Bacchus And Me
The Splendid Table: Conversations & Recipes For Curious Cooks & Eaters
American Public Media
4.3 • 3K Ratings
🗓️ 22 December 2001
⏱️ 60 minutes
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Summary
Jay McInerney, the acerbically witty author of that blockbuster novel of sin and debauchery, Bright Lights, Big City, has turned his considerable talents to the subject of wine. An unabashed oenophile who calls himself a "grape nut," Jay's irreverent wine columns for House & Garden magazine have been culled for his latest book, Bacchus & Me. Fasten your seat belts and tune in for a serendipitous and highly-informed romp through the world of wine.
Jane and Michael Stern are hanging out at the Shortstop Diner at Exit 148 off the Garden State Parkway. John Willoughby, whose latest book with co-author Chris Schlesinger is How to Cook Meat, wants us to think beyond turkey when we're serving a crowd. Their recipe for Crown Roast of Lamb with Saffron Rice and Apricot-Mint Sauce should do the trick. Nach Waxman of New York City's Kitchen Arts & Letters bookstore stops by with a list offood and wine reference books just in time for holiday gifting. Lynne recently returned from Salt Lake City, and tells of a delightful bed and breakfast find and "the best fish taco I've ever had!" And, finally, she reveals her sources for Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese, her favorite gift to give at the holidays.
Broadcast dates for this episode:
- December 16, 2000 (originally aired)
- December 22, 2001 (rebroadcast)
Transcript
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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. |
| 0:30.5 | It's Lynn Rosetta-Castor with the splendid table. Today we learn how an authority on clubbing and debauchery turns into a wine maven. |
| 0:47.4 | Novelist Jay McEnarney chronicled excess in his cult classic Bright Lights Big City. |
| 0:53.0 | Now he romps through the wine world in his book, Bacchus and Me. |
| 0:57.4 | I love his style. |
| 0:58.8 | No highfalutin descriptors for Jay. |
| 1:01.2 | French white burgundy is a Catherine Deneuve wine. |
| 1:04.4 | California Chardonnay is Bruce Willis in Die Hard. |
| 1:08.3 | Jane and Michael Stern have found a classic diner in New Jersey. |
| 1:12.2 | Food writer John Willoughby is on an anti-turkey campaign, |
| 1:16.1 | and Book Authority, Knock Waxman, names the best of the food and wine reference tones. |
| 1:21.9 | All this and your calls coming up on the splendid table. |
| 1:26.1 | But first this. |
| 1:34.3 | Music coming up on the splendid table. But first this. Hi, it's Lynn Rosetta-Casper with Kitchen Chronicles, |
| 1:37.6 | where knowledge is power and cooking is pleasure, |
| 1:40.8 | a practical guide to nourishing ourselves and the people we care about. |
| 1:45.5 | You know, as I was marketing this week, putting the half-dozen lemons in my cart the way I do |
| 1:50.6 | every week, it occurred to me that lemons are about as necessary to my kitchen as salt and |
| 1:56.4 | pepper. And to boot, right now, there are Meyer lemons in the market, and they're really interesting. |
| 2:03.1 | So in this chronicle, let's look at some of the things you can do with the indispensable lemon. |
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