Jamie Oliver, The Naked Chef

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

American Public Media

Arts, Food

4.3 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 25 October 2003

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Rolling Stone magazine calls Jamie Oliver, known by Food Network devotees as The Naked Chef, a "hot foodie." But there's another side to this tousled British charmer that viewers rarely see, and it's related to his new mission in life. Tune in to hear Jamie give us the scoop, then try his outrageous recipe for the World's Best Baked Onions from his new book, Happy Days with the Naked Chef.

Jane and Michael Stern are in Memphis to check out Champion's Pharmacy, a peculiar and amazing mix of herbology, voodoo, and the unusual and unique in medicine. Food writer Sally Schneider returns to talk saffron, and shares some ideas for using this lovely aromatic and pungent spice that's the world's most expensive. A good place to start is Sally's recipe for Warm Citrus and Saffron Oil Vinaigrette. We'll have Cliff's Notes for the wine lover from Jay McInerney, author of Bacchus and Me; and Gourmet magazine restaurant critic Jonathan Gold takes on the Jewish delis controversy—are the best ones in New York or Los Angeles? Then Lynne has trivia about alligator pears, raves about The Elephant Walk Cookbook, shares two recent wine discoveries, and gives us her recipe forSweet Avocado-Green Chili Ice Cream.

Broadcast dates for this episode:

October 26, 2002 (originally aired)
October 25, 2003 (rebroadcast)

Transcript

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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.
0:33.3	Hi, it's Lynn Rosetta Casper, and you're listening to The Splendid Table, a show for people who love to eat.
0:39.2	Our program is produced by Minnesota Public Radio and brought to you by Super Target.
0:43.9	Well, today we meet the Naked Chef, also known as Jamie Oliver.
0:48.5	He tells us how a friend calling in sick kicked off his career, and he shares his new project.
0:54.8	It's an imaginative way of giving back.
0:57.6	Food writer Sally Schneider talks the world's pricest spice, saffron.
1:02.0	Novelist and wine expert Jay McInerney has cliff notes for the wine lover.
1:06.2	Then Gourmet Magazine's New York restaurant critic, Jonathan Gold, has essential information.
1:12.5	Where to get the best pastrami sandwich in the entire country.
1:16.7	And as always, in the second half of the show, we're going to be opening the lines for your calls.
1:20.8	The number is 800, 537-52-52.
1:24.7	So let's get rolling with Jane and Michael Stern.
1:27.5	They write the road food column in Gourmet magazine.
1:37.4	So guys, what's the latest find?
1:40.5	Lynn, we were eating ourselves silly in Memphis, which is a great place to do that.
1:45.6	But we were in need of some medication.
1:47.8	We ate so much.
1:48.8	We found Champion Pharmacy on Elvis Presley Boulevard.
1:52.8	We pushed in the front door, and this is what we heard.
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