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

Hogs and Hominy

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

American Public Media

Food, Arts

4.33K Ratings

🗓️ 20 March 2010

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

It's a look at America's soul food with Frederick Opie, author of Hog and Hominy, Jane and Michael Stern are getting a two-for-one deal on corned beef at McBob's in Milwaukee, WI, and Food & Wine Magazine's Ray Isle tells us where to look for the best global wine values.


Broadcast dates for this episode:


  • April 11, 2009 (originally aired)
  • March 20, 2010 (rebroadcast)

Transcript

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0:00.0

Joe Wix is on a mission.

0:02.2

I want to make this and sell it.

0:03.9

He's creating a protein bar.

0:05.6

This is ultra-processing.

0:06.9

That could potentially kill you.

0:08.4

I want the maximum amount of each harmful ingredient while staying within the legal limit.

0:12.4

So just how ridiculous the food system really is.

0:15.7

Joe Wix, licensed to kill on Channel 4.

0:18.4

Stream now.

0:21.4

Our common nature is a musical journey with Yo-Yo Ma and me, Anna Gonzalez,

0:26.6

through this complicated country.

0:28.6

We go into caves, onto boats, and up mountain trails, to meet people, hear their stories,

0:34.4

their poetry, and of course, play some music, all to reconnect to nature and get

0:40.9

closer to the things we're missing.

0:44.4

Listen to Our Common Nature from WNYC, wherever you get podcasts.

0:52.6

It's Lynn Rosetta-Casper with the splendid table.

1:04.3

Today it's soul food.

1:06.3

Now, some think of it as the culinary calling card of African Americans, or is that a racist idea?

1:12.5

And where did this soul thing come from anyway?

1:15.9

We talk with history professor Frederick Opie.

1:18.6

He's written Hog and Harmony, Soul Food from Africa to America.

1:23.6

Well, there's a new stimulation package, the Sterns Tufer at McBob's in Milwaukee.

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