The Splendid Table
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510: Andrea's Turnip Soup
Andrea Reusing's Key 3, Claudia Kolker on monthly rice, Elaine Sciolino on peas, Sandor Katz on kombucha.
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532: Salt Sugar Fat
Michael Moss on industrial food science, Ted Allen on inspiration, Alice Feiring on natural wines, Ann Taylor Pittman on Korea.
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509: Cinco de Mayo
Pati Jinich on Cinco de Mayo, Will Allen on urban farming, Noelle Carter on quark, Cary Fowler on seeds.
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531: Raghavan's Dal
Raghavan Iyer's Key 3, Michael Pollan on cooking for yourself, Edward Lee on Southern cooking, Bee Wilson on spoons, Wendell Pierce on New Orleans grocery stores.
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508: The Ghostwriter
JJ Goode on ghostwriting, Harris Salat on ohitashi, Tara Q. Thomas on Greek wine, Amanda Thieroff on the ROYGBIV diet.
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507: Lidia's Ziti
Lidia Bastianich's Key 3, Hank Shaw on foraging, Jon Rubin on Conflict Kitchen, Dave Arnold on eggs.
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530: Saliva the Superhero
Mary Roach on saliva, Mark Bitterman on salt, Russ Parsons on artichokes, Google Hangouts.
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506: Seasonal Seafood
Barton Seaver on seafood, Bill Waddington on tea, Jessica Gelt on hot dogs, Bethanne Patrick on cultural language.
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529: Beer Profiles
Greg Engert on beer profiling, Mario Batali and Dana Cowin on editing, Deborah Madison on radishes, Perennial Plate on coconuts, Travis Marcotte on farming.
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505: Isaac's Vinaigrette
Isaac Mizrahi's Key 3, Crescent Dragonwagon on beans, Patrick Comiskey on Madeira.
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528: Meat-Eaters
Briana Pobiner on meat-eating, Harold McGee on rice wine, Sean Brock on buckwheat, Julia Reed on Chicago, Nova Kim on wildcrafting.
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504: Asian Tofu
Andrea Nguyen on homemade tofu, Victoria Henshaw's smell tours, Renee Shepherd on seeds, Lynne's soy sauce taste test, David Gelb on Jiro Dreams of Sushi.
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527: Dinner with Churchill
Cita Stelzer on Winston Churchill, Dorie Greenspan on beef, Mark Menjivar's fridge photos, Doron Petersan on vegan baking.
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503: Shucked
Erin Byers Murray on oysters, Stump the Cook with Padma Lakshmi, Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl on low-alcohol wine, Bob La Mar's salt harvest.
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526: Nigellissima
Nigella Lawson on Italy and The Taste, Nathalie Dupree on southern biscuits, Joe Warwick on chef eats, Pati Jinich and Arthur Allen on tomatoes.
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502: Andy's Steamed Fish
Andy Ricker's Key 3, Allegra McEvedy's travels, Noelle Carter on mustard, Emma Piper-Burket on Iraqi food production.
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525: Polish Revival
Anne Applebaum on Poland, Russell Newlove on Grunauer cocktails, Jekka McVicar on herbs, The Perennial Plate on seed saving, Cheryl Day on vintage baking, Hazelann Williams on eating animal feet.
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501: Willpower
John Tierney on willpower in dieting, Steve Jones on cheese, Molly Stevens on roasting techniques.
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500: Olive Oil
Tom Mueller on olive oil, Anna Thomas on soup, Christian DeBenedetti on craft beer, Mike Curtin on the DC Central Kitchen.
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524: Eating Bugs
Stefan Gates on edible insects, Scarlett Lindeman on Dumpster-diving, Eddie Huang on bao, Scott Peacock on Southern food, Charles Phan on pho.
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499: Holiday Nostalgia
Nigel Slater on traditions, Ray Isle on wine deals, Ed Behr on The Art of Eating, Andrew Schloss on soda, Bob Antia on port.
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523: Christmas Cheese
David Lebovitz on Paris, Junot Diaz on goats, Eli Sussman on midnight snacking, Sally Schneider on decorating, Steve Jenkins on cheese.
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498: Homemade Gifts
John Moe on apps, Christina Tosi on cereal, Annie Rigg on gifts, Stuart Pigott on Riesling, Sarah Wu on school lunch.
