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Fri, May 25
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May 26, 2012: The Splendid Table
Chef Roberto Santibanez, author of Truly Mexican, introduces us to the Mexican world of pipianes. Sally Schneider discusses her short list of favorite blogs, and Jane and Michael Stern have found first-rate Mexican food at a gas station in Dallas.
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Fri, May 18
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May 19, 2012: The Splendid Table
In The Key 3, chef Andrea Reusing makes overnight braised short ribs, turnip soup and a tomato salad. Jane and Michael Stern are at The Blue Bonnet Cafe in Marble Falls, Texas, and we hear about the Vietnamese tradition of monthly rice from journalist Claudia Kolker.
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Fri, May 11
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May 12, 2012: The Splendid Table
Lynne is out of the studio and into the world of honey bees with researcher Marla Spivak. Peter Jon Lindberg has unearthed good food in unlikely places, and British horticulturalist Jekka McVicar brings her pick of unusual culinary herbs for your back yard.
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Fri, May 4
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May 5, 2012: The Splendid Table
Mexican chef Pati Jinich joins us for Cinco de Mayo. Jane and Michael Stern are at Eckl's Beef and Weck, and we talk to MacArthur Genius Will Allen about The Good Food Revolution.
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Fri, Apr 27
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April 27, 2012: The Splendid Table
Britain's latest culinary phenomenon is Yotam Ottolenghi, author of a vegetarian best-seller. Jane and Michael Stern are at a Door County fish boil, and Ray Isle explains the beauty of wine blends.
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Fri, Apr 20
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April 20, 2012: The Splendid Table
We meet up with JJ Goode, a culinary ghost writer, Jane and Michael Stern are back from New Orleans with fresh finds, and we talk to Wine & Spirits columnist Tara Thomas about Greek wines.
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Fri, Apr 13
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April 13, 2012: The Splendid Table
Lidia Bastianich is featured in our latest installment of The Key 3. Jane and Michael Stern are at The Red Truck Bakery in Warrenton, Va., and Hank Shaw teaches us to harvest spring trees.
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Fri, Apr 6
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April 6, 2012: The Splendid Table
This week we look at the burgeoning world of culinary apps with John Moe, host of the Marketplace Tech Report, we go into the kitchen of Somali chef Jamal Hashi, and Jane and Michael Stern take us to New Jersey for pork rolls.
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Fri, Mar 30
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March 30, 2012: The Splendid Table
National Geographic explorer Barton Seaver joins us with his take on seasonal seafood. Tea merchant Bill Waddington introduces us to the newest category of teas just discovered in China: dark tea. And Jane and Michael Stern are at the Sweet Water Cafe in Marquette, Mich.
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Fri, Mar 23
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March 23, 2012: The Splendid Table
This week, Ruth Reichl takes a look back at British culinary groundbreaker Elizabeth David. Jane and Michael Stern are at The Southern Kitchen in New Market, Va., and our wine guy Joshua Wesson brings his short list of wines that are sure to become your BFFs.
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Fri, Mar 16
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March 16, 2012: The Splendid Table
The second episode of our new series, The Key 3, is with fashion designer Isaac Mizrahi. Jane and Michael Stern are eating classic Mexican in Mesilla, N.M., and we talk to Crescent Dragonwagon about her latest book, Bean by Bean.
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Fri, Mar 9
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March 9, 2012: The Splendid Table
This week, we talk to author Hal Herzog about our sometimes puzzling relationship with meat. Diana Henry, author of Plenty, brings us a decidedly British take on leftovers, and New York Times columnist Matt Gross explains why he has fallen in love with schnapps.
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Fri, Mar 2
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March 2, 2012: The Splendid Table
This week, we talk to Andrea Nguyen about her latest book, Asian Tofu. Jane and Michael Stern are on the Eastern Shore of Virginia at the Exmore Diner. We get a smell tour of Seattle with researcher Victoria Henshaw, and we talk to Renee Shepherd about the newest in culinary seeds.
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Fri, Feb 24
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February 24, 2012: The Splendid Table
This week, we meet up with chef Gabrielle Hamilton, author of Blood, Bones and Butter. Just in time for St. Patrick's Day, we learn to corn our own beef. And veterinarian Gary Weitzman tells us what we really need to be feeding our pets.
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Fri, Feb 17
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February 17, 2012: The Splendid Table
This week, we meet Erin Byers Murray, author of the memoir Shucked, Life on a New England Oyster Farm. Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl talks about low-alcohol wines, and we play another round of Stump the Cook with Top Chef's Padma Lakshmi.
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Fri, Feb 10
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February 10, 2012: The Splendid Table
We look at the food life of Thailand with David Thompson, author of Thai Street Food. Then, the mysterious eel with James Prosek, author of Eels, An Exploration. And Gilt Taste's Francis Lam teaches us to make Ginger Milk Pudding.
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Fri, Feb 3
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February 3, 2012: The Splendid Table
This week is the launch of our new series, The Key 3, conversations with good cooks (not just chefs), about the three recipes they feel every good cook should know. This week, it's Thai food expert Andy Ricker. Jane and Michael Stern are at Sylvan Park in Nashville, Tenn. We take on homemade mustards with Los Angeles Times reporter Noelle Carter, and we look at the food world through its knives with Allegra McEvedy, author of Bought, Borrowed and Stolen.
