008 | This week we've a homage to all things porcine, and the story of family life in a rural French village from French chef Stephane Reynaud, author of Pork & Sons, Jane and Michael Stern have found the krunkest fish in Nashville at Eastside Fish, and Kim Marcus of The Wine Spectator brings us up to date on the wines of Portugal. | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 00:53:35 |
| The Splendid Table: October 18, 2008 | This weeks it's the intersection of food and international relations with Chris Fair, author of 'Cuisines of the Axis of Evil and Other Irritating States: A Dinner Party Approach to International Relations.' Jane and Michael Stern are eating cream puffs at Butler's Donuts in Somerset, MA and Gourmet Magazine's John Willoughby brings us their picks of America's legendary restaurants. | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 00:53:35 |
| The Splendid Table: October 11, 2008 | This week we peek at the fantasy life of a house in Tuscany with Michael Tucker, author of 'Living in a Foreign Language, A Memoir of Food, Wine and Love.' Sally Schneider author of 'A New Way to Cook' gives us a fresh take on pears, and Seattle chef Tom Douglas explains the trials and tribulations of becoming a gentleman farmer. | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 00:53:35 |
| The Splendid Table: October 4, 2008 | This week we're catching up with Italian food authorities Marcella and Victor Hazan. Marcella's latest project is her autobiography, Amarcord, Marcella Remembers. Jane and Michael Stern are eating Czech food at Belgrade Gardens outside of Akron, OH, and Harold McGee, author of the seminal On Food and Cooking explains the remarkable link between extra-virgin olive oil and ibuprofen. | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 00:53:35 |
| The Splendid Table: September 27, 2008 | This week we talk to journalist Julia Flynn Siler author of 'The House of Mondavi: The Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty.' Jane and Michael Stern are at Kumback Lunch in Perry, OK, and David Rosengarten looks at the origins of ramen noodles. | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 00:53:35 |
| The Splendid Table: September 20, 2008 | This week we are meeting a winemaking legend, David Lett of Oregon's famed Eyrie Vineyard, Jane and Michael Stern are eating ice cream at Ici in Berkeley, CA and New York City food authority Mike Colameco introduces us to Izakayas, Japanese drinking places. | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 00:53:35 |
| The Splendid Table: September 13, 2008 | This week it's all things tomato with Amy Goldman author of 'The Heirloom Tomato: From Garden to Table,' Jane and Michael Stern are at the Formica Brothers Bakery in Atlantic City, NJ and writer David Leite, editor of the website Leite's Culinaria takes on the Toll House Cookie. | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 00:53:35 |
| The Splendid Table: September 6, 2008 | We're looking at global seed banks with journalist John Seabrook, author of The New Yorker article, 'Sowing For the Apocalypse.' Jane and Michael Stern are at Short Sugar's BBQ in Reidsville, NC and wine wit Joshua Wesson takes us to Italy's premier wine event, Vin Italy. | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 00:53:35 |
| The Splendid Table: August 30, 2008 | We're talking to Benjamin Wallace author of 'The Billionaire's Vinegar: The Mystery of the World's Most Expensive Bottle of Wine.' Jane and Michael Stern are at Round Rock Donuts in Round Rock, TX, and we get the final word on knife care from Chad Ward, author of An Edge in the Kitchen. | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 00:53:35 |
| The Splendid Table: August 23, 2008 | This week we meet up with Britain's charming Nigella Lawson, author of Nigella Express: 130 Recipes for Good Food, Fast. Jane and Michael Stern are in Kansas City, MO at LC's BBQ, and wine wit Joshua Wesson introduces us to his pick in chillable reds. | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 00:53:35 |
| The Splendid Table: August 16, 2008 | This week we're meeting one of the pioneers in America's artisan cheese movement, our very own Steve Jenkins author of 'The Food Life: Inside the World of Food with the Grocer Extraordinaire at Fairway Market.' Jane and Michael Stern are at Halibut in Portland, OR and we look at the Southern way with picnics, with Jean Anderson author of A Love Affair with Southern Cooking: Recipes and Recollections. | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 00:53:35 |