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522: Lizz's Fettuccine
Lizz Winstead's Key 3, Dr. Andrew Weil on nutrition, Dessa on tour food, Liddabit Sweets on holiday candy, James Freeman on coffee.
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497: The Brisketeer
The Big Board, Markus Bachmann on sonic winemaking, Stephanie Pierson on brisket, Paul Lukacs on Priorat, Gary Brever on CSAs.
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November 24, 2012: The Splendid Table
This week, chef and journalist, Michael Ruhlman joins us with his new book Ruhlman's Twenty. Jane and Michael Stern are at Steve's Pig and Ox Roast in Lackawanna, N.Y., and Diana Henry, author of Plenty, brings us the latest in vegetable cookery from the British Isles.
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November 17, 2012: The Splendid Table
It's our annual get-ready–for-the-feast broadcast with writer and comedian Mo Rocca; journalist Alex Witchel, author of All Gone, A Memoir of My Mother's Dementia; With Refreshments; and David Leite, of Leite's Culinaria, takes on the carving knife.
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November 10, 2012: The Splendid Table
We take a look at the specialty coffee movement with Michaele Weissman, author of God in a Cup. Diana Henry, author of Salt, Sugar, Smoke, joins us with her take on where to go for flavor inspirations. And Andy Crouch, author of Great American Craft Beer, introduces us to session beer.
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November 3, 2012: The Splendid Table
This week, Seattle chef Tom Douglas joins us for another installment of The Key 3. His latest book is The Dahlia Bakery Cookbook. Award-winning photographer Penny De Los Santos talks about what she really captures when she snaps a food photo. And we talk to Todd Selby about his unusual book, Edible Selby.
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October 27, 2012: The Splendid Table
British chef Stefan Gates teaches us the art of the interactive meal. Jane and Michael Stern bring us a new Chicago classic, Hot Doug's. And chef Pati Jinich, host of PBS's Pati's Mexican Table, joins us with a Mexican take on pumpkin.
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October 20, 2012: The Splendid Table
This week, we're looking at the resurgence of lard with chef Sean Brock. Susan Feniger joins us with her new book, Street Food, and The New York Times wine columnist Eric Asimov joins us with his observations from the wine world. His new book is How To Love Wine.
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October 13, 2012: The Splendid Table
It's the appetites of insects with Marlene Zuk, author of Sex on Six Legs. The Sterns have found the pinnacle of cafe coffee in Iowa, and Melissa Clark brings us new ideas for fall vegetables.
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October 6, 2012: The Splendid Table
This week, chef John Besh teaches us how to fry an egg in The Key 3, we take an adventure in sustainable eating with the duo from The Perennial Plate, and we look at the spread of Japanese food in America with Daisuke Utagawa of Washington D.C.'s oldest sushi restaurant.
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September 29, 2012: The Splendid Table
Legendary chef Jacque Pepin joins us with his book, Essential Pepin. We learn how to pack a bento box, talk to Indian chef Vikas Khanna, and Jane and Michael Stern look at what happens when great road food restaurants multiply.
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September 22, 2012: The Splendid Table
This week is a road trip to New Orleans. Guests include Leah Chase of the legendary Dooky Chase Restaurant; journalist Lolis Eric Elie; WWNO's Poppy Tooker, host of Louisiana Eats!; and mixologist Chris McMillian. Plus, Jane and Michael Stern escort us around the annual Roadfood Festival.
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September 15, 2012: The Splendid Table
We examine our relationship with hunting this week with Chef Jesse Griffiths, author of Afield. Southern chef Bill Smith, of Crook's Corner in Chapel Hill, joins us for the next installment of The Key 3, and we take a look at an unusual find in the wine world: orange wine.
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September 8, 2012: The Splendid Table
Dorie Greenspan teaches us the French way with beef stews. Jane and Michael Stern are eating the infamous Rhode Island chicken dinners. We learn to make homemade cheese with Janet Hurst. And we turn to pasta with Domenica Marchetti.
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September 1, 2012: The Splendid Table
This week, we meet British celebrity chef Silvena Rowe. Jane and Michael Stern have uncovered the West Indies Salad. Richard Mabey, author of Weeds, joins us with some unusual culinary tales. And fashion designer Isaac Mizrahi plays Stump the Cook.
