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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Produced by American Public Media. Part of the Vox Media Podcast Network
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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Jan 31, 2014 • 51min
Nigellissima
Nigella Lawson joins us this week with her new book Nigellissima: Easy Italian-Inspired Recipes. And we meet up with Joe Warwick, who has compiled a guide of chefs' favorite restaurants worldwide, Where Chefs Eat.Broadcast dates for this episode:February 9, 2013 (originally aired)January 31, 2014 (rebroadcast)
Jan 17, 2014 • 51min
Polish Revival
This week journalist Anne Applebaum, author of The Polish Country House Kitchen, joins us with tales of food and life in Poland, and we head to Kansas City for an Austrian-Germanic take on the cocktail with the bartender from Grunauer.Broadcast dates for this episode:January 26, 2013 (originally aired)January 17, 2014 (rebroadcast)
Jan 3, 2014 • 51min
Eating Bugs
We talk with Britain's exuberant gastronaut Stefan Gates about his BBC documentary on bug-eating called Alien Nation. New York City restaurateur Eddie Huang of BaoHaus explains the art of the Asian bun. His memoir is Fresh Off the Boat. And chef Charles Phan of San Francisco’s The Slanted Door gives us a primer on the Vietnamese noodle soup pho. His latest book is Vietnamese Home Cooking.Broadcast dates for this episode:January 5, 2013 (originally aired)January 3, 2014 (rebroadcast)
Dec 27, 2013 • 51min
Christmas Cheese
Opinionated cheesemonger Steve Jenkins brings us his annual cheese picks for the holidays. We check in with writer Junot Diaz about the Dominican food of his childhood. He is the author of the award-winning book This Is How You Lose Her. And Sally Schneider of The Improvised Life has inspiring thoughts on making small tables large and beautiful for next to nothing.Broadcast dates for this episode:December 22, 2012 (originally aired)December 27, 2013 (rebroadcast)
Dec 13, 2013 • 51min
Lizz's Fettuccine
This week we talk about eating on the road with rapper and poet Dessa. We head into Lynne's kitchen with comedian Lizz Winstead for another round of The Key 3. Winstead's new collection of essays is Lizz Free or Die. And we talk to Dr. Andrew Weil about what we really should be worrying about when we worry about what we eat.Broadcast dates for this episode:December 8, 2012 (originally aired)December 13, 2013 (rebroadcast)
Nov 29, 2013 • 50min
Simple Times
Amy Sedaris is stopping by with some gift-giving help from her hilarious book Simple Times: Crafts For Poor People. Jane and Michael Stern are at Hartley's Pork Pies in Fall River, Mass., and Mexican cook Fany Gerson introduces us to the unusual sweets of Mexico with her book My Sweet Mexico.Broadcast dates for this episode:December 11, 2010 (originally aired)December 3, 2011 (rebroadcast)November 29, 2013 (rebroadcast)
Nov 28, 2013 • 1h 59min
Turkey Confidential 2013
Turkey Confidential is our annual live call-in show. Thanks to our guests: Mario Batali, Pati Jinich, Ted Allen and Michael Pollan. If you don't see enough Thanksgiving recipes below, here are all of them.Broadcast dates for this episode:November 28, 2013
Nov 22, 2013 • 50min
Swanksgiving
It’s our get-ready-for-the-big-feast broadcast with best-selling author Mollie Katzen, author of The Heart of the Plate. Mollie takes on the vegetarian feast while Food & Wine’s Ray Isle deals with the wine, Mexican chef Pati Jinich, author of Pati’s Mexican Table, bring us her Mexican way with a turkey (swaddled in banana leaf), and Cheryl Day of Back in the Day Bakery in Savannah, Ga., covers the pies.Broadcast dates for this episode:November 22, 2013
Nov 15, 2013 • 51min
All Gone
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.Broadcast dates for this episode:November 17, 2012 (originally aired)November 15, 2013 (rebroadcast)
Sep 27, 2013 • 51min
Purple Citrus and Sweet Perfume
This week, we meet up with 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.Broadcast dates for this episode:September 3, 2011 (originally aired)September 1, 2012 (rebroadcast)September 27, 2013 (rebroadcast)