| The Splendid Table: August 9, 2008 | This week we're talking to distinguished nutritionist and food activist Marion Nestle about who should really be responsible for our food supply. She is the author of What To Eat. The Stern's are at Standard Baking on the Portland, ME waterfront and Sally Schneider author of the award-winning The Improvisational Cook gives us a new view of the kitchen staple, the egg. | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 00:53:35 |
| The Splendid Table: August 2, 2008 | We're looking at the unusual and humble origins of sushi with Trevor Corson, author of 'The Zen of Fish: The Story of Sushi, from Samurai to Supermarket,' Jane and Michael Stern are at Johnson's Corner Truckstop and Cafe in Loveland, CO and legendary chef Jacque Pepin reminisces on the French kitchen of his childhood. His latest book is Chez Jacques. | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 00:53:35 |
| The Splendid Table: July 26, 2008 | This week we're meeting journalist Adam Leith Gollner, author of 'The Fruit Hunters, A Story of Nature, Adventure, Commerce and Obsession.' Jane and Michael Stern are at Louis Mueller's BBQ in Taylor TX, and wine wit Joshua Wesson recommends cool wines for hot days. | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 00:53:35 |
| The Splendid Table: July 19, 2008 | This week's show could be called the cookbook lover's version of The Antiques Road Show. Our guide is Jose Andres, award-winning chef and host of PBS's Made in Spain. He'll explain why his collection of antique cookbooks is so essential to his work. It's skirted cheeseburgers at the Squeeze Inn in Sacramento for Jane and Michael Stern. Russian food authority Anya Von Bremzen joins us for a look at the sizzling hot Moscow food scene. | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 00:53:35 |
| The Splendid Table: July 12, 2008 | This week it's the seeds and bark that changed the planet. We're talking spices, the stuff of wonderment and avarice in the medieval world with Paul Freedman, author of Out of the East: Spices and the Medieval Imagination. It's a St. Augustine, Florida special for Jane and Michael Stern at Saltwater Cowboy's. Celebrity chef Mario Batali reveals the summertime reads in his beach bag. His new book is Italian Grill. Tea purist Bill Waddington, proprietor of St. Paul's TeaSource, has summer in a glass -- iced teas for the lazy at heart, and culinary improv artist Sally Schneider has a brief on the wallflower of the farm stand -- the beet. | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 00:53:35 |
| The Splendid Table: July 5, 2008 | This week we talk to journalist Dave Plotnikoff about his hike from the Mexican border to Canada on the Pacific Crest Trail and the food that ended up being the touch point of the trip. He is the author of "Hungry Man" from the July 2007 issue of Saveur Magazine. Jane and Michael Stern are eating planked whitefish and ice cream "Thunderclouds" at Juilleret's in Harbor Springs, MI, and Russ Parsons, author of How to Pick a Peach explains the rules about produce and the refrigerator. | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 00:53:35 |
| The Splendid Table: June 28, 2008 | To arm us for 4th of July celebrations, we've enlisted the services of Mario Batali and his newest book, The Italian Grill. Jane and Michael Stern are eating al fresco at Champlin's Seafood Deck in Naragansett, RI and Harold McGee author of the seminal On Food and Cooking explains the one thing every cook needs to know about cooking red meat. | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 00:53:35 |
| The Splendid Table: June 21, 2008 | Neal Rosenthal, author of Reflections of a Wine Merchant joins us with his tale of life in the wine business. Jane and Michael Stern are at Joe Roger's Chili Parlour in Springfield, IL and Gourmet Magazine's John Willoughby gives us a primer in smoke roasting. | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 00:53:35 |
| The Splendid Table: June 14, 2008 | This week we have the story of Mother Noella Marcellino who found her calling in a Benedictine abbey and the cheese caves of France. The Stern's are at Clanton's in Vinita, OK eating chicken fried steak. Wine wit Josh Wesson introduces us to the delicious and overlooked sparkling red wines of summer. | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 00:53:35 |
| The Splendid Table: June 7, 2008 | We've a look at entertaining through the eyes of one of world's most festive and stylish hosts, fashion designer and cultural iconoclast Issac Mizrahi. Jane and Michael Stern may have found the best coffee in Seattle at Crema, and Food and Wine Magazine's Lettie Teague tells us about the latest restaurant trend, house wines. | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 00:53:35 |