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August 25, 2012: The Splendid Table
Jay McInerney joins us with his new wine book, The Juice. Tracie McMillan has gone undercover in the American food industry, and we look at the vegetarian traditions in Morocco with Jeff Koehler.
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August 18, 2012: The Splendid Table
This week we are re-introduced to one of America's greatest taste makers, Mark Twain, with Andrew Beahrs. Jane and Michael Stern have found freshly shucked clam pizza at Zuppardi's Apizza in West Haven, Conn. We look at toxic office refrigerators and hear the story of a home grown tomato festival in NYC.
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August 11, 2012: The Splendid Table
We celebrate Julia Child's birthday this week, listening to some early interviews with the grand lady. Ted Allen joins us as our celebrity stumpmaster in another round of Stump the Cook, and David Leite returns with a fresh look at a European favorite, Nutella. Chinese chef and scholar Ken Hom gives us a culinary tour of China.
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August 4, 2012: The Splendid Table
We look at the surprising politics of Florida's winter tomatoes with investigative journalist Barry Estabrook. Jane and Michael Stern take on pimento cheese, and Francis Lam talks about doing great things with what we usually throw out.
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July 28, 2012: The Splendid Table
We're back with another episode of our Key 3 series. This week: Sally Schneider of The Improvised Life. The Sterns are in Michigan eating boozy cakes made by monks at The Jampot, and John Schlimm has some recipes for the vegan griller.
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July 21, 2012: The Splendid Table
This week, we cool off with homemade ice cream from Columbus ice cream maven Jeni Britton Bauer, author of Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams at Home. Jane and Michael Stern are at Nick's Kitchen in Huntington, Ind., and we look at the ways in which food is used as a political tool with Susan Glasser, editor in chief of Foreign Policy Magazine.
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July 14, 2012: The Splendid Table
This week, it's Japanese grilling with Tadashi Ono and Harris Salat. Ray Isle has some suggestions for summer wine sipping, we're looking at home brewing with William Bostwick, and we go into the world of a flavor scientist.
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July 7, 2012: The Splendid Table
We look at the rebirth of Spanish food post-Franco with culinary historian Claudia Roden. Jane and Michael Stern are in San Antonio, and restaurateur Andy Ricker introduces us to Asian drinking vinegars.
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June 30, 2012: The Splendid Table
We're hunting and gathering at water's edge with Hank Shaw, author of Hunt, Gather, Cook. Also, wine entrepreneur Joshua Wesson brings us his favorite bottles to sip with hot dogs, and Sally Schneider of The Improvised Life tells us how to get the most from the season's fresh cherries.
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June 23, 2012: The Splendid Table
We're going into the kitchen of Daniel in NYC for another installment of The Key 3, with legendary chef Daniel Boulud. And we play Stump the Cook with Frank DeCaro, author of The Dead Celebrity Cookbook.
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June 16, 2012: The Splendid Table
Singer Sheryl Crow joins us with her book, If It Makes You Healthy. Jane and Michael Stern are tracking the rise of Fluffernutter, and we check in with the minds behind The Dinner Party.
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June 9, 2012: The Splendid Table
We learn some unconventional grilling techniques from Adam Perry Lang, author of Charred and Scruffed. Peter Jon Lindberg reports on the affordable food scene in Hawaii, and food scientist Harold McGee brings us some surprising news about the best way to thaw frozen meat.
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June 2, 2012: The Splendid Table
This week, Lynne plays Stump the Cook with chef Mario Batali. Authors Mike Faverman and Pat Mac take on dining in the great outdoors with their book Ultimate Camp Cooking. And Jane and Michael Stern have tracked down the very best in corned beef hash.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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October 28, 2011: The Splendid Table
British chef and maverick, Stefan Gates plays with his food and brings glow-in-the-dark jello to parties. Gates teaches us the art of the interactive meal with his new book, The Extraordinary Cookbook: How to Make Meals Your Friends Will Never Forget. Mexican chef, Pati Jinich, host of PBS's Pati's Mexican Table shares the traditional celebration of The Day of the Dead. Roadfood experts, Jane and Michael Stern bring us a Chicago classic from Hot Doug's Encased Meat Emporium. And, from the...
