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

American Public Media

Arts, Food

4.3 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 22 September 2007

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Food historian John T. Edge joins us this week with a dissertation on the little ring of dough that became a patriot, a movie star, and stirred up some good old American ingenuity. The recipe for Zingerman's Roadhouse Donuts is from John's new book, Donuts: An American Passion.

It's dynamite food in the midst of New Mexico's chile fields for Jane and Michael Stern. They're eating the incredible chile rellenos at Chope's in La Mesa. Food & Wine magazine's Lettie Teague talks true Chablis, the French gem nobody knows.

We'll hear from Dr. David Bedford, one of the creators of the award-winning Honeycrisp apple about what makes this luscious variety so sought after. Keeping to the theme, Lynne shares her recipe for an Apple Citron Turnover that makes the most of these gems called one of the 25 innovations that changed the world.

Russ Parsons, columnist for the Los Angeles Times, tells all about the fresh fig. This fruit can make you blush! His article, "Seduction By Fig," appeared in the September 6, 2006 issue of the newspaper. To find it, go to latimes.com and search for "Seduction By Fig." We'll hear from Will Sillin, an artist who brought Julia Child to a cornfield and, as always, the phone lines will be open for your calls.

Broadcast dates for this episode:

September 23, 2006 (originally aired)
September 22, 2007 (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
0:07.0	complicated country.
0:08.7	We go into caves, onto boats, and up mountain trails to meet people, hear their stories,
0:14.4	their poetry, and of course, play some music, all to reconnect to nature and get closer to the things we're missing.
0:24.5	Listen to Our Common Nature from WNYC, wherever you get podcasts.
0:42.8	Hi, it's Lynn Racer, and you're listening to The Splendid Table, the show for people who love to eat. Our program is produced by American Public Media and brought to you
0:47.9	by Super Target. Well, today, it's a donut and fruit show, as in grapes for a desperately misunderstood wine, an
0:55.9	apple that changed the world, and a fruit that makes eaters blush.
1:00.2	Food historian John Teedge has a dissertation on Homer Simpson's favorite food, The Donut.
1:05.9	His book is Donuts, an American passion.
1:09.2	Wine expert, Letty Teague, says Shabli is not a California jug wine.
1:13.4	It's a noble French soul that's wonderfully undervalued.
1:17.1	We meet the creator of the apple that's changing the world.
1:20.4	At least that's what the award said.
1:22.4	Russ Parsons of the L.A. Times tells all about the fresh fig, the fruit that can make you blush. And as always in the
1:29.2	second half of the show, we're going to be opening the lines for your calls. The number is 800
1:33.0	537-52-52. So let's roll with Jane and Michael Stern, brought to you by A.G. Edwards, caring
1:41.5	for nest eggs for more than 118 years. Jane and Michael write the
1:46.0	road food column in Gourmet magazine. Jane, Michael, I was just in New Mexico, and I was thinking
1:55.0	about you, too. Have you been down there recently? Because you always find the great places.
2:00.0	Actually, we were in southern New Mexico very recently, and we were in the Messia Valley where
2:05.6	they grow so many of the chilies that are unique to the state of New Mexico.
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