| The Splendid Table: May 31, 2008 | This week we're looking at the wine cork controversy with journalist George Tabor, author of To Cork or Not to Cork: Tradition, Romance, Science and the Bottle for the Wine Bottle. Jane and Michael Stern are taking us to upstate NY to raise our hot dog consciousness at Ted's in Tonawanda, NY, and the Wine Spectator's Matt Kramer introduces us to his favorite white wine, reisling. | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 00:53:35 |
| The Splendid Table: May 24, 2008 | All those people talking about a wine's terroir, meaning the place the grapes come from. Can we really taste it? We get the scientific last word from Harold McGee author of the seminal On Food and Cooking. Jane and Michael Stern are at Woodyard Bar-B-Que in Kansas City, KS, and novelist Nicole Mones tells us about the time in Chinese culinary history which she used as a framework for her latest novel, The Last Chinese Chef. | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 00:53:35 |
| The Splendid Table: May 17, 2008 | Today we are learning how to build a curry with award-winning teacher Raghavan Iyer author of 660 Curries. Jane and Michael Stern have found pecan pie worth the trip at the Texas Pie Company in Kyle, TX. Wine wit Joshua Wesson brings us wines for the picnic basket and we look the misunderstandings behind MSG with The New York Times' Julia Moskin. | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 00:53:35 |
| The Splendid Table: May 10, 2008 | We're looking at the education of a wine rookie with Lettie Teague and her student, movie critic Peter Travers. Lettie is the author of Educating Peter. Jane and Michael Stern are in the Mississippi Delta at Rhoda's Famous Hot Tamales and we look at the advent of a new dining trend, one-pot meals served in private homes. | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 00:53:35 |
| The Splendid Table: May 3, 2008 | We are looking at the foods of the Philippine's this week with Amy Besa, author of Memories of Philippine Kitchens: Stories and Recipes from Far and Near. Jane and Michael Stern are at Prince's Hot Chicken Shack in Nashville, TN and Sally Schneider author of the award-winning The Improvisational Cook gives us a cooking lesson for spring. | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 00:53:35 |
| The Splendid Table: April 26, 2008 | This week we're taking you on a road trip, specifically a wine trip to the Galicia region of Spain. It was one week, one bus, four wine geeks and The Splendid Table: . Galicia and it's neighboring area of Bierzo are up and comers in the wine world, and this trip sure explained why. | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 00:53:35 |
| The Splendid Table: April 19, 2008 | This week we've a love letter to the island of Oahu. Honolulu may be the most overlooked food city in the world where we'll meet some of the people shaping that unique island cuisine. | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 00:53:35 |
| The Splendid Table: April 12, 2008 | It's part 2 of our special record in Italy. Lynne takes us to Emilia-Romagna. This week we begin the tour in Ferrara where the renaissance still rules, and take an unusual look at Emilia-Romagna's crown jewel. Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese. | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 00:53:35 |
| The Splendid Table: April 5, 2008 | This week we're re-visiting our show recorded in Lynne's beloved Emilia-Romagna. This is the region of Italy that Italians consider their culinary jewel, the land of prosciutto and Parmigiano-Reggiano. | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 00:53:35 |
| The Splendid Table: March 29, 2008 | This week author John Hailman looks Thomas Jefferson through a unique lens, as a man whose lifelong campaign was to steer the American public away from hard liquor and into the vineyard. He is the author of Thomas Jefferson on Wine. Jane and Michael Stern are eating classic San Francisco fare at Sam's Grill, and our opinionated cheese monger Steve Jenkins teaches us how to get out of our cheese rut! | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 00:53:35 |
| The Splendid Table: March 22, 2008 | We are looking at how the miraculous omega-3 fatty acids are disappearing from our Western diet with Susan Allport, author of The Queen of Fats. Jane and Michael Stern are at Skylight Inn BBQ in Ayden, NC and Russ Parsons, author of How to Pick a Peach turns his expertise to spring's fresh peas and fava beans. | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 00:53:35 |
