Educating Peter
The Splendid Table: Conversations & Recipes For Curious Cooks & Eaters
American Public Media
4.3 • 3K Ratings
🗓️ 3 May 2008
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
We're looking at the education of a wine rookie with Lettie Teague and her student, movie critic Peter Travers. Lettie is the author of Educating Peter, How I Taught a Famous Movie Critic the Difference Between Cabernet and Merlot or How Anybody Can Become and (Almost) Instant Wine Critic. Jane and Michael Stern are in the Mississippi Delta at Rhoda's Famous Hot Tamales and we look at the advent of a new dining trend, one-pot meals served in private homes.
Broadcast dates for this episode:
- April 28, 2007 (originally aired)
- May 3, 2008 (rebroadcast)
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| 1:35.9 | Well, today it's the question, can you make an instant wine expert from someone who is next |
| 1:41.2 | to Clueless? Food and Wine magazine's wine editor, Let Letty Teague set out to prove that it could be done. Her |
| 1:47.9 | student was the Rolling Stone film critic Peter Travers. Lettie tells |
| 1:51.9 | her story and Peter tells his. We look at old ways, |
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