Friuli-Venezia Giulia

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

American Public Media

Arts, Food

4.3 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 28 December 2002

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

This week we're off to a region of Italy only 20 minutes outside Venice—yet known and visited by few. The wonderful cuisine here could be called a fusion of "Northern Italian Soul" meets the Arabian Knights. The greatest varieties of wines in all of Italy come from the area, and the scenery is pretty good too. It's Friuli-Venezia Giulia, and our guide is none other than culinary explorer Fred Plotkin, author of the new book La Terra Fortunata. Fred shares a few undiscovered wine bargains from the region and a recipe for Polenta With Five Flavors, a dish containing most of the classic foods of central Friuli.

Jane and Michael Stern are across the pond as well, eating Couscous Royale at Relais des Six Boules, a French version of the truck stop. Who but the Sterns goes looking for road food in France? Beer expert Stephen Beaumont, author of Premium Beer Drinker's Guide, reports on Lambic, an eccentric style of commercially made beer. Movie critic Rex Reed reminisces about eating with Tennessee Williams. Lynne has a trivia question about baby food and cotton candy and leaves us with her recipe for Dark and Moist Gingerbread.

Broadcast dates for this episode:

November 10, 2001 (originally aired)
December 28, 2002 (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.
0:24.5	Listen to Our Common Nature from WNYC, wherever you get podcasts.
0:33.1	Hi, it's Lynn Rosetta, Casper, and you're listening to The Splendid Table, a show for people who love to eat.
0:39.7	The Splendid Table is brought to you by Clubwed Gift Registry at Target, where couples choose the gifts they want and find the things they need.
0:49.2	Clubwed can get you started with their online prereregistry, online at target.com.
0:55.2	Our program is produced by Minnesota Public Radio for PRI.
0:59.7	Well, today it's the Italy Nobody Knows with one of my favorite culinary explorers.
1:05.4	He's Fred Plotkin.
1:06.5	His new book is La Terra Fortunata, or The Fortunate Land.
1:10.7	It's the first book we have about a region, not even the Italians, visit.
1:15.8	The region's called Friuli, Venetia, Julia, and it's only 20 minutes out of Venice.
1:20.9	Beer expert, Steve Beaumont, introduces us to the eccentric Lambique beer from Belgium.
1:26.8	This can age 17 years.
1:29.9	Film critic Rex Reed reminisces about eating with Tennessee Williams,
1:33.4	and then, as we do every week in the second half of the show,
1:36.7	we are opening the lines for your calls,
1:39.1	and that number is 800, 537-5252.
1:43.6	While Jane and Michael Stern are ready to get things rolling,
1:46.3	they write the Road Food column in Gourmet magazine.
1:57.1	Jane, Michael, I understand we finally got you over the big puddle.
2:03.3	You went to France, right?
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