meta_pixel
Tapesearch Logo
Log in
The Splendid Table: Conversations & Recipes For Curious Cooks & Eaters

737: Eating Greek

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

American Public Media

Arts, Food

4.22.9K Ratings

🗓️ 12 July 2024

⏱️ 53 minutes

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

This week, we're talking about the unique cuisine of Greece. Diane Kochilas, author and star of the public television show, My Greek Table joins us from Athens to talk about Greek regional cooking and explore the history and cuisine of the Greek American community. She also lets us in on her favorite dishes to prepare from her garden. Then, we sit with Tara Q. Thomas, who tells us all we need to know about Greek wine, from her favorite producers to the evolution of the pine resin in retsina wines. Then, we head to Queens to listen in on a Greek American family as they prepare their favorite stuffed cabbage, sarmades.


Broadcast dates for this episode:



  • July 9, 2021 (originally aired)


  • July 8, 2022 (rebroadcast)


  • July 12, 2024 (rebroadcast)



Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0

The splendid table is supported by Victorinox. As we get back into summer cooking, nothing says sharpen your knives like the sight of a juicy ripe tomato.

0:09.5

But if you need new knives, Victorinox knives are all made with best-in-class materials and ergonomic designs

0:16.6

and are backed with a lifetime warranty. Beloved and inspired by professional chefs, Victorinox's range of premium cutlery gives home cooks

0:25.1

effortless efficiency for all of your cooking.

0:28.2

Find Victorinox knives at William Sonoma and everywhere premium kitchen knives are sold.

0:33.0

Well, with the Olympics upon us,

0:36.0

we want to get back to a past episode on,

0:39.0

no, not Parisian food, that would be too obvious.

0:41.0

No, we're going all the way back to Greek food. I love

0:44.4

this episode. I have never actually been to Greece, but whenever I hear it, I feel like

0:48.6

I'm one step closer. Give it a listen.

0:56.0

I'm Francis Lamb and this is the splendid table, a show for Curious Cooks and Eaters from APM.

0:59.8

When I was in high school I was like totally obsessed with these food carts called

1:08.0

the grease trucks. I mean first of all who wouldn't be obsessed with something called

1:11.8

the grease trucks,

1:13.0

but they were parked in this parking lot on the campus of Rutgers University,

1:17.0

the State University of New Jersey,

1:19.0

and I remember they were open all night long,

1:22.0

and they were just all night long,

1:22.6

and they were just these magnificent purveyors of fat,

1:25.8

so kids would come in from their parties at the bar

1:29.1

or from studying or whatever at like two in the morning,

...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from American Public Media, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of American Public Media and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.

Copyright © Tapesearch 2025.