Our common nature is a musical journey with Yo-Yo Ma and me, Ana Gonzalez, through this complicated country.

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.

Listen to Our Common Nature from WNYC, wherever you get podcasts.

It's the splendid table from APM, American Public Media.

Thank you. table from APM, American Public Media. I'm Lynne Rosetta, Casper.

I had a steamed Chinese bun at Wong in New York that was one of the best things I've put in my mouth.

Now, that bun was stuffed

with pork belly. Not a surprise. But the honey on the bun and the nubs of coarse salt sprinkled

over the honey, that's what made the combo magic. So I tried the honey on biscuits with the salt

and black pepper. Very good. Next came honey, coarse salt, and basil on

roasting chicken. And even better was making croutons with butter, the salt, the honey, and

smoky paprika. Beyond. So stick around. There's a lot more this hour on The Splendid Table.

This is The Splendid Table from APM American Public Media,

the show for people who love to eat.

I'm Lynne Rosetta Casper.

You know what could whip our Congress into shape? A few dinners with Churchill.

That's Winston Churchill, the Prime Minister who brought England to victory in World War II.

It was a great surprise to Hitler.

He'd taken Europe, but couldn't be down that pesky little island.

Well, Churchill accomplished that partially with his genius

at dinner party diplomacy. Some say that his dinners were his most powerful political weapons.

What's curious is, though, that volumes have been filled with Churchill's brilliance, but nothing

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