Nigella Lawson
The Splendid Table: Conversations & Recipes For Curious Cooks & Eaters
American Public Media
4.3 • 3K Ratings
🗓️ 21 December 2002
⏱️ 55 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
This week it's talk of life, food, and Christmas dinner with television food star Nigella Lawson. Her show Nigella Bites (which also happens to be the title of her latest book,) is all about the sheer lustiness of food. Get ready to be a guest at your own party with holiday eats from Nigella. It's the perfect menu for entertaining, because everything is made in advance!
The Sterns suggest we spend New Year's Eve at a gospel supper in an Indiana cafeteria. Tickets are on sale now. Wine maverick Joshua Wesson expounds on the art of the toast, and reporter Scott Haas tells the story of how a kid from the projects became the star chef of Boston's Beacon Hill. Lynne haslast-minute gift ideas, and Francis Ford Coppola fills us in on Christmas at the vineyard.
Broadcast dates for this episode:
- December 21, 2002
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | Our common nature is a musical journey with Yo-Yo Ma and me, Ana Gonzalez, through this complicated country. |
| 0:08.6 | 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. |
| 0:33.0 | Hi, it's Lynn Rosetta, Casper, and you're listening to The Splendid Table, the show for |
| 0:37.2 | people who love to eat. |
| 0:39.1 | Our program is produced by Minnesota Public Radio and brought to you by Super Target. |
| 0:43.9 | Today we talk Christmas dinner and life with a domestic goddess, the one and only Nogela Lawson. |
| 0:50.6 | She's the British food star who's turned the TV cooking show on its ear. Wine Maverick Joshua |
| 0:56.4 | Wesson Waxes eloquent on the art of the toast. Report of Scott Haas tells us how a kid from |
| 1:02.2 | the Boston Projects became the star chef of Beacon Hill. Francis Ford Coppola, a man who'd almost |
| 1:08.8 | rather cook and eat than make films, shares his Christmas at the vineyard, |
| 1:13.0 | and as always in the second half of the show, we're going to be opening the lines for your calls. |
| 1:17.3 | You can reach us at 800, 537-5252. |
| 1:21.9 | So let's kick off the show with Jane and Michael Stern. |
| 1:25.2 | They write the road food column in Gourmet Magazine. |
| 1:36.3 | Music the show with Jane and Michael Stern. They write the road food column in Gourmet magazine. Hey, Jane, Michael, any great place that you guys like to go for the holidays? |
| 1:42.5 | Yeah, a very unlikely one. |
| 1:44.3 | It's in Greenwood, Indiana, and it's called Jonathan Bird's Cafeteria. |
| 1:49.7 | That's B-Y-R-D. |
| 1:51.6 | And, you know, just before we even get to the holiday stuff at Jonathan Birds, |
| 1:55.6 | we should say that Indiana is really a hotbed of great, great cafeteria dining. |
| 2:00.9 | It always has been. |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from American Public Media, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of American Public Media and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.