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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:

No Pumpkin Pie? Nov 21, 2014

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Adam Rapoport of Bon Appétit joins us this week to give us a head start on preparing the Thanksgiving feast, we talk to journalist Elizabeth Royte about her article for National Geographic on how we waste food, and actor and cook Stanley Tucci joins us with his cookbook The Tucci Table.

Broadcast dates for this episode:

November 21, 2014

The Celebrity Chef Nov 14, 2014

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We are having a conversation with the original star chef, Jacques Pepin, we talk to Ina Lipkowitz, author of Words to Eat By: Five Foods and the Culinary History of the English Language, and we turn to Indian chef Vikas Khanna to learn about his culinary and broadcast journey in India.

Broadcast dates for this episode:

October 1, 2011 (originally aired)
September 29, 2012 (rebroadcast)
November 14, 2014 (rebroadcast)

Old Vines Nov 07, 2014

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This week it’s surprising cooking techniques from Andrew Schloss, author of Cooking Slow, we have a conversation with Food & Wine magazine’s Ray Isle about protecting America’s historic grapevines, and we talk to New York Times columnist David Tanis about his book One Good Dish.

Broadcast dates for this episode:

November 1, 2013 (originally aired)
November 7, 2014 (rebroadcast)

Turbot Soufflé Oct 24, 2014

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Chef Daniel Boulud talks to Dorie Greenspan about his book Daniel: My French Cuisine, we look at the basics of cooking with coconut oil with culinary nutritionist Tricia Williams, and Jane and Michael Stern bring us the best in non-chain steak houses.

Broadcast dates for this episode:

October 18, 2013 (originally aired)
October 24, 2014 (rebroadcast)

Salt Block Cooking Sep 26, 2014

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It’s a look at the newest in culinary exotica, salt block cooking, with Mark Bitterman, author of Salt Block Cooking, and we go behind the scenes of cookbook production with recipe tester Ian Knauer.

Broadcast dates for this episode:

September 21, 2013 (originally aired)
September 26, 2014 (rebroadcast)

Buttermilk Sep 12, 2014

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This week we’re looking at buttermilk with Diane St. Clair, author of The Animal Farm Buttermilk Cookbook, we talk to the duo behind The Perennial Plate about their latest travels in Italy and we look at the changing face of sushi in the states with Trevor Corson, author of The Story of Sushi.

Broadcast dates for this episode:

September 7, 2013 (originally aired)
September 12, 2014 (rebroadcast)

Homemade Ice Cream Aug 29, 2014

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This week we're cooling off with homemade ice cream from ice cream maven Jeni Britton Bauer, author of Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams at Home. Andrea Nguyen, author of Into the Vietnamese Kitchen, shares her recipe for cool Vietnamese noodle salads. Susan Glasser, former editor in chief of Foreign Policy, talks about the ways in which food is used as a political tool from the story "Eat, Drink, Protest," which appeared in Foreign Policy's food issue (Glasser is now editor of Politico). The Wall Street Journal's Katy McLaughlin explains her story on edible fashion. Jane and Michael Stern visit Nick's Kitchen in Huntington, Indiana.

Broadcast dates for this episode:

August 6, 2011 (originally aired)
July 21, 2012 (rebroadcast)
August 29, 2014 (rebroadcast)

Foodelectric Aug 15, 2014

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William Sitwell, author of A History of Food in 100 Recipes, joins us, we look at the Indian tradition of chutneys with chef Vikas Khanna and check in with film director Wayne Wang about his latest project, a documentary on the life of legendary Chinese restaurateur Cecilia Chiang.

Broadcast dates for this episode:

August 24, 2013 (originally aired)
August 15, 2014 (rebroadcast)

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)

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