718: Things You’ve Gotta Try

The Splendid Table: Conversations & Recipes For Curious Cooks & Eaters

American Public Media

Arts, Food

4.3 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 29 December 2023

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

This week, we’re all about trying some new things in the kitchen. We’ve got unexpected ideas from our listeners and from pros like Milk Bar’s Christina Tosi. Food & Wine’s restaurant editor Khushbu Shah weighs in on the best way to cook rice and their wine editor Ray Isle turns to canned wine. Chef Pierre Thiam introduces us the African super grain fonio, and Ariel Dumas, adventurist cook and a head writer for The Late Show with Steven Colbert, accepts a ratatouille challenge from Francis.

Broadcast dates for this episode:

August 28, 2020 (originally aired)
September 3, 2021 (rebroadcast)
December 29, 2023 (rebroadcast)

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1:25.6	Hey, it's Francis. You know, this week, we are bringing back a show from a couple years ago that
1:30.2	honestly was just super fun. It's all about things you've got to try. Check it out.
1:48.9	I'm Frances Lamb, and this is The Splendid Table from APM.
1:55.3	Hi, this is Saylongo from Haley, Idaho.
2:03.6	I credit, I guess, quarantine for this idea, as it's not often I have an open bottle of red wine and an open package of Oreos concurrently. However, the last few months have been hard on all of us.
2:10.9	And to make it a little easier on yourself, go ahead and try dunking those Oreos in that red wine.
2:17.4	It is delicious.
2:19.4	A thousand times better than milk.
2:21.6	Hi, this is Brian in Arlington, Virginia.
2:23.6	My favorite trick is to simply grate any citrus zest like orange or lemon into the sugar that's also called for in the recipe.
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