Adobo Road
The Splendid Table: Conversations & Recipes For Curious Cooks & Eaters
American Public Media
4.3 • 3K Ratings
🗓️ 16 May 2014
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
This week we talk to spice merchant Lior Lev Sercarz, owner of La Boîte à Epice in New York, we take a look Filipino food with Marvin Gapultos, author of The Adobo Road Cookbook, and turn to the duo behind The Perennial Plate to learn about their food travels in Spain.
Broadcast dates for this episode:
- May 25, 2013 (originally aired)
- May 16, 2014 (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. |
| 0:32.5 | It's the Splendid Table from APM, American Public Media. On Lynne Rosetta Casper. |
| 0:38.9 | Coming to a food truck near you, while I'm betting on the food of the Philippines. |
| 0:43.9 | You see, the stars are aligned. |
| 0:45.6 | We love the undiscovered. |
| 0:47.0 | We love all things Asian Pacific and intriguingly spiced. |
| 0:50.2 | And we're relatively clueless about Filipino cooking. |
| 0:53.9 | So look for dishes like adobe. |
| 0:56.8 | Adobo involves the cooking of, you know, any meat, seafood, fruit, or vegetable, |
| 1:02.5 | in a mixture of vinegar, bay leaves, black pepper, garlic, and salt or soy sauce. |
| 1:09.9 | Every household has their different version of adobe. |
| 1:13.2 | That's why it's such a comfort food for many Filipinos. |
| 1:17.1 | That's Marvin Gapultos. |
| 1:18.8 | He's creator of L.A.'s first Filipino food truck. |
| 1:22.2 | Well, today we talk the food of the Philippines all 7,000 islands worth. |
| 1:26.6 | Stay with us for lots more this hour on The Splendid Table. |
| 1:36.5 | This is The Splendid Table from APM American Public Media, |
| 1:41.1 | the show for people who love to eat. |
| 1:44.1 | I'm Lynne Rosetta, Casper. |
| 1:54.9 | Like any self-respecting little kid, Marvin Gapultos, condescended to eat a few things his mother cooked and boycotted the rest, loudly. |
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