The Splendid Table: Conversations & Recipes For Curious Cooks & Eaters
American Public Media
If you love to eat, cook and travel, The Splendid Table is your weekly go-to source. Our public radio program has been connecting people through the common language of food for over three decades. Hosted by award-winning food journalist Francis Lam, each week we bring you fresh voices and surprising conversations at the intersection of cooking, people and culture. We cover all things food – from recipes and restaurants to history and science, farmer’s markets and of course, the Thanksgiving feast. Our wide-ranging, freewheeling guest list includes both world-class and rookie chefs, bestselling authors, scientists, poets, musicians, and even an astronaut in orbit!
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Subscribe to our weekly newsletter, The Weeknight Kitchen, to receive practical, delicious weeknight-ready recipes. Once a month, we also share a sweet treat or baking recipe. Sign up at Splendidtable.org/newsletter
Produced by American Public Media. Part of the Vox Media Podcast Network
Episodes
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Apr 10, 2020 • 50min
706: Melissa Clark and Pati Jinich Answer Your Cooking Questions
Melissa Clark (The New York Times) and Pati Jinich (Pati's Mexican Table) join Francis Lam to consider your quarantine cooking questions.
Apr 3, 2020 • 49min
705: Samin Nosrat Answers Your Cooking Questions
Samin Nosrat (Salt Fat Acid Heat) joins Francis Lam to answer some of your self-isolation cooking questions.
Apr 1, 2020 • 6min
Podcast Extra: Slow Cooker Grains & Veggies
Slow cookers aren't just for large cuts of meat and chili. Faith Durand uses hers to cook all sorts of vegetarian dishes, from breakfast to dessert.
Mar 27, 2020 • 50min
704: How to Shop and Eat Safely Now
Food science writer J. Kenji López-Alt on safe grocery shopping and how to handle take-out in the time of the coronavirus.
Mar 25, 2020 • 7min
Podcast Extra: How to Make a Sourdough Starter
In this podcast extra we revisit making a sourdough starter with a couple of ingredients and the power of fermentation.
Mar 23, 2020 • 12min
Podcast Extra: Freewheeling Salads
In this podcast extra it’s inspired salad thinking with vegetable genius Eileen Rosen, author of Saladish.
Mar 21, 2020 • 8min
Podcast Extra: If You've Got Time... Caramelize Some Onions
Truly caramelized onions take patience, and are a great thing to get lost in right now. Especially since they can make mealtime faster later.
Mar 18, 2020 • 1min
A Message from The Splendid Table
During this difficult and confusing time, we want you to know that all of us are right there with you. We're social distancing, juggling kids and jobs, doing a lot of hand-washing, and worrying about friends and family all across the world. Just like you, we’re also doing a lot more cooking. With that in mind, we are hard at work getting you interviews, recipes, and ideas that you will find useful. You’ll hear our regular show as usual, but we’re also digging around our archives and will be posting content regularly. Stay tuned and come back often to our podcast feed and website. Please, stay in touch and let us know what you need from us because we really want to help. Share your questions and ideas with us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. You can also call 800-537-5252 and leave a short voice message or email us a voice recording from your phone. Be well, everyone.
Feb 7, 2020 • 51min
Do We All Eat the Same?
We are examining the truth around the idea that everyone essentially eats the same. Chris Ying, co-founder of Lucky Peach and editor of the aptly named You and I Eat the Same, talks about the real truth behind that statement. San Francisco Chronicle food critic Soleil Ho take us to a mountain village in Japan for an annual wasp eating festival (they are delicious, by the way). Food historian Bee Wilson, author of The Way We Eat Now, answers the question, what has happened to lunch? And America’s Test Kitchen takes us to a legendary burger joint that forces everyone to eat the same.Broadcast dates for this episode:February 8, 2019 (originally aired)February 7, 2020 (rebroadcast)
Jan 31, 2020 • 50min
Daily Bread
This episode is all bread. Erika Council, of Bomb Biscuits in Atlanta, tells us her secrets to making world-class biscuits and we look at the rich tradition of bread baking in cold climates with Magnus Nilsson, author of The Nordic Baking Book. If you have ever wondered why New York bagels are great or not so, we get the answer from Dianna Daoheung of Black Seed Bagels and Francis learns to make Ethiopian injera with Romeo Regalli of Awash in NYC. And, don’t miss America’s Test Kitchen’s Tucker Shaw’s recipe for ridiculously simple and delicious white sandwich bread.Broadcast dates for this episode:January 25, 2019 (originally aired)January 31, 2020 (rebroadcast)