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October 21, 2011: The Splendid Table
This week we're taking a food lovers tour of Vietnam with Peter Jon Lindberg, Editor-at-Large of Travel & Leisure Magazine. Jane and Michael Stern are at Metompkin Seafood in Mappsville, Virginia, and Dorie Greenspan, author of Around My French Table, joins us with a very French take on the side dish. Also on the show, food in a war zone, a cake for every state in the nation, and Lynne's answers to your kitchen questions.
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October 14, 2011: The Splendid Table
It's the appetites of insects with Marlene Zuk, author of Sex on Six Legs, Lessons on Life, Love and Language from the Insect World. Jane and Michael Stern have found the pinnacle of cafe coffee in Iowa and New York Times columnist, Melissa Clark brings us new ideas for fall vegetables. Her new book is Cook This Now.
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October 7, 2011: The Splendid Table
This week we talk with Mark Bitterman author of Salted, A Manifesto on the World's Most Essential Mineral, with Recipes. We get a look at the world of a wine importer—with boutique importer Terry Theise, author of Reading Between the Wines and the Sterns are back in Santa Fe at Bobcat Bite.
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September 29, 2011: The Splendid Table
We are joined by two exceptional chefs, the consummate French master, Jacques Pepin and an innovator from India, Vikas Khanna. We learn about DIY bento box lunches that kids will eat and Jane and Michael Stern share their favorite roadfood chains.
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September 23, 2011: The Splendid Table
This week we're looking at the last of the world's wild foods, fish with Paul Greenberg, author of Four Fish. We get some outside the box thinking on how deal with small kitchen and dining spaces from Maxwell Gillingham-Ryan, author of Apartment Therapy's Big Book of Small Cool Spaces. Jane and Michael Stern have found first-rate baked goods at Waves of Grain Bakery in Canon Beach, OR.
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September 16, 2011: The Splendid Table
Award-winning writer Dorie Greenspan, author of Around My French Table teaches us the French way with beef stews and Lynne shares her favorite tomatoes of the year. In pursuit of cheese, Janet Hurst brings her take on homemade cheese and Jane and Michael Stern are eating famous Rhode Island chicken dinners. Also this week, we are turning to pasta with Domenica Marchetti, author of The Glorious Pasta of Italy.
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September 9, 2011: The Splendid Table
This week we get some modern day wine truths from Matt Kramer author of Matt Kramer on Wine. We'll look at some of the world's most bizarrely set restaurants with JD Rinne of Budgettravel.com, we deconstruct and reinvent ratatouille with Salon.com's Francis Lam, a botanist breeds a tomato for Lynne, and the Sterns are eating hotdogs at Texas Lunch and Hubba in Port Chester, NY.
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September 2, 2011: The Splendid Table
This week we meet up with London's celebrity chef, Silvena Rowe, author of Purple Citrus and Sweet Perfume. Jane and Michael Stern have uncovered the West Indies Salad, and fashion designer Isaac Mizrahi plays Stump the Cook.
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August 26, 2011: The Splendid Table
We're taking a look at the world of extreme tourism with Chuck Thompson, author of To Hellholes and Back. We also dive into the world of self-publishing with the creators of Canal House Cooking; and Lukas Volger, author of Veggie Burgers Every Which Way shares a few alternatives to processed frozen veggie burgers.
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August 19, 2011: The Splendid Table
We are looking at the surprising politics of Florida's winter tomatoes with investigative journalist Barry Estabrook author of Tomatoland. Jane and Michael Stern take on the South's favorite cocktail accompaniment, pimento cheese and Francis Lam, the Features Editor at Gilt Taste joins Lynne to talk about how to do great things with what we usually throw out.
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August 12, 2011: The Splendid Table
Evan Goldstein author of Daring Pairings joins us with a fresh take on pairing food and wine. Also on the show, a new cooking technique for getting the most from summer vegetables, the trivia challenge, and Lynne's answers to your kitchen questions.
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August 5, 2011: The Splendid Table
This week on The Splendid Table we are cooling off with homemade ice cream from Cleveland's ice cream maven, Jeni Britton Bauer, author of Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams at Home. Jane and Michael Stern are at Nick's Kitchen in Huntington, Ind., and we look at the ways in which food is used as a political tool with Susan Glasser, editor-in-chief of Foreign Policy Magazine.
