Our common nature is a musical journey with Yo-Yo Ma and me, Ana Gonzalez, through this complicated country.

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.

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

This week's splendid table is a repeat of an earlier broadcast.

Hi, it's Lynne Roaceto, Casper, and you're listening to The Splendid Table, the show for people who love to eat.

Our program is produced by American Public Media.

Well, today we talk with Marcella Hazan.

What Julia Child was to French food, Marcella is to Italian. Starting in the

70s, she brought America a new sense of eating Italian. She and her husband, Victor,

join us to talk about their autobiography. Food scientist Harold McGee muses over some recent

findings. Your joints, for instance, may thank you for using

that extra virgin olive oil. We talk with a guy who signed up to eat local for a year to get

closer to his wife, and we're checking in to find out how that went. Then it's how a little

French pickle could be telling the story of the planet.

And as always, you know, in the second half of the show, we open the lines for your calls.

You can get to us at 800-537-52.

So let's get rolling with Jane and Michael Stern.

They write the road food column in Gourmet magazine.

Lynn, among the things that Akron, Ohio, is best known for,

colonarily speaking, are sauerkraut balls, which are unique to Akron, Ohio.

I beg your pray.

And sourcrow balls were invented in Akron, Ohio, and in many restaurants in and around Akron, a favorite hors d'oeuvre is a sauerkraut.

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