| The Splendid Table: March 15, 2008 | This week we're looking a the surprising political power of the banana with Dan Koeppel author of Banana: the Fate of the Fruit That Changed the World. Jane and Michael Stern are eating first rate Mexican food in the sugar beet belt at Rosita's in Scottsbluff, NE, and Sally Schneider author of The Improvisational Cook introduces us to the savory side of lemons. | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 00:53:35 |
| The Splendid Table: March 8, 2008 | Award-winning actress and author Madhur Jaffrey joins us with tales from her childhood, both culinary and political in nature. Her latest book is her memoir Climbing the Mango Trees. Jane and Michael Stern are eating Michigan's at McSweeney's in Plattsburgh, NY, and chef Gabrielle Hamilton of Prune in New York City gives us an insiders glimpse of the sometimes brutal life of a restaurant kitchen. She is the author of the essay It's All Fun and Games Until ... , from the collection, How I Learned to Cook. | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 00:53:35 |
| The Splendid Table: March 1, 2008 | This week we're looking at the flavors of the golden age of Arab cuisine with Charles Perry author of Medevial Cuisine of the Islamic World, and Jane and Michael Stern are breakfasting at Kitchen Little in Mystic Connecticut. | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 00:53:35 |
| The Splendid Table: February 23, 2008 | We are looking at the history of the kitchen in America this week with Steven Gdula author of The Warmest Room in the House and Jane and Michael Stern are eating eggnog waffles and espresso twinkies at Bette's Oceanview Diner in Berkeley, CA. | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 00:53:35 |
| The Splendid Table: February 16, 2008 | We're taking you behind the scenes of the legendary restaurant, Per Se in NYC. Our guide, a waitress. Phoebe Damrosch is the author of Service Included, Four-Star Secrets of an Eavesdropping Waiter. Jane and Michael Stern are at the Grove Cafe in Ames, IA and cheesemonger Steve Jenkins introduces us to the cheeses of the Pyrenees. | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 00:53:35 |
| The Splendid Table: February 9, 2008 | This week we meet one of the women who introduced authentic Chinese food to America. Cecilia Chiang is the author of The Seventh Daughter, My Culinary Journey from Beijing to San Francisco. Jane and Michael Stern are noshing in Tuscon, AZ at Feigs Kosher Foods and Dorrie Greenspan teaches us to taste chocolate just in time for your Valentine. | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 00:53:35 |
| The Splendid Table: February 2, 2008 | This week we're looking at how we became a gourmet nation with David Kamp, author of The United States of Arugula. Jane and Michael Stern are at the legendary Pancake Pantry in Nashville, TN, and Deborah Krasner opens up the world of culinary travel. | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 00:53:35 |
| The Splendid Table: January 26, 2008 | This week we are taking an in-depth look at one of the great culinary arts, stock making with Michael Ruhlman, author of The Elements of Cooking, Translating the Chef's Craft for Every Kitchen. Jane and Michael Stern are in Cambridge, MA at the All Star Sandwich Bar, and Ken Albala author of Beans, A History brings us a cultural and historical look. | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 00:53:35 |
| The Splendid Table: January 19, 2008 | We are looking at the vegan revolution this week with Isa Chandra Moskowitz author of Veganomicon. Jane and Michael Stern are at the Sunrise Biscuit Kitchen in Chapel Hill, NC, and David Rosengarten of The Rosengarten Report introduces us to the food of Hyderabad, India. | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 00:53:35 |
| The Splendid Table: January 12, 2008 | Jennifer Ackerman author of Sex, Sleep, Eat, Drink, Dream, A Day in the Life of Your Body joins us with a scientific take on how our bodies use food and drink. Jane and Michael Stern are at Hocutt's BBQ in Moundsville, NC, and Sally Schneider author of The Improvisational Cook brings us her weeknight savior, the souffle. | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 00:53:35 |
| The Splendid Table: January 5, 2008 | Just in time for the post-holiday dieting season, we look at the subliminal psychology of eating with Brian Wansink author of Mindless Eating, Why We Eat More Than We Think. Jane and Michael Stern are at Mike's Chili Parlor in Seattle, WA, and Chris Kimball, of Cook's Illustrated Magazine challenges Lynne to another round of Stump the Cook. | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 00:53:35 |