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July 29, 2011: The Splendid Table
This week it's The Japanese Grill with Tadashi Ono and Harris Salat and Food & Wine Magazine's Ray Isle has some wine suggestions for summer sipping.
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July 22, 2011: The Splendid Table
We are looking at the rebirth of Spanish food post-Franco, with culinary historian Claudia Rodin, author of The Food of Spain. Jane and Michael Stern are at the Buckhorn Tavern in San Antonio, TX and restaurateur Andy Ricker of Pok-Pok in Portland, OR, introduces us to Asian drinking vinegars.
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July 15, 2011: 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 Jane and Michael Stern are eating whitefish livers at Maggie's in Bayfield, WI.
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July 8, 2011: The Splendid Table
This week we meet up with the irascible Anthony Bourdain, author of Medium Raw, A Bloody Valentine To The World of Food and The People Who Cook. Jane and Michael Stern are eating boudin sausage at T Boy's Slaughterhouse in Mamon, Louisiana and Indian food authority Julie Sahni brings us the Indian art of the marinade.
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July 1, 2011: The Splendid Table
This week we're hunting and gathering at water's edge with Hank Shaw, author of Hunt, Gather, Cook, Finding the Forgotten Feast. Also, wine entrepreneur Joshua Wesson brings us his favorite bottles to sip with hot dogs and Sally Schneider of The Improvised Life tells us how to get the most from the season's fresh cherries.
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June 24, 2011: The Splendid Table
We are taking on dining in the great outdoors with Mike Faverman and Pat Mac authors of Ultimate Camp Cooking, Lynne plays Stump the Cook with chef Mario Batali and Jane and Michael Stern have tracked down the very best in corned beef hash.
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June 17, 2011: The Splendid Table
We're getting an international take on the grill from the unstoppable Steve Raichlen author of Planet Barbecue, The Sterns are at a Seattle classic, 13 Coins, and we learn which beers stole the show with Robin Goldstein author of The Beer Trials.
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June 10, 2011: The Splendid Table
Singer Sheryl Crow joins us with her new book If It Makes You Healthy. Jane and Michael Stern bring us some their timeless road food finds, we check in the boys behind Dinner Party Download, and meet up with a man who has no sense of taste -- literally!
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June 3, 2011: The Splendid Table
This week, 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 are eating Polish Boys in Cleveland, Food and Wine magazine's Ray Isle has some wine suggestions for summer sipping, Susan Loomis tells us about "pistachio music," Sheila Bowman tells us which seafood to avoid, and as always, Lynne answers your kitchen questions.
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May 27, 2011: The Splendid Table
This week Lynne is out of the studio and into the world of honeybees with bee researcher Marla Spivak. Travel & Leisure Magazine's Peter Jon Lindberg has unearthed good food in unlikely places in Las Vegas and British horticulturalist, Jekka McVicar brings us her pick of unusual culinary herbs to grow in your backyard.
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May 20, 2011: The Splendid Table
Chef Roberto Santibanez author of Truly Mexican introduces us to the Mexican world of pipianes. Sally Schneider of The Improvised Life franchise brings us her short list of favorite blogs. And only in America, Jane and Michael Stern have found first rate Mexican food--in a giant gas station--Fuel City in Dallas, TX.
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May 13, 2011: The Splendid Table
This week historian John T Edge tells us about his on-going reporting for the New York Times called United Tastes, Jane and Michael Stern have found the ultimate hangover cure in New Orleans, a dish called Ya-Ka Mein. We meet a PHD candidate studying "coziness" and we get a take on the 5 Stages of Grief -- "pea" grief that it is, from Emily Franklin, author of Too Many Cooks.
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May 06, 2011: The Splendid Table
This week we meet Britain's latest culinary phenomenon, columnist and restaurateur Yotam Otttolenghi, author of the vegetarian bestseller Plenty, Vibrant Dishes from London's Ottolenghi. Jane and Michael Stern are taking on a classic -- Wisconsin's Door County Fish Boils, Food and Wine Magazine's Ray Isle explains the beauty of wine blends and we meet a historian who has put together the first African-American heritage seed collection.
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April 30, 2011: The Splendid Table
Interior designer Thomas O'Brien walks us through his vision of the kitchen. His new book is American Modern, we talk to the last remaining limburger cheese maker and the Stern's take us to Milwaukee for hopple popple at Benji's.
