830: Summer Entertaining with Casey Elsass and Peter Som

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

American Public Media

Arts, Food

4.2 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 25 July 2025

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

This week, we've got a show full of great ideas and terrific recipes for guesting…and hosting! First, Casey Elsass sits down with us to talk about how to guest like a pro, from tips on arriving prepared to great recipe ideas for sides, salads, appetizers, and desserts like his Mosaic Jell-O. Casey is the author of What Can I Bring: Recipes to Help You Live Your Guest Life. Then, renowned fashion designer and cookbook writer Peter Som guides us in hosting your parties in style. He lets us in on his inspiration for his creative dishes, from tea eggs to lemon chicken, and leaves us his recipe for Potsticker Frittata. Peter is the author of Family Style: Elegant Every Day Recipes Inspired by Home and Heritage.

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July 25, 2025 (originally aired)

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0:00.0	The Splendium Table was supported by Vitamix. You know, there are some essential cooking tools that have spanned generations, cross continents, and found their way into kitchens around the world. I'm thinking of the cast iron pam, the rolling pin, the mortar and pestle. But all of those were innovations at one point, and the high-powered Vitamix Splendor takes its place in that pantheon.
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0:36.1	I've rolled out uni because I want to live at home. I've ruled out uni because I want to live at home.
0:38.5	I've ruled out uni because I want to earn money.
0:41.8	I've ruled out uni because of my grades.
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1:02.7	The Open University.
1:04.3	The future is open.
1:09.1	I'm Frances Lamb, and this is The Splendid Table from APM.
1:25.7	Backyard cookouts, hotlucks, garden parties.
1:28.3	Okay, look, I don't really know what a garden party is. We didn't grow up that fancy.
1:31.8	We're just a Saturday night dinner on the porch with the family.
1:35.1	It's that time of year when the best meals are packable or portable.
1:38.9	At least they go a few feet outside your door.
1:41.2	And today we're talking to two cooks who have fantastic style, each in their
1:44.8	own way. We'll give us great ideas for what to make and what to bring. Later in the show,
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