Extreme Tourism
The Splendid Table: Conversations & Recipes For Curious Cooks & Eaters
American Public Media
4.3 • 3K Ratings
🗓️ 27 August 2011
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
We're taking a look at the world of extreme tourism with Chuck Thompson, author of To Hellholes and Back. We also dive into the world of self-publishing with the creators of Canal House Cooking; and Lukas Volger, author of Veggie Burgers Every Which Way shares a few alternatives to processed frozen veggie burgers.
Broadcast dates for this episode:
- August 21, 2010 (originally aired)
- August 27, 2011 (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 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. |
| 0:24.4 | Listen to Our Common Nature from WNYC, wherever you get podcasts. |
| 0:32.1 | It's the splendid table from APM American Public Media. |
| 0:44.6 | Thank you. table from APM American Public Media. I'm Lynne Ro SETO-Castor, and I have just filed an official petition for a rerun of summer. |
| 0:50.4 | It has moved way too fast, and I have not had enough time to fool around with corn. |
| 0:56.1 | Now, here's what I want to do. Pure corn on corn. |
| 0:59.9 | Corn cob broth made with fresh corn cobs, and then that broth boiled down and gently cooked with a ton of fresh kernels in it and finished off with butter. |
| 1:10.5 | Then corn on the cob rolled around in yogurt |
| 1:14.1 | with mint and coriander and garlic. Now, I'm just getting started, so stay with us. Today, the food's |
| 1:20.8 | great, the travel's wild, and we're going to be talking with you. That's this hour on the |
| 1:25.5 | splendid table. talking with you. That's this hour on The Splendid Table. |
| 1:35.5 | This week's Splendid Table is a repeat of an earlier broadcast. |
| 1:42.9 | This is the Splendid Table from APM American Public Media, the show about life's appetites. |
| 1:44.7 | I'm Lynne Ro Rossetter, Casper. |
| 1:49.5 | Today, we're coming at summer cooking from a couple of different angles, like Chow.com's techno guy testing out the iPad in the kitchen. |
| 1:54.5 | Is this the 21st century cooks darling or not? |
| 1:58.7 | And then veggie burgers. |
| 2:00.4 | I mean, talk about ignored. Talk about lie burgers. I mean, talk about ignored. |
| 2:02.3 | Talk about luscious. |
| 2:03.9 | I mean, well, at least they can be. |
| 2:06.9 | We have got a DIY guide that's going to set you up. |
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