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April 23, 2011: The Splendid Table
Dan Buettner author of Thrive, Finding Happiness the Blue Zones Way tells us about the significance of the shared meal among world's happiest people. Jane and Michael Stern are tracking down the very best in deli rye and we talk to Saveur's editor Dana Bowen about celebrating Easter in Sicily.
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April 16, 2011: The Splendid Table
We're looking at the advent of 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, creator of The Improvised Life website teaches us to improvise with miso.
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April 9, 2011: The Splendid Table
This week we look at the burgeoning world of culinary apps with John Moe, host of Marketplace's 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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April 2, 2011: The Splendid Table
We're pondering the food supply of the future with Raj Patel author of The Value of Nothing, Jane and Michael Stern are at The White Hut in Springfield, MA, and we ask the question - why are there no famous female chefs?
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March 26, 2011: The Splendid Table
This week we're taking a look back at Britain's culinary groundbreaker, Elizabeth David with Ruth Reichl, Jane and Michael Stern are at The Southern Kitchen in New Market, VA, wine with Joshua Wesson brings us his short list of wines that are sure to become your BFF, "best friends forever" and we learn about a new fruit - the Dekopan.
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March 19, 2011: The Splendid Table
We're looking at Mexican - Jewish food traditions with Chef Patricia Jinich, of PBS's Pati's Mexican Table, New York Time's columnist Melissa Clark introduces us to her very suave and very easy recipe for Shrimp Bisque, Jane and Michael Stern are at Cupcake Royale in Seattle, WA and Steve Almond, author of Candyfreak: A Journey Through the Chocolate Underbelly of America wants us to consider endangered candy!
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March 12, 2011: The Splendid Table
Chef Scott Peacock joins us this week with his series The Alabama Project, conversations with some of Alabama's oldest residents. Jane and Michael Stern are at Du-par's in Los Angeles, Fred Plotkin reports on the 150th anniversary of the Republic of Italy and we get a quick primer on sugaring from Tim Herd, author of Maple Sugar from Sap to Syrup.
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March 5, 2011: The Splendid Table
This week we're getting advice for lubricating the family dinner conversation from 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 look at the up and coming cheesemakers with James Norton author of The Master Cheesemakers of Wisconsin.
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February 26, 2011: The Splendid Table
This week we meet up with chef Gabrielle Hamilton author of Blood. Bones and Butter, The Stern's are eating at Flip's BBQ in Wilmington, NC, we learn to corn our own beef just in time for St. Patrick's day with John Kowalski of the Culinary Institute of America and author of The Art Of Charcuterie, and veterinarian Gary Weitzman, animal advisor for WAMU's The Animal House tells us what we really need to be feeding our pets.
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February 19, 2011: The Splendid Table
It izs a look at the mysterious eel with James Prosek author of Eels, An Exploration, From New Zealand To The Saragasso, of the World's Most Mysterious Fish, we look at the food life of Thailand with David Thompson author of Thai Street Food and John Kowalski of the Culinary Institute of America teaches us how to make our own corned beef.
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February 12, 2011: 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 souffl, and Indian food authority Monica Bhide, author of Modern Spice explains the Indian art of spice blends.
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February 5, 2011: The Splendid Table
This week we're talking to Hal Herzog, author of Some We Love, Some We Hate, Some We Eat, about our sometimes puzzling relationship with meat, Diana Henry author of Plenty brings us a decidedly British take on leftovers, and New York Times Getting Lost columnist Matt Gross explains why he has fallen in love with schnapps.
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January 29, 2011: The Splendid Table
This week we meet Nordic chef Rene Redzepi, author of Noma, Time and Place in Nordic Cuisine. The Sterns are at Hathaway's Coffee Shop in Cincinnati, OH and Jenna Woginrich gives advice on raising egg-laying chickens in the city.
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January 22, 2011: The Splendid Table
Award winning author Su-Mei Yu introduces us to the ancient Thai tradition of looking at "food as 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 National Geographic's Keith Bellows brings us their list of food journeys of a lifetime.
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January 15, 2011: 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. The Sterns are in Atlanta at Mary Mac's Tearoom, and Tom Owen of the coffee lover's website Sweet Maria's joins us with a guide to home roasting.
