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

718: Things You’ve Gotta Try

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

American Public Media

Arts, Food

4.22.9K Ratings

🗓️ 29 December 2023

⏱️ 50 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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Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey, it's Francis. You know, this week we are bringing back a show from a couple years ago that honestly was just

0:15.0

super fun.

0:16.2

It's all about things you've got to try.

0:18.6

Check it out. I'm Francis Lamb and this is the splendid table from a.

0:24.7

I'm Francis Lamb and this is the splendid table from APM.

0:38.0

Hi, this is Seelongo from Haley, Idaho. I credit, I guess, quarantine for this idea, as it's not often I have an open

0:45.4

bottle of red wine and an open package of Oreos concurrently however the last few

0:51.6

months have been hard on all of us.

0:53.0

And to make it a little easier on yourself,

0:56.0

go ahead and try dunking those Oreos in that red wine.

1:00.0

It is delicious, a thousand times better than milk.

1:03.6

Hi this is Brian in Arlington, Virginia.

1:06.6

My favorite trick is to simply grate any citrus

1:10.9

zest like orange or lemon into the sugar that's also called for in the recipe and let

1:16.4

it just infuse the sugar. It gives a good amount of time for that flavor to really develop.

1:22.8

Hi, I think people should try peanut butter and dill pickle sandwiches.

1:27.5

So I can't condone this practice because I was never brave enough to try it, but an old

1:32.3

boyfriend's family swore that the best way to have a bacon lettuce and tomato sandwich was to spread peanut butter along with the mayo on the bread.

1:41.0

Oh, you know what you got to try is the next time you order take out pizza,

1:45.0

make sure they don't slice it and then when you get at home you can slide that

1:49.4

whole pie in your hot oven and crisp it right back off. It's pretty amazing.

1:55.2

So here's something to try. Putting cheese in your hot chocolate. I'm talking

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