| The Splendid Table: December 29, 2007 | This week irrepressible foodie Nora Ephron joins us with observations on life and America's food scene. She is author of the best-selling I Feel Bad About My Neck. Jane and Michael Stern are eating all things kosher at Chutzpah in Fairfax, Virginia, and pleasure activist Fred Plotkin takes us on a road trip to Vienna. | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 00:53:35 |
| The Splendid Table: December 22, 2007 | Britain's lusty cook Nigella Lawson explains how we can all have a rational holiday. Her new book is Nigella Express. Jane and Michael Stern have found the mother of all buffets at Quinet's Court in New Martinsville, WV, and cheesemonger Steve Jenkins gives us a primer on the king of blue-veined cheese -- rocquefort. | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 00:53:35 |
| The Splendid Table: December 15, 2007 | Padma Lakshmi host of Bravo's Top Chef and author of Tangy, Tart, Hot & Sweet joins us with her unique international take in the kitchen, the Stern's are at Northern Waters Smokehaus in Duluth, MN and we learn to make frist-rate bread with the authors of Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day. | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 00:53:35 |
| The Splendid Table: December 8, 2007 | This week we meet Judith Jones the editor who introduced Julia Child to the world. Her new biography is The Tenth Muse, My Life in Food. Jane and Michael Stern are eating drippy burgers and southern-style vegetables at Lupie's Cafe in Charlotte, NC, and our gadget obsessed Dorie Greenspan brings us her picks of the best in holiday gifts for the cook. | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 00:53:35 |
| The Splendid Table: December 1, 2007 | This week we're joined by reknown cheese expert Laura Werlin author of Laura Werlin's Cheese Essentials; an Insiders Guide to Buying and Serving Cheese. New York City food authority Mike Colameco introduces us some of New York great tiny hole-in-the walls, and British chef Fergus Henderson extols the beauty of trotters. He's the author of Beyond Nose to Tail. | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 00:53:35 |
| The Splendid Table: Turkey Confidential, 2007 | Turkey Confidential - 2 hours of live culinary triage on the day you need it most - Thanksgiving. This is the day even non-cooks get in the kitchen. We'll be here bright and early with open lines for your questions - anything goes! Join us with guests Mario Batali, Christopher Kimball, Amy Sedaris and more! | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 01:47:11 |
| The Splendid Table: November 24, 2007 | We are looking at the home food of the Spice Islands with James Oseland author of Cradle of Flavor, Home Cooking from the Spice Islands of Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore. Jane and Michael Stern are at Price's Chicken Coop in Charlotte, NC, and we get ready for baking season with master baker and Splendid Table regular Dorie Greenspan author of the must-have cookbook, Baking, From My Home to Yours. | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 00:53:35 |
| The Splendid Table: November 17, 2007 | We're getting ready for Thanksgiving with advice from the chef's chef Jonathan Waxman, author of A Great American Cook. Jane and Michael Stern are at Kozy Korner Cafe and Bar in Winnett, MT, and Deborah Madison, author of the best-selling Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone, concocts a vegetarian Thanksgiving feast just for us. | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 00:53:35 |
| The Splendid Table: November 10, 2007 | This week foods scientist Hal McGee author of the seminal, On Food and Cooking, gives us his take on how restaurant kitchens are adapting to the new world of culinary science. Lynne gives violinist Joshua Bell a private pasta class and Jane and Michael Stern are eating Hungarian at Balaton, in Cleveland, OH. | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 00:53:35 |
| The Splendid Table: November 3, 2007 | This week we've a homage to all things porcine, and the story of family life in a rural French village from French chef Stephane Reynaud, author of Pork & Sons, Jane and Michael Stern have found the "krunkest" fish in Nashville at Eastside Fish, and Kim Marcus of The Wine Spectator brings us up to date on the wines of Portugal. | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 00:53:35 |
