Encyclopedia of Junk Food
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American Public Media
4.3 • 3K Ratings
🗓️ 12 May 2007
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
This week it's a scholarly look at junk food and fast food through the eyes of American food historian Andrew Smith. He tells how it all started and claims that between the Erie Canal and Ben Franklin our destiny had nowhere else to go. Mr. Smith is the author ofThe Junk Food Encyclopedia.
The Sterns report from beautiful Manchester, Vermont where they're feasting on a curious mix of goodness called Wild Turkey Hash at Up for Breakfast.
Lynne talks spring lamb and new potatoes in her simple and luscious recipe for Ninth-Night Lamb, a dish she first tasted at a guest farm in Italy's Puglia region.
Food & Wine magazine's Senior Wine Editor Ray Isle shares some little known tips for finding Good Wines for $10 and Under.
Botany professor Dr. Peter Gail wants us to rethink the vegetable garden—as in weeds are good! Dr. Gail leaves us his recipe for Dandelion Flower Cookies, just one of many from his repertoire.
We'll have another round of our popular refrigerator game, Stump the Cook, with Lynne and celebrity Stump Master Christopher Kimball, and Molly Sullivan steers us to a good time in Vegas. She's a co-author of Las Vegas Little Red Book: A Girl's Guide to the Perfect Vegas Getaway.
Broadcast dates for this episode:
- May 12, 2007
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| 0:00.0 | Sean has had some good ideas over the years, but using Canva was a really good one. |
| 0:08.0 | Sean designed some social posts to promote his friend's car boot sale. |
| 0:13.0 | They looked good, really, really good. |
| 0:17.0 | Next thing he knows, someone came and bought the loft, including the car. |
| 0:24.5 | Now Sean doesn't know how he's going to get home. |
| 0:28.0 | Thanks, Canva. |
| 0:31.4 | Our common nature is a musical journey with Yo-Yo Ma and me, Anna Gonzalez, through this complicated country. |
| 0:38.7 | We go into caves, onto boats, and up mountain trails to meet people, hear their stories, |
| 0:44.4 | their poetry, and of course, play some music, all to reconnect to nature and get closer to the things we're missing. |
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| 1:06.1 | Hi, it's Lynn Rosetta, Casper, and you're listening to The Splendid Table, |
| 1:09.9 | the show for people who love to eat. |
| 1:12.5 | Our program is produced by American Public Media and brought to you by Super Target. |
| 1:17.3 | Well, today it's a look at why junk food and fast food are pure Americana. |
| 1:22.9 | Our guest is American food historian Andrew Smith. |
| 1:26.0 | Now, the way he tells it between the Erie Canal and Ben Franklin, |
| 1:30.0 | Our Destiny had nowhere else to go. |
| 1:32.2 | His book is The Encyclopedia of Junk Food and Fast Food. |
| 1:36.2 | Food and Wine's Ray Isle tells us what to look for to find that good $10 bottle of wine. |
| 1:42.7 | Then it's a man after my own heart, |
| 1:44.6 | the botany professor whose vegetable garden is weeds, |
| 1:48.2 | and he has 1,000 recipes for dandelions. |
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