779: Fruits & Veggies with Abra Berens and Sheela Prakash

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

American Public Media

Arts, Food

4.3 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 13 April 2024

⏱️ 55 minutes

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This week, we promise you will get your recommended dose of fruits and vegetables! Award-winning author Abra Berens takes us on a sweet and savory journey with fruit. From best cooking methods to subtle and exotic pickling methods- think Brined Cherries + Salty Snacks, to advice on picking the best fruit to throw on the grill. She’s the author of three books, Grist, A Practical Guide to Cooking Grains, Beans, Seeds, and Legumes, Ruffage: A Practical Guide to Vegetables, and her latest, Pulp: A Practical Guide to Cooking with Fruit. Then, we turn to vegetables with food editor and author Sheela Prakash. Her new book is Salad Seasons: Vegetable-Forward Dishes All Year. The book is chockfull of imaginative uses for fresh veggies, including an amazing recipe for Spring Carrots with Burnt Butter and Labneh.

Broadcast dates for this episode:

April 21, 2023 (originally aired)
April 12, 2024 (rebroadcast)

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1:17.7	Hey, it's Francis, and you know, it is always a wonderful day for me when I get to talk to my dear friend, Aberbarans.
1:24.4	Jeff, Farmer, and author, last year to celebrate her book on cooking with fruit,
1:29.1	we had her on the show, and rounded it out with author Sheila Bricosh to talk about fantastic salads.
1:35.3	It's an Eat Your Fruits and Veggie show that you will be happy to check out again.
1:41.8	I'm Frances Lamb, and this is The Splendid Table from APM.
1:52.4	So my kid's absolute favorite food in the entire world is her daddy's roasted broccoli.
1:59.8	Cheers.
2:00.7	Hooray!
2:01.6	Has been for years.
2:03.0	Amazing, right?
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