Our common nature is a musical journey with Yo-Yo Ma and me, Ana Gonzalez, through this complicated country.

We go into caves, onto boats, and up mountain trails to meet people, hear their stories, their poetry, and of course, play some music, all to reconnect to nature and get closer to the things we're missing.

Listen to Our Common Nature from WNYC, wherever you get podcasts.

It's Lynn Rosetta Casper with the splendid table.

Thank you. Lynn Rosetta Casper with the splendid table. Today it's feasting through a thousand years of civilization, feasting with the people of the corn.

We're taking you to Mexico City, from stunning molays to street tacos to delicious antigs to cooking with Mexican

Diana Kennedy, we did it all on our recent Mexican trip.

We have the taste, the sounds, and the generosity of local experts.

A food historian talks eating with the Aztecs and the modern dinner plate as class structure.

Diana Kennedy opens her Mexican eco house to us with a lesson in authenticity.

We learn about the return of women's food, the craft of the great Taco Al Pashtore,

and the power of a simple bowl of corn.

All this and much more coming up on the Splendid Table.

This week's Splendid Table is a repeat of an earlier broadcast. Hi, it's Lynne Rosetta

Casper, and you're listening to The Splendid Table, the show for people who love to eat.

Our program is produced by American Public Media. Well, today,

it's eating in Mexico City. We're back from a week of total culinary immersion, and I haven't

been this excited since my first trip to Paris. Now, I know something of Mexican food, but even

as a lover of history, I didn't appreciate the breadth of civilization backing each dish that we tasted.

And the size of the place, Mexico City covers 3,000 square miles.

That is the size of two Rhode Islands.

Flying in at night, I could swear I could see the curve of the earth.

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