Episode 176: The All-Food Episode
The Dinner Party Download
American Public Media
4.6 • 821 Ratings
🗓️ 20 November 2012
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
This week: It’s an ALL-FOOD episode stuffed with tasty goodness. Gail Simmons of TV’s “Top Chef” survives internship hell and gets her ‘Angel’ wings…We reheat the history of the microwave, then get zapped with a custom cocktail…Fran Lebowitz and other notables share unforgettable mealtime memories…A free-range serving of The New Yorker’s Adam Gopnik… Just in time for Turkey Day, Rico heads to Istanbul to taste some delights… Chef/Memoirist Gabrielle Hamilton on sweetbreads and sweet success…And the War on Drugs supply a soundtrack for your next feast. Plus, History’s forgotten utensil (NOT the spork!), Ireland’s trendiest import, and a meaty joke from actress Alison Pill.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the dinner party. This is your icebreaker. |
| 0:05.0 | Here is my joke. It's hilarious. What do you call a cow with no legs? |
| 0:11.0 | What? Ground beef? |
| 0:14.0 | No. |
| 0:15.0 | Ah, so good! |
| 0:22.7 | I'm Rico Galliano. I'm Brendan Francisagliano. |
| 0:31.0 | I'm Brendan Francis Nuneum, and from APM American Public Media, this is The Dinner Party, the culture show that gives you an edge in your weekend conversations. |
| 0:36.1 | You just got a bad joke from Allison Pill, one of the stars of the TV drama, The Newsroom. |
| 0:37.3 | That'll help break the ice. And we've kicked |
| 0:38.3 | off the show with a joke about food, because this is a special all-food episode. Yes, it's our |
| 0:43.3 | favorite segments about food presented on the audio equivalent of our best China. We're going to learn |
| 0:48.7 | about Turkish delight and about Ireland's answer to the crepe. Plus, we'll hear stories about |
| 0:53.3 | eating from the likes of Dick Cavett and top chef's Gail Simmons. |
| 0:56.8 | And later, the band The War on Drug stops by |
| 0:59.0 | to suggest tunes to spin while you're eating. |
| 1:01.4 | We got it all covered. |
| 1:02.7 | But first, cast your mind back to June |
| 1:04.5 | when we started with this food-centric small talk. |
| 1:09.9 | Now for a story you might not have heard. |
| 1:12.1 | We are speaking with Richard Lawson. |
| 1:13.6 | He is a senior writer at The Atlantic Wire. |
| 1:16.1 | That is the Atlantic's online news blog. |
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