Happy Thanksgiving 2001

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

American Public Media

Food, Arts

4.3 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 17 November 2001

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

It's our annual Thanksgiving show and we're celebrating with one of America's most beloved authors: poet, novelist, and screenwriter Jim Harrison. You may remember him from Legends of the Fall. We'll be talking with Jim about food and its role in our lives, a subject he covers with passion and wit in his book, The Raw and the Cooked: Adventures of a Roving Gourmand.

Jane and Michael Stern are eating seven sweets and seven sours at the Dutch Kitchen in Frackville, Pennsylvania. We'll hear about hard apple cider, an old-time American alternative to wine, from Steve Wood of Farnum Hill Ciders. British writer Jim Crace looks charity square in the eye in a story from his book The Devil's Larder. Gourmet magazine editor Ruth Reichl tells us what the holiday might be like in New York City this year, we have a guide to brining turkey from Cook's Illustrated magazine, and Lynne shares Thanksgiving cooking tips and her recipe for Moroccan-Inspired Turkey.

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November 17, 2001

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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.
0:33.6	Hi, it's Lynn Rosetta, Casper, and you're listening to The Splendid Table, a show for people who love to eat.
0:39.8	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.
0:49.1	Clubwed can get you started with their online pre-registry, online at target.com.
0:55.6	Our program is produced by Minnesota Public Radio for PRI.
0:59.8	Today we're celebrating Thanksgiving with an American treasure.
1:03.5	Jim Harrison is famous for his poetry, think plain songs, for instance, his novels,
1:08.9	think Dalva, Legends of the Fall, and his screenwriting.
1:12.6	Many people don't realize he's also a serious food writer.
1:16.5	His new book is The Raw and the Cooked Adventures of a Roving Gormand.
1:21.3	We get the scoop on an old-time American drink and a great alternative to wine with
1:26.0	Thanksgiving dinner, fermented apple cider.
1:28.8	British writer Jim Crace looks charity square in the eye.
1:32.2	And then New Yorker and Gourmet Magazine editor Ruth Reischel speculates about what Thanksgiving is going to be like in the city.
1:39.8	And we're going to be doing what we do every week in the second half of the show.
1:44.0	We're opening the lines for your calls.
1:46.0	You can reach us at 800, 537-52-52.
1:50.1	Well, Jane and Michael Stern are ready to roll.
1:52.8	They write the road food column in Gourmet magazine.
2:08.8	Lynn, if you're traveling along I-81 through Pennsylvania, it seems like there's nothing to eat.
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