Entertaining with Nora Ephron

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

American Public Media

Arts, Food

4.3 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 21 June 2003

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Film director, novelist, and playwright Nora Ephron, whose latest book is Crazy Salad, is a woman who loves to cook and have friends in to eat. Everyone has a great time at her house and her dinner parties are legendary. She'll tell us how she stopped worrying, broke a bunch of rules, and learned to enjoy entertaining.

It's mini hot dogs, not lobster, for Jane and Michael Stern at Flo's on the coast of Maine.

Travel & Leisure magazine's Anya Von Bremzen has a connoisseur's guide to authentic paella and shares arecipe and tips from her forthcoming book. We have mail-order sources for specialty rice, the key ingredient in the classic Spanish dish. David Rosengarten picks the best ice creams in America, we'll hear from a Wisconsin man who's been making butter for over 40 years, and Lynne has a menu for summer entertaining.

Broadcast dates for this episode:

July 6, 2002 (originally aired)
June 21, 2003 (rebroadcast)

Transcript

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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.
0:24.5	Listen to Our Common Nature from WNYC, wherever you get podcasts.
0:32.5	Hi, it's Lynn Rosetta, Casper, and you're listening to The Splendid Table, a show for people who love to eat.
0:38.6	Our program is produced by Minnesota Public Radio for PRI.
0:43.5	Well, today, writer-director Nora Efron tells us about her other love, cooking and having people in to eat.
0:50.8	Her dinner parties are nearly the stuff of legends.
0:53.9	She's going to tell us how she
0:55.3	stopped worrying and learned to enjoy entertaining. This is not your same old bunch of tips.
1:00.9	She breaks a lot of rules. We have the best ice creams in America from the man who tastes
1:05.5	everything, David Rosengarten, and by the by, he has found a real bargain sleeper. Travel and Leisure magazine's Annevon Brimson is working on a book on the 100 Greatest Dishes of the World. Today, she has a connoisseur's guide to authentic paella. With the buttercray is going full tilt, we're going to go to the source. We talk with a man who's been making butter for over 40 years. and as always, in the second half of the show, we're going to go to the source. We talk with a man who's been making butter for over 40 years.
1:28.2	And as always, in the second half of the show,
1:30.7	we're going to be opening the lines for your calls.
1:33.4	That number is 800, 537, 5252.
1:37.6	So let's get the show on the road with Jane and Michael Stern.
1:41.1	They write the road food column in Gourmet Magazine.
1:43.5	Music and Michael Stern. They write the road food column in Gourmet magazine.
1:54.4	So Jane, Michael, what's the latest discovery?
2:02.1	Well, I'm going to start telling you what it is, Lynn, although since it's hot talks, Michael will instantly take over the microphone and not stop talking until the end of our time with you.
2:07.4	It's not Chicago hot dogs, though.
2:09.1	No, it's true.
2:09.9	It's not.
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