796: Soup Season with Mariana Velásquez, Gregory Gourdet, and Jing Gao

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

American Public Media

Food, Arts

4.2 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 17 January 2025

⏱️ 55 minutes

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This week, we welcome the cold with delicious soup! Food Stylist Mariana Velásquez Villegas, author of Colombiana: A Rediscovery of Recipes and Rituals from the Soul of Colombia talks us through Colombia's biodiversity and regional identity and the unique foods it inspires like Sancocho. This hearty stew brings people together in a communal dining experience. Be sure to listen to her playlist while preparing it! Then, we talk about Haitian cuisine with award-winning chef Gregory Gourdet as he shares his childhood memories of growing up, commemorating Haitian Independence Day with Soup Joumou, a hearty squash-based soup typically served on New Year's Day. Gregory Gourdet is the chef-owner of Kann in Portland, Oregon, and the author of Everyone's Table. Then, chili sauce entrepreneur Jing Gao, author of The Book of Sichuan Chili Crisp, talks about Hot Pot, a zingy broth served in a large metal pot that gets tastier as you feast.

Broadcast dates for this episode:

January 26, 2024 (originally aired)
January 17, 2025 (rebroadcast)
November 28, 2025 (rebroadcast)

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1:13.7	Hey, it's Francis. It is dark and cold out there. So here's an episode we had last
1:19.6	year about soup from around the world. A melting pot of soup, if you will. Have a listen.
1:27.8	I'm Francis Lamb, and this is The Splendid Table from APM.
1:37.3	You know, I was watching football the other week, and it was negative 5 degrees in Kansas City.
1:43.1	It was minus 22 in Montana, and it snowed in Dallas.
1:49.9	Ladies and gentlemen, it is time for soup.
1:54.5	And today we have some truly delicious and iconic soups for you.
2:00.3	The star chef Gregory Gorday joins us later to talk about his beloved soup Jammu,
2:05.3	the pumpkin and meat soup that represents Haitian independence.
2:09.4	Jing Gao, inventor of the wildly delicious chili crisp called Fly By Jing,
2:13.9	comes by to talk about Chinese hot pot.
2:16.7	And first, we have Mariana Velazquez, food stylist extraordinaire.
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