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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Oct 24, 2014 • 51min
Turbot Soufflé
Chef Daniel Boulud talks to Dorie Greenspan about his book Daniel: My French Cuisine, we look at the basics of cooking with coconut oil with culinary nutritionist Tricia Williams, and Jane and Michael Stern bring us the best in non-chain steak houses.Broadcast dates for this episode:October 18, 2013 (originally aired)October 24, 2014 (rebroadcast)
Sep 26, 2014 • 51min
Salt Block Cooking
It’s a look at the newest in culinary exotica, salt block cooking, with Mark Bitterman, author of Salt Block Cooking, and we go behind the scenes of cookbook production with recipe tester Ian Knauer.Broadcast dates for this episode:September 21, 2013 (originally aired)September 26, 2014 (rebroadcast)
Sep 12, 2014 • 51min
Buttermilk
This week we’re looking at buttermilk with Diane St. Clair, author of The Animal Farm Buttermilk Cookbook, we talk to the duo behind The Perennial Plate about their latest travels in Italy and we look at the changing face of sushi in the states with Trevor Corson, author of The Story of Sushi.Broadcast dates for this episode:September 7, 2013 (originally aired)September 12, 2014 (rebroadcast)
Aug 29, 2014 • 51min
Homemade Ice Cream
This week we're cooling off with homemade ice cream from ice cream maven Jeni Britton Bauer, author of Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams at Home. Andrea Nguyen, author of Into the Vietnamese Kitchen, shares her recipe for cool Vietnamese noodle salads. Susan Glasser, former editor in chief of Foreign Policy, talks about the ways in which food is used as a political tool from the story "Eat, Drink, Protest," which appeared in Foreign Policy's food issue (Glasser is now editor of Politico). The Wall Street Journal's Katy McLaughlin explains her story on edible fashion. Jane and Michael Stern visit Nick's Kitchen in Huntington, Indiana. Broadcast dates for this episode:August 6, 2011 (originally aired)July 21, 2012 (rebroadcast)August 29, 2014 (rebroadcast)
Aug 15, 2014 • 51min
Foodelectric
William Sitwell, author of A History of Food in 100 Recipes, joins us, we look at the Indian tradition of chutneys with chef Vikas Khanna and check in with film director Wayne Wang about his latest project, a documentary on the life of legendary Chinese restaurateur Cecilia Chiang.Broadcast dates for this episode:August 24, 2013 (originally aired)August 15, 2014 (rebroadcast)
Aug 1, 2014 • 52min
Eating Wild
Jo Robinson, author of Eating on the Wild Side, explains why eating five fruits and vegetables a day may not be enough, fruit expert David Karp of the Los Angeles Times tells us about a surprising new variety of table grape and we dive into summer entertaining with humorist Charles Phoenix.Broadcast dates for this episode:August 10, 2013 (originally aired)August 1, 2014 (rebroadcast)
Jul 18, 2014 • 52min
Heirloom Yogurt
Sandor Katz, author of the masterful Art of Fermentation, joins us with the guidelines for yogurt making, we get a basic guide to tequila from Lucinda Hutson, author of Viva Tequila! Cocktails, Cooking and Other Agave Adventures, and we learn how to train our wine taste buds with Megan Krigbaum of Food & Wine magazine.Broadcast dates for this episode:July 27, 2013 (originally aired)July 18, 2014 (rebroadcast)
Jul 4, 2014 • 52min
Bouchon Bakery
We get a master lesson in pie crust from chef Thomas Keller and pastry genius Sebastian Rouxel, authors of Bouchon Bakery, Jane and Michael Stern bring us the very best in extremely hot road food and Mexican chef Roberto Santibañez looks at the Middle Eastern influences on modern day Mexican food.Broadcast dates for this episode:July 13, 2013 (originally aired)July 4, 2014 (rebroadcast)
Jun 20, 2014 • 52min
Lucinda's Meatloaf
We are meeting up with Lucinda Scala Quinn, author of Mad Hungry Cravings, for another round of Key 3, and we talk with award-winning writer and Texan Robb Walsh about whether or not Tex-Mex is an actual cuisine. He is the author of The Hot Sauce Cookbook.Broadcast dates for this episode:June 29, 2013 (originally aired)June 20, 2014 (rebroadcast)
Jun 13, 2014 • 52min
Smoke
We're taking our Weber to a more primal state this week with Tim Byres, author of Smoke: New Firewood Cooking, and we get a recipe for Japan's delicious pancake, okonomiyaki, from The Washington Post's food columnist David Hagedorn.Broadcast dates for this episode:June 22, 2013 (originally aired)June 13, 2014 (rebroadcast)
