Beloved Tomato

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

American Public Media

Arts, Food

4.3 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 12 August 2000

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

It's that time again. The tomatoes are ripening and Lynne has been observed making unusually frequent stops at the farmers' markets, gathering up the beloved and luscious heirloom varieties that inspire her to rush into the kitchen and cook. Her recipe for the puglia streetwalker came from a similar tomato frenzy a few years ago and its uncooked sauce is just right for these hot summer days. Tomato historian Andrew Smith, author of The Tomato in America, stops by with the real story of how the tomato began its rise to culinary stardom and debunks a few myths along the way. It's quite a tale. Jane and Michael Stern report from Wyoming about an old-time rodeo and great brisket. We head to Charleston, South Carolina where Hoppin' John Martin Taylor tells of the great southern tradition of preserving summer's largess and shares his wonderful recipe for golden pear chutney. Grocery guru Al Sicherman does a vanilla ice cream tasting and Lynne's pick is quite surprising! Of course, the phone lines will be open for your calls.

Broadcast dates for this episode:

August 7, 1999 (originally aired)
August 12, 2000 (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. in Rosetta Casper with the splendid table.
0:46.1	It's red.
0:50.2	It tastes so sexy and good, yet it's sin-free eating.
0:51.7	It's the tomato.
0:56.0	Tomato historian Andrew Smith debunk's tomato myth. He has the real story of how the tomato rose to stardom.
1:00.0	It's quite a tale about a teaching physician unfettered by facts,
1:04.0	newspapers unfettered by fact checking, and a public ripe for a swindle.
1:10.0	Jane and Michael Stern take us to Wyoming for Great brisket and old-time rodeo.
1:15.5	Hop and John Taylor talk southern preserves.
1:18.3	Supermarket guru Al Sickerman is setting up a vanilla ice cream tasting.
1:22.9	And as always, we take your call.
1:25.2	All this and more coming up on the splendid table.
1:29.7	But first, this.
1:35.6	Welcome to Kitchen Chronicles where knowledge is power and cooking is pleasure,
1:42.5	a practical guide to nourishing ourselves and the people
1:45.2	we care about.
1:47.1	Today let's start with a question.
1:50.1	Which single food took Italian cooking out of the closet, now this was maybe a hundred years
1:55.8	ago, and made it the Western world's favorite cuisine?
2:00.4	You think it's pasta, right?
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