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January 8, 2011: The Splendid Table
This week we're looking at why we 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, CA, and tea authority Bill Waddington introduces to the first brand-new strain of tea ever developed, Ruby 18.
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January 1, 2010: The Splendid Table
We have 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 newest book is Rose's Heavenly Cakes. Jane and Michael Stern are at Pico de Gallo in Tucson, AZ.
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December 25, 2010: The Splendid Table
Chef Douglas Rodriguez joins us with a Cuban take on the Christmas feast. The legendary Paula Wolfert joins us with her 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. Emeril Lagasse brings us holiday recipes inspired by his mother.
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December 18, 2010: The Splendid Table
This week Nigella Lawson is stopping by with her new book, Nigella Kitchen, Recipes From the Heart of Home. Food and Wine Magazine's Anthony Giglio introduces us to the bubbly wines of Italy. Sally Schneider, creator of The Improvisational Cook is back with her annual list of homemade food gifts and the Stern's are at Garcia's Kitchen in Albuquerque, NM
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December 11, 2010: The Splendid Table
Amy Sedaris is stopping by with some gift-giving help from her hilarious new book, Simple Times, Crafts For Poor People. The Stern's 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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December 4, 2010: The Splendid Table
This week it's a look at the Russian tradition of zakuski with Diana Henry, author of Roast Figs, Sugar Snow, Winter Food to Warm the Soul. Iconoclast chef David Chang of Momofuku fame joins us with the method behind the madness of his inspired fusion cuisine. Jane and Michael Stern are eating sweets in Salt Lake City's The Lamb, and Food and Wine Magazine's Ray Isle joins us with his short list of the bottles every wine lover should taste.
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November 27, 2010: The Splendid Table
This week it's a show of American iconoclasts starting with winemaker Randall Grahm of Boony Doon Vineyard. His latest book is Been Doon So Long, A Randall Grahm Vinthology. We then 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.
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November 20, 2010: The Splendid Table
This week we'll get you ready for the Thanksgiving feast with chef Eric Ripert, author of Avec Eric. Grace Young brings us the very American story of Chinese immigrants in the Mississippi Delta. Her latest book is Stir-Frying To the Sky's Edge. And we get stuffing strategy from the New York Time's Melissa Clark, author of In the Kitchen with a Good Appetite.
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November 13, 2010: The Splendid Table
We take a look at the specialty coffee movement with Michaele Weissman author of God in a Cup. Britain's Diana Henry, author of Food from Plenty: Good Food Made from the Plentiful, the Seasonal and the Leftover with Over 300 Recipes, None of Them Extravagant joins us with her take on where to look for flavor inspiration. And Andy Crouch, author of Great American Craft Beer: A Guide to the Nation's Finest Beers and Breweries introduces us to Session Beer.
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November 6, 2010: The Splendid Table
This week talk with Mark Bitterman author of Salted, A Manifesto on the World's Most Essential Mineral, with Recipes. We get a look at the world of a wine importer - with boutique importer Terry Theise - author of Reading Between the Wines and the Sterns are in Santa Fe at Bobcat Bite.
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October 30, 2010: The Splendid Table
We discuss 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 and we learn the art of Indian dal from Raghavan Iyer author of 660 Curries.
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October 23, 2010: The Splendid Table
We're meeting up with a man devoted to the study of ginger - The Smithsonian's Curator of Botany - John Kress. The Sterns 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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October 16, 2010: The Splendid Table
This week we're taking a food lovers tour of Vietnam with Peter Jon Lindberg, Editor-at-Large of Travel & Leisure Magazine. The Sterns are at Metompkin Seafood in Mappsville, Virginia, and Dorie Greenspan, author of Around My French Table, joins us with a very French take on the side dish. Also on the show, food in a war zone, a cake for every state in the nation, and Lynne's answers to your kitchen questions.
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October 9, 2010: The Splendid Table
(Repeat Episode) 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.
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October 2, 2010: 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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September 25, 2010: The Splendid Table
This week we're looking at the world's last wild food - fish - with Paul Greenberg. We'll get some outside-of-the-box thinking on how deal with small kitchen and dining spaces from Maxwell Gillingham-Ryan, and Jane and Michael Stern have found first-rate baked goods at Waves of Grain Bakery in Canon Beach, Oregon.
