The Splendid Table: Episodes
We're getting ready to start packing kid's lunches again, and this week we get advice from that consumer rights warrior Marion Nestle, author of What to Eat. Jane and Michael Stern are at Al's Corner Restaurant in Barberton, OH, and we look at Vietnamese grilling with chef Mai Pham, author of The Pleasures ...
This week it's a tribute to the derring-do behind the greatest grilling contraptions in the country with Dan Huntley, co-author of Extreme BBQ: Smokin' Rigs and Real Good Recipes. Jane and Michael Stern are eating soul food at Niecie's in Kansas City, MO, and Karen Feder introduces us to an unknown side ...
Fred Plotkin author of Italy for the Gourmet Traveler, takes us down an Italian road less traveled - the Marche region of Italy. Jane and Michael Stern are eating soul food at Feed in Chicago, and chef Jerry Traunfeld author of The Herbal Kitchen introduces us to some sophisticated herbal cocktails.
This week we talk to Jeffrey Roberts author of The Atlas of American Artisan Cheese, Jane and, Michael Stern are at Mabel's Lobster Claw in Kennebunkport, ME, and Wine Spectator's Kim Marcus introduces us the rediscovered wines of Greece.
This week it's the epitome of seafood cooks, Boston's Jasper White author of The Summer Shack Cookbook, Jane and Michael Stern are eating runza at the Gering Bakery in Gering NE. Wine maverick Joshua Wesson is back with red wines for white wine lovers. Nancy Harmon Jenkins celebrates the tomato and we ...
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, OR at Norma's Ocean Diner and Gourmet magazine's John Willoughby shares his picks of the best in ...
This week we talk to journalist Dave Plotnikoff about his hike from the Mexican border to Canada on the Pacific Crest Trail and the food that ended up being the touchpoint of the trip. He is the author of Hungry Man from the July 2007 issue of Saveur magazine. Jane and Michael Stern are eating planked ...
As flowers bloom across the country, we're taking a look at honey with Holley Bishop, author of Robbing the Bees, a Biography of Honey, the Sweet Liquid Gold that Seduced the World. The Sterns are at Top Pot Donuts in Seattle, WA, and wine entrepreneur Joshua Wesson introduces us to some unsung white ...
We have a look at German Rieslings with one of Germany's premier riesling makers -- Dr. Ernst Loosen. Jane and Michael Stern have stumbled on a car wash that serves first-rate Mexican breakfasts, H and H Car Wash in El Paso Texas. Sally Schneider author of A New Way to Cook teaches us to rev up our vinegars, ...
Trevor Corson, author of The Zen of Fish, talks sushi; the Sterns are eating cinnamon rolls at Johnson Corners in Loveland, Colorado; it's Middle Eastern grilling with Claudia Roden, Lynne samples Scotch whiskey with John Glaser, and Jacques Pepin stops by with simple things you can do to make sensational eating.
This week we're bringing you a show recorded live at the 2006 Monterey Bay Aquarium's, Cooking For Solutions weekend in Monterey California. It's an in-depth look at one of the culinary world's biggest issues - healthy and sustainable seafood. We talk to Jennifer Dianto of The Monterey Bay Aquarium's ...
This week we meet NY chef and fisherman David Pasternack, author of The Young Man and the Sea. The Sterns are in Vinita, OK eating blue ribbon pie at Clanton's, and our regular wine wit Josh Wesson reports in on the latest happenings in the wine world.
This week we're talking to distinguished nutritionist and food activist Marian Nestle about who should really be responsible for our food supply. She is the author of What To Eat. The Sterns are at Standard Baking on the Portland, ME waterfront and Sally Schneider author of the award-winning The Improvisational ...
All those people talking about a wine's terroir, meaning the place the grapes come from. Can we really taste it? We get the scientific last word from Harold McGee author of the seminal On Food and Cooking. Jane and Michael Stern are at Woodyard Bar-B-Que in Kansas City, KS, and novelist Nicole Mones ...
We are looking at the foods of the Philippines this week with Amy Besa, author of Memories of Philippine Kitchens: Stories and Recipes from Far and Near, we go on a search for edible weeds, and Sally Schneider author of the award-winning The Improvisational Cook gives us a cooking lesson for spring.
This week journalist Russ Parsons explains how vegetables are grown, marketed, sold and most importantly, how that affects their taste. He is the author of How to Pick a Peach: The Search for Flavor From Farm to Table. Jane and Michael Stern are in Akron, OH at Besides the Point Cafe, and just in time ...
We're taking a scholarly look at American junk food with Andrew Smith author of The Junk Food Encyclopedia, Jane and Michael Stern are in Manchester, VT breakfasting at Up For Breakfast, and Food and Wine Magzine's wine editor Ray Isle walks us through his picks of bargain wines.
This week we look at one of our most primal urges, hunger, with Sharman Apt Russell author of Hunger, An Unnatural History. Jane and Michael Stern take us to Tony Luke's in Philadelphia for a world class Italian roast pork sandwich, and we talk with the founder of the groundbreaking cattle rancher Bill ...
We're looking a the education of a wine rookie with Lettie Teague and her student, movie critic Peter Travers. Lettie is the author of Educating Peter, How I Taught a Famous Movie Critic the Difference Between Cabernet and Merlot or How Anybody Can Become and (Almost) Instant Wine Critic. Jane and Michael ...
This week we take a look at the culinary garden with famed garden writer Katherine Whiteside, author of The Way we Garden Now. The Sterns are going Goth in Portland at Voodoo Donuts, and NY food authority Mike Colameco says forget dining out, New York City is the perfect place for a picnic.