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 13, 2012 • 50min
The Appetites of Insects
New York Times columnist Melissa Clark brings us new ideas for fall vegetables from her book Cook This Now. Also, the appetites of insects with Marlene Zuk, author of Sex on Six Legs. And Jane and Michael Stern have found the pinnacle of cafe coffee in Iowa.Broadcast dates for this episode:October 15, 2011 (originally aired)October 13, 2012 (rebroadcast)
Sep 8, 2012 • 52min
Beef Stew: The French Way
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. Janet Hurst brings her take on homemade cheese, Jane and Michael Stern are eating famous Rhode Island chicken dinners, and we turn to pasta with Domenica Marchetti, author of The Glorious Pasta of Italy.Broadcast dates for this episode:September 17, 2011 (originally aired)September 8, 2012 (rebroadcast)
Aug 18, 2012 • 52min
Mark Twain: Tastemaker
This week, we are reintroduced to one of America's greatest tastemakers: Mark Twain. Andrew Beahrs, author of Twain's Feast, 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, Conn.Broadcast dates for this episode:August 28, 2010 (originally aired)August 18, 2012 (rebroadcast)
Aug 4, 2012 • 53min
Tomatoland
We look 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.Broadcast dates for this episode:August 20, 2011 (originally aired)August 4, 2012 (rebroadcast)
Jul 14, 2012 • 52min
The Japanese Grill
This week, we're looking at home brewing with William Bostwick. Also: Japanese grilling with Tadashi Ono and Harris Salat, grilling wines with Ray Isle, and we go into the world of a flavor scientist.Broadcast dates for this episode:July 30, 2011 (originally aired)July 14, 2012 (rebroadcast)
Jul 7, 2012 • 53min
The Rebirth Of Spain
We look at the rebirth of Spanish food post-Franco with culinary historian Claudia Roden, author of The Food of Spain. Jane and Michael Stern are at the Buckhorn Tavern in San Antonio. Restaurateur Andy Ricker of Pok Pok introduces us to Asian drinking vinegars.Broadcast dates for this episode:July 23, 2011 (originally aired)July 7, 2012 (rebroadcast)
Jun 30, 2012 • 52min
Finding the Forgotten Feast
This week, 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.Broadcast dates for this episode:July 2, 2011 (originally aired)June 30, 2012 (rebroadcast)
Jun 16, 2012 • 51min
Picnic Packing
Food writer Melissa Clark has some ideas about what to pack for a picnic. Singer Sheryl Crow brings her new book, If It Makes You Healthy. Jane and Michael Stern collect their timeless roadfood finds, and we check in with the boys behind The Dinner Party.Broadcast dates for this episode:June 11, 2011 (originally aired)June 16, 2012 (rebroadcast)
May 26, 2012 • 51min
Pipianes
Chef Roberto Santibañez, 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.Broadcast dates for this episode:May 21, 2011 (originally aired)May 26, 2012 (rebroadcast)
May 12, 2012 • 52min
Honey Bees
This week, Lynne is out of the studio and into the world of honey bees with researcher Marla Spivak. Travel + Leisure Magazine's Peter Jon Lindberg has unearthed good food in unlikely places, and British horticulturalist Jekka McVicar brings us her pick of unusual culinary herbs to grow in your back yard.Broadcast dates for this episode:May 28, 2011 (originally aired)May 12, 2012 (rebroadcast)
