794: Holiday Cheer with Nik Sharma, Claire Saffitz, & Toni Tipton-Martin

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

American Public Media

Arts, Food

4.2 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 22 December 2023

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

This week, we have just what you need to prepare for this holiday season. First, award-winning author and food scientist Nik Sharma shares his favorite holiday traditions and food pairings that will make your vegetables shine at the table. He is the author of Veg-Table, Recipes, Techniques and Plant Science for Big-Flavored, Vegetable-Focused Meals, and he left us with his recipe for Stuffed Cabbage Rolls. Then, the internet’s most beloved cooking star, Claire Saffitz, brings us her top holiday dessert ideas. She covers everything from citrus desserts, like her Souffleed Lemon Bread Pudding, to her holiday cookies, like the Chewy Molasses Spice Cookie, and what to make for New Year's. Her latest book is What’s for Dessert, Simple Recipes for Dessert People. Then, award-winning author Toni Tipton–Martin, talks about historical cocktail recipes and their modern interpretations. Her latest book is Juke Joints, Jazz Clubs and Juice: Cocktails From Two Centuries of African American Cookbooks. And she left us with her recipe for Pomegranate Demerara Rum Punch.

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December 22, 2023 (originally aired)

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0:00.0	I'm Francis Lamb and this is the splendid table from APM.
0:05.0	So I'm not a huge Christmas Carol guy.
0:10.0	I didn't really grow up with them in the house,
0:12.0	so I mostly know them from, you know, like going to the mall. But a few weeks ago, I saw the most amazing video out there on the internet. Jordan Davis, he is a defensive
0:27.2	tackle for the Philadelphia Eagles. He is a man who is six foot six,
0:31.3	336 pounds, runs a 40 yard dash in 4.7 seconds, and his job is to obliterate
0:39.1	opposing 220 pound men.
0:41.0	And in this video, he's surrounded by his teammates,
0:45.0	and he is shy.
0:48.0	He's giggling.
0:50.0	He literally starts meowing like a cat to get his nerves out and then he sings the most unbelievably
0:59.2	gorgeous rendition of Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas.
1:04.7	It's jaw dropping.
1:07.8	And hearing it, you know, like,
1:10.1	I just couldn't help but feel that.
1:14.6	Whether you celebrate Christmas or not,
1:19.4	there's really something magical about the spirit of celebration.
1:28.0	How we want to have traditions and songs and rituals and gatherings no matter who we are. If you're anything like me, those gatherings are going to have food and drink.
1:35.0	Well, no matter what you have going on, we've got a little something that you will want to have room for.
1:38.0	Later in the show, we've got drinks with my dear friend Tony Tipton Martin,
1:42.0	author of the new book, Juke Joints, Jazz Clubs and Juice.
1:45.2	We've got fantastic desserts with Cooking Video Star and Best Selling author of What's for
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