Catching Fire
The Splendid Table: Conversations & Recipes For Curious Cooks & Eaters
American Public Media
4.3 • 3K Ratings
🗓️ 11 September 2010
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
What makes man, man and an ape an ape? According to Richard Wrangham it is not one's ability to fashion tool, but rather the ability to cook. He is the author of Catching Fire, How Cooking Made Us Human. The Sterns are in LA eating a French Dip at its origin, Philippe's French Dip Restaurant, and there is a new movement sweeping across America — group canning sessions.
Broadcast dates for this episode:
- September 26, 2009 (originally aired)
- September 11, 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. The tomatoes are closing in. |
| 0:47.5 | So are the peppers and the green beans. |
| 0:50.8 | I have done it again. |
| 0:52.8 | I have got beds and baskets of farmers market produce all over the kitchen. |
| 0:58.0 | You know the drill. I mean, it all looks so great and the season is short. |
| 1:02.0 | This is how you end up learning to can and preserve. |
| 1:06.0 | The lucky part is there is a new nationwide movement to get all of us to put up the way our |
| 1:12.9 | grandmothers did. |
| 1:14.1 | And we've got the facts. |
| 1:15.6 | We've also got a new take on anthropology 101. |
| 1:18.8 | A Harvard professor believes cooking is what made us human. |
| 1:23.0 | All this and much more coming up on The Splendid Table. |
| 1:35.9 | This week's Splendid Table is a repeat of an earlier broadcast. |
| 1:43.1 | Hi, it's Lynne Rosetta, Casper, and you're listening to The Splendid Table, the show for people who love to eat. |
| 1:45.9 | Our program is produced by American Public Media and is supported by Lundberg Family Farms, producer of organic rice and rice products. |
| 1:53.0 | And by the Oregon Bounty Wonderfeast, featuring a new flavor each week. This week, it's |
| 1:58.9 | artisan cheeses from chef to cheddar and back again. |
| 2:02.8 | You can find more about Oregon Cheesmaking at Travelorgon.com. |
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