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The Splendid Table: Conversations & Recipes For Curious Cooks & Eaters
American Public Media
4.3 • 3K Ratings
🗓️ 21 February 2004
⏱️ 61 minutes
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Summary
Dust off the TV trays. We're partying with Oscar and the stars! Movie buff and food historian Francine Segan shares "Best Picture Menus" to pair with this year's nominees. Penne with Saffron Cream Sauce, Three P's Salad andLemon Cake from Francine's book Movie Menus add culinary drama to Oscar night.
It's a blast from the past for The Sterns. They're eating chicken croquettes at Hob Nob Hill in San Diego. Josh Wesson suggests stick-to-your-ribs reds to go with winter stews and other hearty fare, and Lynne shares her favorite comfort food cookbooks. Reporter Scott Haas takes us to Tokyo for an unusual evening with star chef Daniel Boulud. Scott's new book, Are We There Yet?—Perfect Family Vacations and Other Fantasies, will be published in March.
We get the story behind Smirnoff Vodka and Bacardi Rum from A. J. Baime, author of Big Shots: The Men Behind the Booze, and we have a report on crime and nourishment in a British prison.
Broadcast dates for this episode:
- February 21, 2004
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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. |
| 0:30.9 | It's Lynn Rosetta-Castor with the splendid table. |
| 0:44.1 | Today it's how to party with Oscar. |
| 0:49.0 | So what would one eat while watching Seabiscuit, Lord of the Rings, or Master and Commander? |
| 0:50.3 | Movie buff and food historian Francine Siegen, it all. She's author of movie menus. |
| 0:56.4 | Well, the Stearns have found a safe haven in San Diego for an endangered species, |
| 1:01.0 | the glorious chicken croquette. |
| 1:03.6 | Wine maverick Josh Wesson does stick to your ribs, reds on the cheap. |
| 1:08.5 | Then it's raw horse liver, karaoke, and one of America's great French chefs. |
| 1:13.0 | Danielle Ballou goes to Tokyo. |
| 1:15.4 | And we have stories of the men behind the booze from Playboy magazine's A.J. Bame. |
| 1:20.6 | All this and your calls coming up on the splendid table. |
| 1:26.4 | But first, this. |
| 1:28.3 | I don't want French fried potatoes, red ripe tomatoes. I'm never satisfied. I want the fram-fram sauce with the alps and fade with Shafafah on the side I don't want pork chops and bacon that won't awaken |
| 2:08.1 | my appetite inside I want the frimp, frimp, framp sauce with the asss and Faye With shop offer |
| 2:17.7 | On the side |
| 2:19.5 | Well, you know a girl |
| 2:21.6 | She really got to eat |
| 2:23.7 | And a girl |
| 2:25.7 | She should eat right |
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