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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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Latest Episodes:

John's Fried Eggs Nov 27, 2015

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This week, chef John Besh teaches us how to fry an egg in The Key 3. We take an adventure in sustainable eating with the duo from The Perennial Plate, and we look at the spread of Japanese food in America with Daisuke Utagawa of Sushiko.

Broadcast dates for this episode:

October 6, 2012 (originally aired)
October 11, 2013 (rebroadcast)
November 27, 2015 (rebroadcast)

Turkey Confidential 2015 Nov 26, 2015

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Turkey Confidential is The Splendid Table's annual live call-in show on Thanksgiving, hosted by Lynne Rossetto Kasper. Guests for the 2015 edition included Jacques Pépin, Dave Isay, Nigella Lawson and Andrew Zimmern.

Broadcast dates for this episode:

November 26, 2015

Lardcore Nov 13, 2015

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This week we're looking at the resurgence of cooking with lard with Charleston, S.C., chef Sean Brock. Chef Susan Feniger joins us with her book Street Food, and The New York Times wine columnist Eric Asimov, author of How to Love Wine, shares his observations from the wine world.

Broadcast dates for this episode:

October 20, 2012 (originally aired)
October 25, 2013 (rebroadcast)
November 13, 2015 (rebroadcast)

Fake Vegetables Oct 30, 2015

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This week we talk to comedian Jim Gaffigan about vegetables. Journalists Jane Black and Brent Cunningham spent 7 months in Huntington, West Virginia, the town whose food system Jamie Oliver tried to remake. Contributor David Leite talks to Andrea Slonecker, author of Pretzel Making at Home, and we visit Thai Park, a market/picnic in a Berlin park that serves authentic Thai food that flies in the face of German code and culture.

Broadcast dates for this episode:

October 31, 2014 (originally aired)
October 30, 2015 (rebroadcast)

Tom's Tomato Soup Oct 23, 2015

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This week Seattle chef Tom Douglas joins us for another installment of The Key 3. His book is The Dahlia Bakery Cookbook. Award-winning photographer Penny De Los Santos talks about what she really captures when she snaps a food photo. And we talk to Todd Selby about his unusual book, Edible Selby.

Broadcast dates for this episode:

November 3, 2012 (originally aired)
November 8, 2013 (rebroadcast)
October 23, 2015 (rebroadcast)

A Father's Advice Oct 16, 2015

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We talk to Mexican food scholar Margarita Carrillo Arronte, author of Mexico: The Cookbook, about what modern Mexican food is really made of, Chez Panisse chef Cal Peternell dreamed up Twelve Recipes, a book to teach his adult sons how to cook, and Lynne tastes her way through the best and worst of vegetable stock.

Broadcast dates for this episode:

October 17, 2014 (originally aired)
October 16, 2015 (rebroadcast)

Tasting the Dirt Oct 02, 2015

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Mario Batali joins us with his ode to the American farmer, America Farm to Table. We talk about the cider-drinking trend with Amy Traverso, author of The Apple Lover’s Cookbook, the Sterns give us a tutorial on Canada’s poutine, and we learn to make a ginger bug with Jennifer McGruther, author of The Nourished Kitchen.

Broadcast dates for this episode:

October 3, 2014 (originally aired)
October 2, 2015 (rebroadcast)

The Whole Farm Sep 18, 2015

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This week we talk to chef Dan Barber about ethical eating. His book is The Third Plate: Field Notes on the Future of Food. We meet Von Diaz, a woman cooking her way through Cocina Criolla, the Puerto Rican Joy of Cooking, and The Kitchn’s Faith Durand brings us the best in vegetable slow cooker recipes.

Broadcast dates for this episode:

September 19, 2014 (originally aired)
September 18, 2015 (rebroadcast)

Home Bar Sep 04, 2015

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We’ve a fresh take on home-packed lunches with Asian food authority Andrea Nguyen and her book, The Banh Mi Handbook, we get a primer in cocktails from bartenders David and Lesley Solmonson, the folks behind The 12 Bottle Bar, and we talk to Kate Krader of Food & Wine Magazine about whether today’s big-flavored foods are wrecking the American palate.

Broadcast dates for this episode:

September 5, 2014 (originally aired)
September 4, 2015 (rebroadcast)

Frog Legs Aug 21, 2015

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We learn the art of pickling fish with Paul Lowe, author of Sweet Paul Eat and Make, and we look at the tradition of eating frog legs in Detroit with author Bill Loomis. Ari Daniel observes chemistry in the kitchen of Kimball House, and Remodelista's Christine Hanway gives us some easy kitchen updates.

Broadcast dates for this episode:

August 22, 2014 (originally aired)
August 21, 2015 (rebroadcast)

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