785: What Is a National Dish With Anya von Bremzen and Argentina’s National Drink, Mate

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Arts, Food

4.3 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 2 August 2024

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

This week, we take a close look into what makes a national cuisine. Anya von Bremzen talks about her most recent book, National Dish: Around the World in Search of Food, History, and the Meaning of Home. We get into the history, culture, and theories behind the popularization of dishes, from researching the “correct” way to make pot-au-feu in France to looking at the “pizza effect” and the role of borsch in her family’s history. She shares her mom’s recipe for Super-Quick Vegetarian Borsch. Then we get into what may be the Argentinian National drink – mate with Mate & Co.’s sommelier, Tomás Martín Sanchez. He explains the production process, its unique flavor, and the community it brings together with its communal drinking ritual.

Broadcast dates for this episode:

August 4, 2023 (originally aired)
August 2, 2024 (rebroadcast)

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1:17.7	Hey, it's Francis.
1:21.3	With the Olympics in full swing and all the national pride going around,
1:25.0	we remember an episode all about what makes a national dish.
1:29.2	Have a listen.
1:31.3	I'm Francis Lamb, and this is The Splendid Table from APM.
1:41.2	So, I was reading this fascinating article the other day by Mariana Justy in the Financial Times
1:46.9	about an Italian academic named Alberto Grande.
1:51.7	He's a professor at the University of Parma, and, well, the article starts off with Grandi being
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