| The Splendid Table: October 27, 2007 | This week we have the true story of how and why over the past 20 years we have decimated a noble fish, the Patagonian toothfish, aka, Chilean Sea Bass. Bruce Knecht is author of Hooked: Pirates, Poaching and the Perfect Fish. Jane and Michael Stern are eating corned beef at a Milwaukee icon, Jake's, Food and Wine Magazine's Ray Isle introduces to the wide world of tequila and self-named pleasure activist and world traveler Fred Plotkin takes us to one of South America's greatest cities, Santiago, Chile. | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 00:53:35 |
| The Splendid Table: October 20, 2007 | This week we're meeting chef Katherine Kagel, creator of one of Santa Fe's culinary icons Cafe Pasqual's. Jane and Michael Stern are eating Code Ten chili at Noon Break in Cody, Wyoming, Anya Von Bremzen author of The New Spanish Table introduces us to Spanish smoked paprikas and Los Angeles Times' Russ Parson considers the fig. | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 00:53:35 |
| The Splendid Table: October 13, 2007 | This week we peek at the fantasy life of a house in Tuscany with Michael Tucker, author of Living in a Foreign Language, A Memoir of Food, Wine and Love. Sally Schneider author of A New Way to Cook gives us a fresh take on pears, and Seattle chef Tom Douglas becomes a gentleman farmer. | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 00:53:35 |
| The Splendid Table: October 6, 2007 | This week we're taking you to Spain, to the little known region of Galicia, just north of Portugal. The area may be best known for the pilgrim trail leading to Santiago de Compostela, where the remains of St. James are believed to be interred, but we were there for the wine. This past summer we spent a week on a bus with a group of journalists exploring the area's emerging wine region, and lived to tell you this tale! | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 00:53:35 |
| The Splendid Table: September 29, 2007 | It's everything you will ever need to know about sushi this week. Our guide is Dave Lowry, author of The Connoisseur's Guide to Sushi. Jane and Michael Stern are celebrating the legendary stew burgoo in Owensboro, KY and we challenge Lynne to another round of Stump the Cook with guest Stumpmaster Chris Kimball of Cook's Illustrated Magazine. | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 00:53:35 |
| The Splendid Table: September 22, 2007 | Culinary historian John T. Edge looks at American enterprise through the lens of the donut. He is the author of Donuts: An American Passion. Jane and Michael Stern are at Chopes in La Mesa, NM and we meet David Bedford, the scientist behind one of the world's great apples, the honeycrisp. | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 00:53:35 |
| The Splendid Table: September 15, 2007 | We're looking at the new and improved world of food science with Harold McGee author of the classic On Food and Cooking, Jane and Michael Stern are at Short Sugar's BBQ in Reidsville, NC and wine wit Joshua Wesson takes us to Italy's premier wine event, Vin Italy. | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 00:53:35 |
| The Splendid Table: September 8, 2007 | This week we talk to journalist Julia Flynn Siler author of The House of Mondavi: The Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty. Jane and Michael Stern are at Kumback Lunch in Perry, OK, and David Rosengarten looks at the origins of ramen noodles. | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 00:53:35 |
| The Splendid Table: September 1, 2007 | We're getting ready to start packing kid's lunches again, and this week we get advice from that consumer rights warrior Marion Nestle, author of What to Eat. Jane and Michael Stern are at Al's Corner Restaurant in Barberton, OH, and we look at Vietnamese grilling with chef Mai Pham, author of The Pleasures of the Vietnamese Table. | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 00:53:35 |
| The Splendid Table: August 25, 2007 | This week it's a tribute to the derring-do behind the greatest grilling contraptions in the country with Dan Huntley, co-author of Extreme BBQ: Smokin' Rigs and Real Good Recipes. Jane and Michael Stern are eating soul food at Niecie's in Kansas City, MO, and Karen Feder introduces us to an unknown side of Liberace with her book, Joy of Liberace, Retro Recipes from America's Kitschiest Kitchen. | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 00:53:35 |
| The Splendid Table: August 18, 2007 | Fred Plotkin author of Italy for the Gourmet Traveler, takes us down an Italian road less traveled - the Marche region of Italy. Jane and Michael Stern are eating soul food at Feed in Chicago, and chef Jerry Traunfeld author of The Herbal Kitchen introduces us to some sophisticated herbal cocktails. | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 00:53:35 |