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September 18, 2010: The Splendid Table
This week we get some modern day wine truths from Matt Kramer author of Matt Kramer on Wine. We'll look at some of the world's most bizarrely set restaurants with JD Rinne of Budgettravel.com, we deconstruct and reinvent ratatouille with Salon.com's Francis Lam, a botanist breeds a tomato for Lynne, and the Sterns are eating hotdogs at Texas Lunch & Hubba in Port Charles, NY.
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September 11, 2010: The Splendid Table
(repeat episode) What makes man, man and an ape an ape? According to Richard Wrangham it is not one's ability to fashion tool, 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.
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September 4, 2010: The Splendid Table
(repeat episode) 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 Moonlight BBQ 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.
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August 28, 2010: The Splendid Table
This week we are re-introduced to one of America's greatest tastemakers: Mark Twain. Andrew Beahrs, author of Twains Feast: Searching for America's Lost Foods in the Footsteps of Samuel Clemens, joins us. We'll figure out something to do with all that zucchini your friends have been bringing over, and Jane and Michael Stern have found freshly shucked clam pizza at Zuppardi's Apizza in West Haven, CT.
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August 21, 2010: The Splendid Table
We're taking a look at the world of extreme tourism with Chuck Thompson, author of To Hellholes and Back. We also dive into the world of self-publishing with the creators of Canal House Cooking; and Lukas Volger, author of Veggie Burgers Every Which Way shares a few alternatives to processed frozen veggie burgers.
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August 14, 2010: The Splendid Table
(Repeat Episode) 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.
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August 7, 2010: The Splendid Table
(Repeat Episode) This week we have lessons in greening your kitchen with Kate Heyhoe, author of Cooking Green: Reducing Your Carbon Footprint in the Kitchen. New York Times columnist Melissa Clark gives us a lesson in blended summer soups, and cheesemonger Steve Jenkins explains the real cost of artisan cheeses. The Sterns are dining at (probably) the best delicatessen in America, and Lynne answers your calls.
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July 31, 2010: The Splendid Table
Evan Goldstein author of Daring Pairings joins us with a fresh take on pairing food and wine. Also on the show, a new cooking technique for getting the most from summer vegetables, the trivia challenge, and Lynne's answers to your kitchen questions.
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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.
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July 17, 2010: The Splendid Table
This week we meet up with the irascible Anthony Bourdain, author of Medium Raw, A Bloody Valentine To The World of Food and The People Who Cook. The Sterns are eating boudin sausage at T-Boy's Slaughterhouse in Mamou, LA, and Stumpmaster Christopher Kimball stops by for another round of Stump the Cook.
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July 10, 2010: The Splendid Table
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 Behiond the Craft of Everyday Cooking.
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July 3, 2010: 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.
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June 26, 2010: The Splendid Table
We're getting an international view on barbecue from the unstoppable Steve Raichlen, author of Planet Barbecue. Also on the show, Martha Rose Shulman stops by with recipes for healthy summer grain salads, the Sterns are dining at Thirteen Coins in Seattle, and L.A. food correspondent Angela Kim is dining on tasty oddball fare at The Gorbals. Plus, a foodie on food stamps, beer trials, and Lynne's answers to your calls.
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June 19, 2010: The Splendid Table
Lynne guides us on a tour of resourcefulness of all kinds. British food writer Tamasin Day-Lewis, author of Supper for a Song, shares her rather militant stand on how and why to cook at home, an adoring newlywed finds a cheaper alternative for his bride's breakfast, and we hear the story Remebering Smell; how Bonnie Blodgett's loss of smell changed everything she knew about food and taste. Also on the show, a roundup of indoor composters, the trivia challenge, and Lynne's expert advice on...
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June 12, 2010: 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.
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June 5, 2010: The Splendid Table
This week, 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 are eating Polish Boys in Cleveland, Food & Wine magazine's Ray Isle has some wine suggestions for summer sipping, Susan Loomis tells us about "pistachio music," Sheila Bowman tells us which seafood to avoid, and as always, Lynne answers your kitchen questions.
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May 29, 2010: The Splendid Table
This week, Lynne talks with Ethnobiologist, conservationist and farmer Gary Nabhan about the story of a profound visionary who set out to end famine, and the price he paid. Gary's latest book is Where Our Food Comes From: Retracing Nikolay Vavilov's Quest to End Famine. 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...
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