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The Splendid Table: Conversations & Recipes For Curious Cooks & Eaters

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!

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

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Copyright: © Copyright 2021 Minnesota Public Radio

Latest Episodes:

Eating Wild Aug 01, 2014

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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)

Heirloom Yogurt Jul 18, 2014

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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)

Bouchon Bakery Jul 04, 2014

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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)

Lucinda's Meatloaf Jun 20, 2014

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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)

Smoke Jun 13, 2014

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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)

Family Table May 30, 2014

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We take a look at the latest trend in sustainable meat -- goat -- with chef Jesse Griffiths, author of Afield: A Chef's Guide to Preparing and Cooking Wild Game and Fish. The Sterns are at Big W's Roadside Bar-B-Q in Wingdale, N.Y., and we talk to Bruce Feiler, author of The Secrets Of Happy Families, about the surprising news on what is really important about family dinner.

Broadcast dates for this episode:

June 8, 2013 (originally aired)
May 30, 2014 (rebroadcast)

Adobo Road May 16, 2014

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This week we talk to spice merchant Lior Lev Sercarz, owner of La Boîte à Epice in New York, we take a look Filipino food with Marvin Gapultos, author of The Adobo Road Cookbook, and turn to the duo behind The Perennial Plate to learn about their food travels in Spain.

Broadcast dates for this episode:

May 25, 2013 (originally aired)
May 16, 2014 (rebroadcast)

Salt Sugar Fat May 02, 2014

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This week we talk to award-winning journalist Michael Moss about the food giants that decide what we eat. He is the author of Salt Sugar Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us. Chopped's Ted Allen has advice on how to get out of our food ruts and we look at the stirrings of a movement in the wine world, natural wine.

Broadcast dates for this episode:

May 11, 2013 (originally aired)
May 2, 2014 (rebroadcast)

Shared Meals in Blue Zones Apr 18, 2014

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Dan Buettner, author of Thrive: Finding Happiness the Blue Zones Way, tells us about the significance of the shared meal among the world's happiest people. Jane and Michael Stern are tracking down the very best in deli rye and we talk to Dana Bowen about celebrating Easter in Sicily.

Broadcast dates for this episode:

April 23, 2011 (originally aired)
April 18, 2014 (rebroadcast)

Raghavan's Dal Apr 11, 2014

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We’re heading to India for this week’s Key 3 with Raghavan Iyer, author of the best-selling 660 Curries. Bee Wilson, author of Consider the Fork: A History of How We Cook and Eat, brings the stories from our tabletops.

Broadcast dates for this episode:

April 27, 2013 (originally aired)
April 11, 2014 (rebroadcast)

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