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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:

Tasting in the Dark Mar 20, 2015

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We’re looking at the world of wine tasting with an unusual guide, Hoby Wedler, the blind host of the Tasting in the Dark seminars at Francis Ford Coppola Winery. Chef Daniel Patterson of San Francisco’s famed Coi talks about the philosophy behind the vegetable emphasis on his menu, and could cactus be the next kale? We check in with Modern Farmer’s Sam Brasch.

Broadcast dates for this episode:

March 21, 2014 (originally aired)
March 20, 2015 (rebroadcast)

Shucked Mar 06, 2015

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This week we play another round of Stump the Cook with Top Chef's Padma Lakshmi. We meet Erin Byers Murray, author of the memoir Shucked: Life on a New England Oyster Farm, and we look at low-alcohol wines with Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl, author of Drink This: Wine Made Simple.

Broadcast dates for this episode:

February 18, 2012 (originally aired)
February 16, 2013 (rebroadcast)
March 6, 2015 (rebroadcast)

Chickenization Feb 20, 2015

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Investigative journalist Christopher Leonard takes us inside the meat industry with his book The Meat Racket: The Secret Takeover of America’s Food Business, wine expert Joshua Wesson brings us his picks of wines to pair with charcuterie, and we look at the food from Macau with the duo behind Chicago’s Fat Rice.

Broadcast dates for this episode:

February 21, 2014 (originally aired)
February 20, 2015 (rebroadcast)

Toro Bravo Feb 06, 2015

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This week it’s a very private look at the restaurant business with chef John Gorham of Toro Bravo in Portland, Ore., the duo from The Perennial Plate take us into the jungles of Mexico for an inside view of cacao, we look at the history and origins of culinary diplomacy, and get a lesson in Italian pasta from the author of Sauces & Shapes: Pasta the Italian Way.

Broadcast dates for this episode:

February 7, 2014 (originally aired)
February 6, 2015 (rebroadcast)

Zero Gravity Jan 23, 2015

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We take a look at regional Thai food with chef Andy Ricker, author of Pok Pok, chef Jenn Louis of Lincoln Restaurant in Portland, Ore., brings some inspiration for winter salads, and what exactly is a meal like in space? Astronaut Colonel Chris Hadfield, author of An Astronaut’s Guide to Life on Earth, fills us in.

Broadcast dates for this episode:

January 24, 2014 (originally aired)
January 23, 2015 (rebroadcast)

No Props Jan 09, 2015

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World-renowned chef René Redzepi of Copenhagen’s Noma joins us with a conversation about his latest book, A Work in Progress, Katie Workman of The Mom 100 Cookbook takes on picky kids, and we talk to Michael Anthony, chef of New York City's Gramercy Tavern, about bringing chefs' tricks into the home kitchen.

Broadcast dates for this episode:

January 10, 2014 (originally aired)
January 9, 2015 (rebroadcast)

Isaac's Vinaigrette Jan 02, 2015

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Fashion designer Isaac Mizrahi is featured in our series The Key 3. Jane and Michael Stern are eating classic Mexican in Mesilla, N.M., and we talk to Crescent Dragonwagon about her latest book, Bean by Bean.

Broadcast dates for this episode:

March 17, 2012 (originally aired)
March 16, 2013 (rebroadcast)
January 2, 2015 (rebroadcast)

Duck, Duck, Goose Dec 26, 2014

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We are taking on the Christmas goose with Hank Shaw, author of Duck, Duck, Goose, master baker Alice Medrich takes on chocolate with her book Seriously Bitter Sweet, Jane and Michael Stern bring us the best in holiday pies, and Nathan Myhrvold of Modernist Cuisine talks about what it takes to capture the best food photos.

Broadcast dates for this episode:

December 20, 2013 (originally aired)
December 26, 2014 (rebroadcast)

Winter Food to Warm the Soul Nov 28, 2014

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This week it's a look at the Russian tradition of zakuski with Diana Henry, author of Roast Figs Sugar Snow: Winter Food to Warm the Soul. Iconoclast chef David Chang of Momofuku fame joins us with the method behind the madness of his inspired fusion cuisine. Jane and Michael Stern are eating sweets in Salt Lake City's The Lamb, and Food & Wine's Ray Isle joins us with his short list of the bottles every wine lover should taste.

Broadcast dates for this episode:

December 4, 2009 (originally aired)
December 4, 2010 (rebroadcast)
November 28, 2014 (rebroadcast)

Turkey Confidential 2014 Nov 27, 2014

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Broadcast dates for this episode:

November 27, 2014

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