The Splendid Table is a one-hour culinary, culture, and lifestyle program that celebrates food and its ability to touch the lives and feed the souls of everyone. Each week, The Splendid Table tours new culinary territory, from the vineyards of Provence to the city-street diners of Philadelphia. While doing so, host Lynne Rossetto Kasper uncovers hidden delights, and offers her modern take on getting food to the "splendid table" with cooking tips, recipes, and her own personal advice.
The Splendid Table, Mexican Jewish Food Traditions, March 18, 2011
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We're looking at Mexican–Jewish food traditions with Chef Patricia Jinich, of PBS's Pati's Mexican Table, New York Time's columnist Melissa Clark introduces us to her very suave and very easy recipe for Shrimp Bisque, Jane and Michael Stern are at Cupcake Royale in Seattle, WA and Steve Almond, author of Candyfreak: A Journey Through the Chocolate Underbelly of America wants us to consider endangered candy!
The Splendid Table is a one-hour culinary, culture, and lifestyle program that celebrates food and its ability to touch the lives and feed the souls of everyone. Each week, The Splendid Table tours new culinary territory, from the vineyards of Provence to the city-street diners of Philadelphia. While doing so, host Lynne Rossetto Kasper uncovers hidden delights, and offers her modern take on getting food to the "splendid table" with cooking tips, recipes, and her own personal advice.
The Splendid Table, Rene Redzepi, Madhur Jaffrey, Jane Stern, and Michael Stern, January 27, 2012
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This week we meet Nordic chef Rene Redzepi, author of Noma, Time and Place in Nordic Cuisine. Jane and Michael Stern are at Hathaway's Coffee Shop in Cincinnati, OH, and Indian food authority Madhur Jaffrey teaches us the Indian way with fresh greens.
The Splendid Table, Steve Jones and John Tierney, January 20, 2012
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This week, we learn what it takes to be a cheesemonger with Steve Jones, proprietor of Cheese Bar in Portland, Ore. We're also looking at willpower with John Tierney, co-author of Willpower, Rediscovering the Greatest Human Strength. And Jane and Michael Stern are breakfasting at Green Salmon in Yachats, Ore.
This week we're bringing you a special one-hour program recorded in Hawaii. It's a look at the food and culture of Honolulu and its island of Oahu that few tourists see. You won't want to miss this show.
The Splendid Table, The Key to Keeping Our Weight in Check, June 12, 2009
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By Lynne Rossetto Kasper
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The Mayo Clinic's Dr. James Levine is convinced that we are moving animals, not sitting animals and that is the key to keeping our weight in check, He is the author of Move A Little, Lose A Lot. The Sterns have met the happy cows behind the divine ice cream at Woodside Farm in Delaware, and we learn the art of the grown-up popsicle from Karen Solomon author of Jam It, Pickle It, Cure It.
The Splendid Table, Wine Trip to Spain, January 2, 2009
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This week we're taking you on a road trip, specifically a wine trip to the Galicia region of Spain. It was one week, one bus, four wine geeks and The Splendid Table. The job was to taste a minimum of 50 wines a day, and if you don't think that is work, give it a try. Galicia and its neighboring area of Bierzo are up-and-comers in the wine world, and this trip explains why.
The Splendid Table, The Wines of Spain, October 5, 2007
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By Lynne Rossetto Kasper
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This week we're taking you to Spain, to the little known region of Galicia, just north of Portugal. The area may be best known for the pilgrim trail leading to Santiago de Compostela, where the remains of St. James are believed to be interred. But we were there for the wine. This past summer we spent a week on a bus with a group of journalists exploring the area's emerging wine region, and lived to tell you this tale!
The Splendid Table, The Wines of Spain, April 25, 2008
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By Lynne Rossetto Kasper
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This week we're taking you on a road trip, specifically a wine trip to the Galicia region of Spain. It was one week, one bus, four wine geeks, and us. The job was to taste a minimum of 50 wines a day, and if you don't think that is work, give it a try. Galicia and it's neighboring area of Bierzo are up and comers in the wine world, and this trip sure explained why.
