Frank Stitt's Southern Table
The Splendid Table: Conversations & Recipes For Curious Cooks & Eaters
American Public Media
4.3 • 3K Ratings
🗓️ 10 June 2006
⏱️ 61 minutes
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Summary
Award-winning chef Frank Stitt put Alabama on the gastronomic map with his mecca of great eating, Highlands Bar and Grill in Birmingham. He joins us this week to talk the return of the South's culinary glory days, a renaissance in which he plays a major role. The recipe for Miss Verba's Pimiento Cheese is from his new book, Frank Stitt's Southern Table: Recipes and Gracious Traditions from Highlands Bar and Grill.
For the Sterns it's all about chicken wings at Dem Wangs in Memphis. Lynne's theory about the popularity of wings is apparent in her fabulous Mahogany Chicken Wings.
Herb expert and chef Jerry Traunfeld is back to talk fennel pollen. His recipe for Fennel Blossom Soup could result in some very ticked off bees!
We meet up with Tane Chan, the "wok woman" of San Francisco's Chinatown, who tells us how to pick the perfect wok. Find yours at her Wok Shop.
Manhattan's irreverent caterer to the stars, Serena Bass, has tips for effortless spring entertaining and shares a Spring Dinner Menu from her book, Serena, Food & Stories: Feeding Friends Every Hour of the Day.
Broadcast dates for this episode:
- May 7, 2005 (originally aired)
- June 10, 2006 (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. |
| 0:30.9 | It's Lynn Rosetta-Castor with the splendid table. |
| 0:48.2 | Today we talk with a patriot, a quiet gentlemanly patriot who is bringing back the South's culinary glory. |
| 0:50.1 | Chef Frank Stitt gave Birmingham, Alabama, its first white tablecloth restaurant. |
| 0:55.2 | Now it's one of the mecas of great eating. |
| 0:57.9 | Frank's new book is Frank Stitt's Southern Table. |
| 1:00.6 | Well, chicken wings have the Stearns grinning deep down in Memphis. |
| 1:04.2 | Then it's why bees are ticked off. |
| 1:06.4 | Chefs are grabbing fennel pollen and cooking with it. |
| 1:09.1 | Chef Jerry Trounfeld has a primer. |
| 1:11.3 | In San Francisco, we meet the walkwoman of Chinatown, |
| 1:14.5 | Tane Chan, and she pairs us with the ideal walk. |
| 1:17.9 | And New York caterer Serena Bass has the tricks for a great spring party. |
| 1:22.0 | All this and your calls coming up on the splendid table. |
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