| The Splendid Table: August 11, 2007 | This week we talk to Jeffrey Roberts author of The Atlas of American Artisan Cheese, Jane and, Michael Stern are at Mabel's Lobster Claw in Kennebunkport, ME, and Wine Spectator's Kim Marcus introduces us the rediscovered wines of Greece. | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 00:53:35 |
| The Splendid Table: August 4, 2007 | This week it's the epitome of seafood cooks, Boston's Jasper White author of The Summer Shack Cookbook, Jane and Michael Stern are eating runza at the Gering Bakery in Gering NE. Wine maverick Joshua Wesson is back with red wines for white wine lovers. Nancy Harmon Jenkins celebrates the tomato and we get the dish on hot dogs. | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 00:53:35 |
| The Splendid Table: July 28, 2007 | We are taking a look at the unique foodways of the Texas cattlemen with Robb Walsh author of The Texas Cowboy Cookbook. Jane and Michael Stern are eating stellar seafood in James Beard's hometown, Seaside, OR at Norma's Ocean Diner and Gourmet magazine's John Willoughby shares his picks of the best in destination dining. | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 00:53:35 |
| The Splendid Table: July 21, 2007 | This week we talk to journalist Dave Plotnikoff about his hike from the Mexican border to Canada on the Pacific Crest Trail and the food that ended up being the touchpoint of the trip. He is the author of Hungry Man from the July 2007 issue of Saveur magazine. Jane and Michael Stern are eating planked whitefish and ice cream "Thunderclouds" at Juilleret's in Harbor Springs, MI, and Russ Parsons, author of How to Pick a Peach explains the rules about produce and the refrigerator. Always refrigerate corn on the cob, and never a tomato. | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 00:53:35 |
| The Splendid Table: July 14, 2007 | As flowers bloom across the country, we're taking a look at honey with Holley Bishop, author of Robbing the Bees, a Biography of Honey, the Sweet Liquid Gold that Seduced the World. The Sterns are at Top Pot Donuts in Seattle, WA, and wine entrepreneur Joshua Wesson introduces us to some unsung white in time for summer picnics. | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 00:53:35 |
| The Splendid Table: July 7, 2007 | We have a look at German Rieslings with one of Germany's premier riesling makers -- Dr. Ernst Loosen. Jane and Michael Stern have stumbled on a car wash that serves first-rate Mexican breakfasts, H and H Car Wash in El Paso Texas. Sally Schneider author of A New Way to Cook teaches us to rev up our vinegars, and we look at the history of lunch with food historian Andrew Smith. | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 00:53:35 |
| The Splendid Table: June 30, 2007 | Trevor Corson, author of The Zen of Fish, talks sushi; the Sterns are eating cinnamon rolls at Johnson Corners in Loveland, Colorado; it's Middle Eastern grilling with Claudia Roden, Lynne samples Scotch whiskey with John Glaser, and Jacques Pepin stops by with simple things you can do to make sensational eating. | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 00:53:35 |
| The Splendid Table: June 23, 2007 | This week we're bringing you a show recorded live at the 2006 Monterey Bay Aquarium's, Cooking For Solutions weekend in Monterey California. It's an in-depth look at one of the culinary world's biggest issues?healthy and sustainable seafood. We talk to Jennifer Dianto of The Monterey Bay Aquarium's Seafood Watch Program, Mexican chef Benito Molino, Rebecca Goldberg of Environmental Defense, and Lynne does some DNA sleuthing with Professor Steve Palumbi at Stanford University's Hopkins Marine Station. | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 00:53:35 |
| The Splendid Table: June 16, 2007 | This week we meet NY chef and fisherman David Pasternack, author of The Young Man and the Sea. The Sterns are in Vinita, OK eating blue ribbon pie at Clanton's, and our regular wine wit Josh Wesson reports in on the latest happenings in the wine world. | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 00:53:35 |
| The Splendid Table: June 9, 2007 | This week we're talking to distinguished nutritionist and food activist Marian Nestle about who should really be responsible for our food supply. She is the author of What To Eat. The Sterns are at Standard Baking on the Portland, ME waterfront and Sally Schneider author of the award-winning The Improvisational Cook gives us a new view of the kitchen staple, the egg. | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 00:53:35 |