This week on The Splendid Table it's a look at the world's new hotbed of culinary inspiration, Spain. Journalist Anya Von Bremzen has been exploring the Spanish food world for over a decade and has a report. Also, Jane and Michael Stern have found the ultimate in American chocolates, Bridgewater Chocolate in Brookfield, CT; gadget tester Dorrie Greenspan evaluates the pressure cooker; Steven Beaumont, author of The Premium Beer Drinkers Guide explains Czech lagers; and more.
The Splendid Table, In Defense of Food, July 17, 2009
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By Lynne Rossetto Kasper
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This week we're talking to food activist Michael Pollan, author of In Defense of Food about the intersection between sustainable foods, and our real life pocketbooks. Jane and Michael Stern have been researching the green chile cheeseburger in New Mexico and we look at the origins of the American potato chip with Dirk Burhans author of Crunch, A History of the Great American Potato Chip.
The Splendid Table, Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, January 16, 2009
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We are taking a look at our Locavore Nation project. Fifteen adventurous souls took on the challenge to eat a sustainable, local diet for a year. We will weigh in with the results. Locavore novelist Barbara Kingsolver, author of Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life joins us for a commentary on the results.
The Splendid Table, Ming Tsai, Tom Owen, Jane Stern, and Michael Stern, January 13, 2012
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By Lynne Rossetto Kasper
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Chinese chef Ming Tsai joins us with his Asian influenced take on one-pot cooking. His new book is Simply Ming, One Pot Meals. Jane and Michael Stern are in Atlanta at Mary Mac's Tearoom, and Tom Owen's of the coffee lover's website Sweet Maria's joins us with a guide to home roasting.
The Splendid Table, Food as Medicine, January 15, 2010
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Award winning author Su-Mei Yu introduces us to the ancient Thai tradition of looking at food as a type of medicine. Her new book is The Elements of Life, A Contemporary Guide to Thai Recipes and Traditions for Healthier Living. Jane and Michael Stern are in Tucson at the Tucson Tamale Company, and Keith Bellows brings us National Geographic's list of "food journeys of a lifetime."
The Splendid Table, The Cowboy Cookbook, July 27, 2007
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By Lynne Rossetto Kasper
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We are taking a look at the unique foodways of the Texas cattlemen with Robb Walsh, author of The Texas Cowboy Cookbook. Jane and Michael Stern are eating stellar seafood in James Beard's hometown - Seaside, Oregon - at Norma's Ocean Diner, and Gourmet magazine's John Willoughby shares his picks of the best in destination dining.
We're cooking in the raw, vegan style, with renowned Chicago chef Charlie Trotter, co-author of a new book aptly titled Raw. It's stunning food using new techniques like those in his recipe for Cauliflower Soup with Balsamic Red Onions and Wilted Lettuce. The Sterns are nibbling succulent shrimp while basking on the sunny deck at the Anchor Line in South Carolina's James Island. David Rosengarten has hot chocolates that "will likely improve your winter by geometric proportions!"
This week we're taking a food lover's tour of Vietnam with Peter Jon Lindberg, Editor-at-Large of Travel and Leisure Magazine. Jane and Michael Stern are at Metompkin Seafood in Mappsville, VA and Dorie Greenspan author of Around My French Table joins us with a very French take on the pancake.
The Splendid Table, Amy Sedaris, Jane and Michael Stern, and Fany Gerson, December 02, 2011
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Amy Sedaris is stopping by with some gift-giving help from her hilarious new book, Simple Times, Crafts For Poor People. Jane and Michael Stern are at Hartley's Pork Pies in Fall River, MA, and Mexican cook Fany Gerson introduces us to the unusual sweets of Mexico with her book My Sweet Mexico.
This week The Splendid Table looks at where Buddhism and the restaurant kitchen meet, with Annie Somerville, chef of the award-winning vegetarian restaurant Greens in San Francisco. Annie has almost single-handedly changed the face of vegetarian food in this country. Jane and Michael Stern have followed their noses to Otto's, a smokehouse in Portland, Oregon. The Splendid Table gadget tester Dorie Greenspan tells us how to use chips, chunks, and planks to get smokehouse flavor from our grills.
