Diana Kennedy's Mexico

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

American Public Media

Food, Arts

4.3 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 24 November 2001

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

Diana Kennedy, the British woman who introduced America to authentic Mexican cooking and started our love affair with the chile pepper, joins us this week to share the Mexico she knows so well. Diana's latest book,The Essential Cuisines of Mexico, is a treasure. So is her recipe for tortillas filled with mushrooms Empanadas De Hongos.

The always original Jane and Michael Stern are in Charleston, South Carolina, eating at The Wreck, a restaurant that's hard to find because it's housed in an old bait locker and has no sign. Joshua Wesson, wine maverick and seeker of the unexpected, has been tasting wines from Canada and stops by with a report. Our favorite "slightly neurotic" foodie, Scott Haas, recently traveled to New York City to dine at Restaurant Daniel where deep pockets are de rigeur. He tells us if it was worth the trip.

When we heard of a new spa at the Hotel Hershey where they use chocolate in the treatments Lynne rushed to the phone to get the details. She was intrigued by the chocolate fondue body wrap. We'll listen in on her conversation with spa director Jennifer Whaland Smith.

Broadcast dates for this episode:

November 25, 2000 (originally aired)
November 24, 2001 (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.
0:30.7	It's Lynn Rosetta Casper with the splendid table.
0:47.6	The woman who introduced authentic Mexican cooking to America is joining us today.
0:49.2	And she's not Mexican.
0:51.0	Diana Kennedy is British.
0:54.1	But 45 years ago, she fell in love with Mexico. She still lives there,
0:55.8	and the affair is still going strong. Our road food mavens, Jane and Michael Stern, have found
1:01.3	a wreck of a restaurant in Charleston, South Carolina. Joshua Wesson, Wine Maverick and Seeker of
1:07.6	the Unexpected, is tasting wines from Canada.
1:16.4	Our hungry reporter, Scott Haas, is on a culinary pilgrimage to one of the country's great restaurants.
1:17.7	And we check out a chocolate spa in Hershey, Pennsylvania.
1:22.0	All this and your calls coming up on the splendid table.
1:26.4	But first, this.
1:34.4	Hi, it's Lynne Rosedo Casper with Kitchen Chronicles, where knowledge is power and cooking
1:39.6	is pleasure, a practical guide to nourishing ourselves and the people we care about. Today, let's talk
1:46.6	about Thanksgiving leftovers. Some people groan over them, others rejoice. My family is in the
1:53.4	rejoicing camp. Think of it this way. This is the only moment in the year when you're going to
1:58.8	have stuffing, turkey, jiblet gravy, cranberry sauce, sweet potatoes, and all that good stuff in the year when you're going to have stuffing, turkey, jiblet gravy, cranberry sauce,
2:02.8	sweet potatoes, and all that good stuff in the fridge, plus the chance to make skeleton soup.
2:08.4	So here are some ideas of what happens at our house to maybe inspire a little of what might happen
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