Nigella's Kitchen
The Splendid Table: Conversations & Recipes For Curious Cooks & Eaters
American Public Media
4.3 • 3K Ratings
🗓️ 18 December 2010
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Summary
This week Nigella Lawson is stopping by with her new book, Nigella Kitchen, Recipes From the Heart of Home. Food & Wine Magazine's Anthony Giglio introduces us to the bubbly wines of Italy. Sally Schneider, creator of The Improvisational Cook is back with her annual list of homemade food gifts and the Sterns are at Garcia's Kitchen in Albuquerque, NM.
Broadcast dates for this episode:
- December 18, 2010
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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. |
| 0:32.6 | It's Lynn Rosetta Caspers with the splendid table. |
| 0:44.5 | Thank you. Lynn Rosetta Caspers with the splendid table. Ah, this is the season of the warm fuzzies, the cozies, the comfort and joy. Just about every culture celebrates it right now. |
| 0:53.0 | But I'd like you to consider how this might have started. |
| 0:56.0 | Mother Nature dealt man the darkest, coldest time of year |
| 1:00.0 | and made sure there wasn't going to be any more food to harvest until spring. |
| 1:04.0 | And we optimistic humans, we thumbed our noses. |
| 1:08.0 | We said, bring it on. We can take it. |
| 1:10.0 | In fact, we're going to feast, |
| 1:11.9 | we're going to make light, and we're going to band together. So in that spirit, we're |
| 1:16.6 | bringing it on with experts in the art of the revel. And we're going to be talking to you this |
| 1:22.4 | hour on the splendid table. This Splendid Table. |
| 1:37.4 | This episode of The Splendid Table is brought to you by the new 2011 Hyundai Equus. |
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| 1:53.9 | Hi, it's Lynne Rosetta, Casper, and you're listening to The Splendid Table, the show for |
| 1:58.0 | people who love to eat. Our program is produced by American |
| 2:02.2 | Public Media. Well, today it's the Christmas, Kwanza, Solstice, however you celebrate, |
| 2:08.3 | show. There will be no neurotic probings into the inner meanings of food and life. |
| 2:13.6 | Nope, today's about fun, imagination, and great ways to enjoy. |
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