Ad Hoc at Home
The Splendid Table: Conversations & Recipes For Curious Cooks & Eaters
American Public Media
4.3 • 3K Ratings
🗓️ 31 December 2010
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Summary
We have some advice for the home cook from chef Thomas Keller—his new book is Ad Hoc at Home. We get advice for throwing a party Southern style from Matt and Ted Lee, authors of Simple, Fresh Southern. Master baker Rose Levy Beranbaum gives us a primer on keeping cakes—her newest book is Rose's Heavenly Cakes. Jane and Michael Stern are at Pico de Gallo in Tucson, AZ.
Broadcast dates for this episode:
- December 11, 2009 (originally aired)
- December 31, 2010 (rebroadcast)
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| 0:00.0 | Our common nature is a musical journey with Yo-Yo Ma and me, Ana Gonzalez, through this complicated country. |
| 0:08.1 | 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. |
| 0:24.4 | Listen to Our Common Nature from WNYC wherever you get podcasts. |
| 0:32.8 | It's Lynn Rosetta-Castor with the splendid table. |
| 0:44.5 | Thank you. It's Lynn Rosetta Casper with the splendid table. Ask your friends who love to cook how they cut an onion, and opinions are going to fly. |
| 0:49.7 | And yes, I'm talking about an onion. |
| 0:52.2 | Now, this is really about what happens when you dig into anything. |
| 0:56.6 | There's always something to learn. |
| 0:58.9 | I mean, for instance, here's my latest. |
| 1:01.2 | Heat spices before adding them to a dip or dressing. |
| 1:04.1 | It opens up their flavors. |
| 1:05.8 | Another idea, slip the skin off roasted beets with a towel instead of a knife. |
| 1:11.1 | Well, this is the kind of thinking our guest, |
| 1:13.7 | Chef Thomas Keller, talks about, |
| 1:16.0 | becoming a better home cook from the man that some call a culinary deity. |
| 1:21.7 | Keller, your calls, and much more, this hour on the splendid table. |
| 1:31.5 | Thank you. and much more this hour on The Splendid Table. This episode of The Splendid Table is brought to you by the new 2011 Hyundai Equus. |
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| 1:42.2 | offering first-class refinement and features, including an iPad |
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| 1:50.0 | This week's Splendid Table is a repeat of an earlier broadcast. |
| 1:54.0 | Hi, it's Lynn Rosetta, Casper, and you're listening to The Splendid Table, the show for |
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