London's Ottolenghi
The Splendid Table: Conversations & Recipes For Curious Cooks & Eaters
American Public Media
4.3 • 3K Ratings
🗓️ 28 April 2012
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
This week, we meet Britain's latest culinary phenomenon, columnist and restaurateur Yotam Ottolenghi, author of the vegetarian best-seller Plenty: Vibrant Dishes from London's Ottolenghi. Jane and Michael Stern are taking on a classic: a fish boil in Door County, Wis. Food & Wine Magazine's Ray Isle explains the beauty of wine blends, and we meet a historian who has put together the first African-American heritage seed collection.
Broadcast dates for this episode:
- May 7, 2011 (originally aired)
- April 28, 2012 (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. |
| 0:32.0 | It's the Splendid Table from APM, American Public Media. |
| 0:44.5 | Thank you. table from APM, American Public Media. I'm Lynne Rocetto Casper. |
| 0:46.5 | How many times in a restaurant have you wanted to order just the side dishes because they look so sexy? |
| 0:53.1 | And, of course, most of them are vegetarian. I mean, |
| 0:55.8 | you know this. The hot stuff these days on chef's tables is the produce. Well, we've got a British |
| 1:01.4 | chef today who's actually become a star because of veggies. Of course, human nature being as contradictory |
| 1:08.4 | as it is, we are also returning to meat. |
| 1:12.5 | And not only eating it nose to tail, but butchering it ourselves. |
| 1:17.5 | Well, we get a lesson today with a side of gestalt. |
| 1:21.3 | Stick around. |
| 1:22.2 | We're going to get into this and a lot more. |
| 1:24.4 | This hour on the Splendid Table. |
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| 1:47.0 | This week's Splendid Table is a repeat of an earlier broadcast. |
| 1:51.3 | This is the Splendid Table from APM American Public Media, the show for people who love to eat. |
| 1:58.4 | I'm Lynn Rossetto, Casper. |
| 2:08.0 | Music love to eat. I'm Lynn Rossetto, Casper. Now, do you remember once upon a time when a big hunk of grilled beef could win a chef's |
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