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The Splendid Table: Conversations & Recipes For Curious Cooks & Eaters
American Public Media
4.3 • 3K Ratings
🗓️ 4 September 2015
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
We’ve a fresh take on home-packed lunches with Asian food authority Andrea Nguyen and her book, The Banh Mi Handbook, we get a primer in cocktails from bartenders David and Lesley Solmonson, the folks behind The 12 Bottle Bar, and we talk to Kate Krader of Food & Wine Magazine about whether today’s big-flavored foods are wrecking the American palate.
Broadcast dates for this episode:
- September 5, 2014 (originally aired)
- September 4, 2015 (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. |
| 0:30.4 | It's the splendid table from APM American Public Media. |
| 0:35.2 | I'm Lynn Rosetta, Casper. |
| 0:37.1 | New-style cocktails are rocking the world, and the cocktail party is back big time. |
| 0:42.8 | Now, for the ideal DIY home bar, we've got some experts. |
| 0:47.3 | David and Leslie Salmanson, of the 12-bottle bar fame, and they've got some keys to hosting that party. When you enter the door, |
| 0:56.1 | I am your host, and I have a responsibility to take care of you as a guest. I have a responsibility |
| 1:00.9 | to offer you something tasty to drink, and if I'm offering you something to drink, I better |
| 1:05.6 | be offering you something to eat as well. And if I'm offering you something to drink, I better |
| 1:09.0 | know how much I'm offering you to drink if you're driving home. So you have a real responsibility to not only take care of your |
| 1:15.1 | guest from a social standpoint, but from a practical standpoint as well. That's David Salmanson |
| 1:21.0 | of the 12 bottle bar. Stay with us. Lots more coming your way this hour on the Splendid Table. |
| 1:35.8 | This is the Splendid Table from APM, American Public Media, |
| 1:39.8 | the show for people who love to eat. |
| 1:43.3 | I'm Lynn Rossetta, Casper. |
| 1:51.4 | One of the most delicious things you can bite into is a Ban Me sandwich. |
| 1:57.3 | Now, this is the everything sandwich from Vietnam. |
| 2:00.5 | And everything means that you've got a stubby |
| 2:02.7 | baguette stuffed with wonderful contrasts, like creamy and crunchy, savory, sweet, and tart. And then you've |
| 2:10.6 | got the bite of fresh chili against those cool green tastes of fresh herbs. Now, if you know the right |
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