813: Fall Cookbook Favorites with authors Carolina Gelen, Sonoko Sakai, and Jody Eddy

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

American Public Media

Arts, Food

4.2 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 25 October 2024

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Cookbook season is back, and we talk to the authors of some of our favorite picks. We're joined by Carolina Gelen, who talks to us about learning how to cook, her favorite Romanian dishes, and how she comes up with her signature recipes like Butter Beans alla Vodka, a fast, one-pot dish inspired by the famous vodka pasta sauce. Carolina is the author of Pass the Plate: 100 Delicious, Highly Sharable, Everyday Recipes. Then, Sonoko Sakai tells us how to “wafu” our food! Wafu means Japanese in style, and Sonoko takes familiar dishes and adds a little Japanese flair. Check out her recipe for her Pasta with Miso Bolognese Sauce. Sonoko is the author of Wafu Cooking: Everyday Recipes with Japanese Style. Then, Jody Eddy talks to us about the incredible food she found and cooked in religious communities around the world. She walks us through some of her favorite recipes, from condiments and Chicken soup in Tibet to a recipe she learned from a Minnesotan monastery, Honey Glazed Turkey Tinga. Jody's book is Elysian Kitchens: Recipes Inspired by the Traditions and Tastes of the World's Sacred Space.

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October 25, 2024 (originally aired)

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0:00.0	I'm Frances Lamb and this is the splendid table from APL.
0:07.0	You know, being in the publishing industry, I know the most cookbooks come out in the fall because it's the lead up to the holiday gift giving season.
0:21.0	But this fall especially, I'm grateful for the comfort of
0:26.3	being in the kitchen cooking for my family. I'm really grateful for all the new
0:31.4	books to feed us ideas and inspiration. Today we're going to highlight
0:35.8	three of the new books. One is called Wafu Cooking by Sonaco Sakai and it's all about adding
0:42.3	a little bit of Japanese style to your everyday home cooking.
0:45.6	Another is the fascinating Elizian kitchens, a journey to monasteries, temples, and other sacred spaces around the world
0:55.2	to find their actually amazing food.
0:58.4	And first, isn't the very personal, very cookable, very delicious book, past the plate like
1:06.0	Caroleina and Gellen. If you spend any time on Instagram, you've probably seen her
1:10.3	videos, they blow up the internet with her genius hacks for simple food.
1:15.0	I saw one the other day, will you crinkle up store-bought feel of dough, stick it all in a pan,
1:19.0	you tuck vegetables into those little ridges, and you bathe the whole thing in a savory custard and bacon until it comes out like this wavy layers of crispy creamy pastry.
1:29.3	It looks incredible and it's so simple.
1:37.7	But she didn't come out of a pedagreed culinary school or a life spent in chef's kitchens.
1:42.1	She was just a kid in Transylvania who loved cooking at home,
1:50.0	started filming it with her phone, and next thing you know, she had millions of fans, including my entire office. So hey, Carolina, it is so great to see you. Hi, it is so great to see you.
1:52.8	Hi, it's so nice to see you too, Francis.
1:55.8	Thank you so much for having me.
1:57.2	It is such a pleasure. I am, obviously I was a fan of yours for a long time,
2:02.1	but now seeing the book in real life is really a thrill.
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