| The Splendid Table: June 2, 2007 | All those people talking about a wine's terroir, meaning the place the grapes come from. Can we really taste it? We get the scientific last word from Harold McGee author of the seminal On Food and Cooking. Jane and Michael Stern are at Woodyard Bar-B-Que in Kansas City, KS, and novelist Nicole Mones tell us about the time in Chinese culinary history which she used as a framework for her latest novel, The Last Chinese Chef. | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 00:53:35 |
| The Splendid Table: May 26, 2007 | We are looking at the foods of the Philippines this week with Amy Besa, author of Memories of Philippine Kitchens: Stories and Recipes from Far and Near, we go on a search for edible weeds, and Sally Schneider author of the award-winning The Improvisational Cook gives us a cooking lesson for spring. | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 00:53:35 |
| The Splendid Table: May 19, 2007 | This week journalist Russ Parsons explains how vegetables are grown, marketed, sold and most importantly, how that affects their taste. He is the author of How to Pick a Peach: The Search for Flavor From Farm to Table. Jane and Michael Stern are in Akron, OH at Besides the Point Cafe, and just in time for grilling season, Gourmet Magazine's John Willoughby explains why he has forsaken the marinade, and fallen madly in love with the spice paste. | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 00:53:35 |
| The Splendid Table: May 12, 2007 | We're taking a scholarly look at American junk food with Andrew Smith author of The Junk Food Encyclopedia, Jane and Michael Stern are in Manchester, VT breakfasting at Up For Breakfast, and Food and Wine Magzine's wine editor Ray Isle walks us through his picks of bargain wines. | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 00:53:35 |
| The Splendid Table: May 5, 2007 | This week we look at one of our most primal urges, hunger, with Sharman Apt Russell author of Hunger, An Unnatural History. Jane and Michael Stern take us to Tony Luke's in Philadelphia for a world class Italian roast pork sandwich, and we talk with the founder of the groundbreaking cattle rancher Bill Niman of Niman's Ranch about our meat industry. | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 00:53:35 |
| The Splendid Table: April 28, 2007 | We're looking a the education of a wine rookie with Lettie Teague and her student, movie critic Peter Travers. Lettie is the author of Educating Peter, How I Taught a Famous Movie Critic the Difference Between Cabernet and Merlot or How Anybody Can Become and (Almost) Instant Wine Critic. Jane and Michael Stern are in the Mississippi Delta at Rhoda's Famous Hot Tamales and we look at the advent of a new dining trend, one-pot meals served in private homes. | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 00:53:35 |
| The Splendid Table: April 21, 2007 | This week we take a look at the culinary garden with famed garden writer Katherine Whiteside, author of The Way we Garden Now. The Sterns are going Goth in Portland at Voodoo Donuts, and NY food authority Mike Colameco says forget dining out, New York City is the perfect place for a picnic. | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 00:53:35 |
| The Splendid Table: April 14, 2007 | This week we meet New York Magazine's legendary food critic Gael Greene. Her new memoir is Insatiable: Tales From a Delicious Life of Excess. Jane and Michael Stern love pharmacy cafeterias, and have found near perfection at the Avalon Diner in Houston, and Sally Schneider author of A New Way to Cook takes on the sour stalks of spring, rhubarb. | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 00:53:35 |
| The Splendid Table: April 7, 2007 | This week we as we are moving into spring, we're talking to organic farmer and scholar Fred Kirschenmann of The Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture, about how to make new vision for the way we produce our food. Jane and Michael Stern are eating chicken fried steak at the Rock Cafe in Stroud, Oklahoma and we meet up with Dennis Von Englesdorp, a bee scientist studying the mysterious colony collapse devastating America's bee population. | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 00:53:35 |
| The Splendid Table: March 31, 2007 | We're meeting the culinary grande dame of the publishing world, Judith Jones, Senior Editor of Knopf Books. Judith began her career with a manuscript from an unknown Francophile named Julia Child and has not stopped since. Jane and Michael Stern are at Mike Linnig's Fish Camp in Louisville, KY, and wine wit Joshua Wesson of Best Cellars wine shops fills us in on the bargains to be found in second labels. | Lynne Rossetto Kasper | 00:53:35 |
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