Simple Times
The Splendid Table: Conversations & Recipes For Curious Cooks & Eaters
American Public Media
4.3 • 3K Ratings
🗓️ 29 November 2013
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
Amy Sedaris is stopping by with some gift-giving help from her hilarious book Simple Times: Crafts For Poor People. Jane and Michael Stern are at Hartley's Pork Pies in Fall River, Mass., and Mexican cook Fany Gerson introduces us to the unusual sweets of Mexico with her book My Sweet Mexico.
Broadcast dates for this episode:
- December 11, 2010 (originally aired)
- December 3, 2011 (rebroadcast)
- November 29, 2013 (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. |
| 0:32.6 | It's Lynn Rosetta Casper with a splendid table. |
| 0:47.9 | We have the dream gift for your health conscious pals. |
| 0:51.6 | Wrap up a sack of potatoes and an electric shocker. |
| 0:53.0 | I'm not kidding. |
| 0:55.8 | This is cutting-edge science. It comes from a Japanese researcher who's given his life to beating up vegetables, and he's found that the electrified |
| 1:00.8 | potato is a healthier potato. With that shock, the spud produces more antioxidants. Now, that researcher |
| 1:07.8 | abused other vegetables, and they too made more good compounds. |
| 1:11.5 | So two questions here. |
| 1:13.0 | Should we buy beat-up vegetables instead of the pristines? |
| 1:15.9 | And if stressed-out veggies are healthier, why aren't stressed-out people healthier? |
| 1:20.8 | Well, stay with us for more of life's big questions and gift ideas this hour hour on The Splendid Table. |
| 1:40.7 | This is The Splendid Table from APM, American Public Media, |
| 1:43.8 | the show for people who love to eat. I'm Lynne Rosetta Casper. |
| 1:47.7 | Today we're looking for inspiration, ideas for DIY gifts that really stand out this season. |
| 1:54.2 | Well, when we started thinking about the people who really turn up the crank of creativity, |
| 1:59.8 | we didn't have to go much further than comedian Amy |
| 2:02.6 | Sedaris. Now, this is the woman who, between TV and stage gigs, single-handedly brought back |
| 2:09.3 | the cheeseball. Amy has concocted strategies for dealing with nosy guests. Fill your medicine |
| 2:15.2 | cabinet with marbles. Doles out ruthless advice on how to put |
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