Hiking Man
The Splendid Table: Conversations & Recipes For Curious Cooks & Eaters
American Public Media
4.3 • 3K Ratings
🗓️ 5 July 2008
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
This week we talk to journalist Dave Plotnikoff about his hike from the Mexican border to Canada on the Pacific Crest Trail and the food that ended up being the touch point of the trip. He is the author of "Hungry Man" from the July 2007 issue of Saveur Magazine. Jane and Michael Stern are eating planked whitefish and ice cream "Thunderclouds" at Juilleret's in Harbor Springs, MI, and Russ Parsons, author of How to Pick a Peach explains the rules about produce and the refrigerator.
Broadcast dates for this episode:
- July 21, 2007 (originally aired)
- July 5, 2008 (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. |
| 0:36.3 | Hi, it's Lynn Rosetta, Casper, and you're listening to The Splendid Table, the show for people who love to eat. |
| 0:42.6 | Our program is produced by American Public Media and brought to you by Room and Board, |
| 0:47.5 | handcrafted furniture for your home at room and board.com. |
| 0:51.8 | Well, today we talk with a hiker and journalist. David Plotnikov was into a |
| 0:57.0 | classic midlife crisis. So he did what any of us would do. He set out to trek 2,650 miles from |
| 1:04.4 | Mexico to Canada along the Pacific Crest Trail to sort out his thinking. Well, his food was just fuel. That's it. Or so he thought. |
| 1:14.6 | Sculptor Kiko Denzer sings the glories of mud and how to build your own bread oven from your own dirt. |
| 1:21.1 | Ruth Ryshal of Gourmet Magazine fame tells us her picks for Great Summer Reeds. |
| 1:26.0 | We get the skinny on how to store that hall from the farmer's market. |
| 1:29.8 | Russ Parsons knows what to refrigerate and what will be ruined by the chill. |
| 1:34.6 | And as always in the second half of the show, |
| 1:36.3 | we're going to be opening the lines for your calls. |
| 1:38.5 | You can get to us at 800, 537-52-52. |
| 1:43.0 | So let's get the show rolling with Jane and Michael Stern. |
| 1:46.6 | They write the road food column in Gourmet Magazine. |
| 1:55.9 | Lynn, where do we begin singing the praises of Jolorets in Harbor Springs, Michigan? |
| 2:03.0 | Do we talk about the planked white fish? |
| 2:05.9 | Yes. |
| 2:06.4 | Yes. |
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