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
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Feb 6, 2015 • 51min
Toro Bravo
This week it’s a very private look at the restaurant business with chef John Gorham of Toro Bravo in Portland, Ore., the duo from The Perennial Plate take us into the jungles of Mexico for an inside view of cacao, we look at the history and origins of culinary diplomacy, and get a lesson in Italian pasta from the author of Sauces & Shapes: Pasta the Italian Way.Broadcast dates for this episode:February 7, 2014 (originally aired)February 6, 2015 (rebroadcast)
Jan 23, 2015 • 51min
Zero Gravity
We take a look at regional Thai food with chef Andy Ricker, author of Pok Pok, chef Jenn Louis of Lincoln Restaurant in Portland, Ore., brings some inspiration for winter salads, and what exactly is a meal like in space? Astronaut Colonel Chris Hadfield, author of An Astronaut’s Guide to Life on Earth, fills us in.Broadcast dates for this episode:January 24, 2014 (originally aired)January 23, 2015 (rebroadcast)
Jan 9, 2015 • 51min
No Props
World-renowned chef René Redzepi of Copenhagen’s Noma joins us with a conversation about his latest book, A Work in Progress, Katie Workman of The Mom 100 Cookbook takes on picky kids, and we talk to Michael Anthony, chef of New York City's Gramercy Tavern, about bringing chefs' tricks into the home kitchen.Broadcast dates for this episode:January 10, 2014 (originally aired)January 9, 2015 (rebroadcast)
Jan 2, 2015 • 52min
Isaac's Vinaigrette
Fashion designer Isaac Mizrahi is featured in our series The Key 3. 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.Broadcast dates for this episode:March 17, 2012 (originally aired)March 16, 2013 (rebroadcast)January 2, 2015 (rebroadcast)
Dec 26, 2014 • 51min
Duck, Duck, Goose
We are taking on the Christmas goose with Hank Shaw, author of Duck, Duck, Goose, master baker Alice Medrich takes on chocolate with her book Seriously Bitter Sweet, Jane and Michael Stern bring us the best in holiday pies, and Nathan Myhrvold of Modernist Cuisine talks about what it takes to capture the best food photos.Broadcast dates for this episode:December 20, 2013 (originally aired)December 26, 2014 (rebroadcast)
Nov 28, 2014 • 51min
Winter Food to Warm the Soul
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 & Wine's Ray Isle joins us with his short list of the bottles every wine lover should taste.Broadcast dates for this episode:December 4, 2009 (originally aired)December 4, 2010 (rebroadcast)November 28, 2014 (rebroadcast)
Nov 27, 2014 • 1h 58min
Turkey Confidential 2014
Broadcast dates for this episode:November 27, 2014
Nov 21, 2014 • 51min
No Pumpkin Pie?
Adam Rapoport of Bon Appétit joins us this week to give us a head start on preparing the Thanksgiving feast, we talk to journalist Elizabeth Royte about her article for National Geographic on how we waste food, and actor and cook Stanley Tucci joins us with his cookbook The Tucci Table.Broadcast dates for this episode:November 21, 2014
Nov 14, 2014 • 51min
The Celebrity Chef
We are having a conversation with the original star chef, Jacques Pepin, we talk to Ina Lipkowitz, author of Words to Eat By: Five Foods and the Culinary History of the English Language, and we turn to Indian chef Vikas Khanna to learn about his culinary and broadcast journey in India.Broadcast dates for this episode:October 1, 2011 (originally aired)September 29, 2012 (rebroadcast)November 14, 2014 (rebroadcast)
Nov 7, 2014 • 51min
Old Vines
This week it’s surprising cooking techniques from Andrew Schloss, author of Cooking Slow, we have a conversation with Food & Wine magazine’s Ray Isle about protecting America’s historic grapevines, and we talk to New York Times columnist David Tanis about his book One Good Dish.Broadcast dates for this episode:November 1, 2013 (originally aired)November 7, 2014 (rebroadcast)