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Fri, Jan 27
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January 27, 2012: The Splendid Table
This week, we meet Nordic chef Rene Redzepi, author of Noma. Jane and Michael Stern are in Cincinnati, and Indian food authority Madhur Jaffrey teaches us the Indian way with fresh greens.
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Fri, Jan 20
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January 20, 2012: The Splendid Table
This week, we learn what it takes to be a cheesemonger with Steve Jones, proprietor of Cheese Bar in Portland, Ore. We also look at willpower with John Tierney, co-author of Willpower, Rediscovering the Greatest Human Strength. And Jane and Michael Stern are breakfasting at Green Salmon in Yachats, Ore.
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Fri, Jan 13
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January 13, 2012: The Splendid Table
Chinese chef Ming Tsai joins us with his Asian influenced take on one-pot cooking. His new book is Simply Ming, One Pot Meals. Jane and Michael Stern are in Atlanta at Mary Mac's Tearoom, and Tom Owen of the coffee lovers website Sweet Maria's joins us with a guide to home roasting.
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Fri, Jan 6
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January 6, 2012: The Splendid Table
This week, a look at the sometimes scandalous world of olive oil with Tom Mueller author of Extra Virginity. Legendary vegetarian cook Anna Thomas brings us her take on steaming bowls of green soup for the winter months. Her book is Love Soup. We talk with Christian De Benedetti about his book The Great American Ale Trail, and play another round of Stump the Cook with Ty Burrell of Modern Family.
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Fri, Dec 30 2011
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December 30, 2011: The Splendid Table
This week we look at why humans find things pleasurable with Paul Bloom, author of How Pleasure Works: The New Science of Why We Like What We Like. Jane and Michael Stern are at The Orange Inn in Laguna Beach, Calif. We play Stump the Cook with Amy Sedaris and tea authority Bill Waddington introduces us to the first brand new strain of tea ever developed, Ruby 18.
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Fri, Dec 23 2011
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December 23, 2011: The Splendid Table
British food writer Nigel Slater, author of Tender, joins us with his take on the holiday meal; Edward Behr has a new book, The Art of Eating Cookbook; and Andrew Schloss, author of Homemade Soda, brings some non-alcoholic suggestions for the holiday.
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Fri, Dec 16 2011
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December 16, 2011: The Splendid Table
Childhood nostalgia comes full circle with pastry chef Christina Tosi and her new book, Momofuku Milk Bar. Food Stylist Annie Rigg joins us with her charmingly British take on homemade gifts. Her book is Gifts From the Kitchen. Who better to take on techy food gifts this week than John Moe of Marketplace Tech Report? And Jane and Michael Stern have declared Los Angeles as the best city for 24-hour eating.
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Fri, Dec 9 2011
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December 9, 2011: The Splendid Table
This week every brisket tells a story according to Stephanie Pierson, author of The Brisket Book: A Love Story with Recipes. We visit a beer stock exchange in Washington DC, take a look at the latest from the wine world, sonar winemaking, and head to Lafayette, Louisiana with Jane and Michael Stern to Johnson's Boucaniere.
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Fri, Dec 2 2011
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December 2, 2011: The Splendid Table
Amy Sedaris is stopping by with some gift-giving help from her hilarious new book, Simple Times, Crafts For Poor People. Jane and Michael Stern are at Hartley's Pork Pies in Fall River, MA, and Mexican cook Fany Gerson introduces us to the unusual sweets of Mexico with her book My Sweet Mexico.
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Fri, Nov 25 2011
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November 25, 2011: The Splendid Table
This week we're talking with Ken Albala author of The Lost Art of Real Cooking. Jane and Michael Stern are eating at Menches Brothers in Uniontown, OH. And Melissa Clark, author of In The Kitchen With a Good Appetite brings us her take on autumn pie-making; plus we'll hear the latest on international tipping from Travel and Leisure's Mark Orwoll.
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Fri, Nov 18 2011
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November 18, 2011: The Splendid Table
It is time for our annual get ready for the feast broadcast with chef Richard Hetzler of The Smithsonian's Mitsiam Caf in the National Museum of the American Indian. Wine writer, Heather John Fogarty gives us a little guidance on wine for the holiday table and Jennifer McLagan author of Odd Bits, brings us advice on giblets and other parts of our turkey. Jane and Michael Stern are at The Farmer's Kitchen in Atlantic, Iowa.
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Fri, Nov 11 2011
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November 11, 2011: The Splendid Table
This week chef and journalist, Michael Ruhlman joins us with his new book Ruhlman's Twenty, 20 Techniques, 100 Recipes, A Cook's Manifesto. Jane and Michael Stern are at Steve's Pig and Ox Roast in Lackawanna, New York and Diana Henry, author of Plenty: Good Uncomplicated Food for the Sustainable Kitchen brings us the latest in vegetable cookery from the British Isles.
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Sat, Nov 5 2011
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November 4, 2011: The Splendid Table
We're meeting up with a man devoted to the study of ginger -- The Smithsonian's Curator of Botany -- John Kress. Jane and Michael Stern are eating low-country pizza at The Old Firehouse Restaurant in Hollywood, SC and we look at roasting coffee at home with Tom Owens of Sweet Maria's.
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