753: An Homage to the Refrigerator

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

American Public Media

Arts, Food

4.2 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 24 March 2023

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

This week, we’re shining a light on the absolutely magical, life-changing, the world-changing thing that you already have in your kitchen. The refrigerator. Maybe nothing in your home has changed the world more. Historian Jonathan Rees author of Refrigeration Nation: A History of Ice, Appliances, and Enterprise in America talks about its origins and influence on cultures worldwide. Then, Editor in Chief of Cooks Illustrated, Dan Souza, teaches us how to get the most out of the fridge we already have - from what to keep in your fridge door to why you might reconsider where you are storing your milk, and then Philadelphia Chef Shola Olunloyo of Studio Kitchen tells us how to think of the fridge as a tool to becoming a better cook. Think crispier chicken and root vegetables so delicious you will have no problem moving them to the center of your plate.

Broadcast dates for this episode:

March 18 2022 (originally aired)
March 24, 2023 (rebroadcast)

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1:01.0	Hey, it's Francis.
1:02.3	This week we're bringing Mac and episode that's one of my favorites because, well, you know,
1:06.4	it's so much fun when you get to look at something you see every single day in a new way.
1:10.6	And that's how this episode made me feel about my fridge.
1:13.4	Like my literal refrigerator.
1:15.6	Check it out.
1:21.2	My Francis Lamb and this is the Splendid Table from APM.
1:24.8	You know, sometimes it's amazing to me how much we are constantly surrounded by boring
1:36.1	everyday objects that completely change the world when they were introduced.
1:40.7	Like a few years ago I had the chance to interview the great Jacques de Pan for this show.
1:45.3	And he told me that when he got his start in the kitchen sometime in the 1940s, it was
1:51.0	his job to keep the stove up.
1:54.2	I mean, he literally had to feed wood into the fire to keep the stove and ovens cooking
1:58.6	in the restaurant.
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