Taking Care
The Splendid Table: Conversations & Recipes For Curious Cooks & Eaters
American Public Media
4.3 • 3K Ratings
🗓️ 13 September 2019
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
Francis inherited a chunk of pu'er tea from his grandfather years ago and has never tasted it. This week he learns the story of that inheritance and tastes it for the first time with tea master, Tim Hsu. Cecile Richards is a national leader for women’s rights and economic justice, and she finds that cooking with her family is exactly what she needs to take care of herself in these turbulent pre-election months. And what does she love to cook? Pie! Her new book is Make Trouble. Food writer Ruth Reichl tells us about an eye-opening experience she had at The Center for Discovery while on the hunt for prosciutto. Tucker Shaw, of America's Test Kitchen, talks about taking care in the kitchen. Plus, Francis talks with a listener about and shares his thoughts on feeding a picky toddler.
Broadcast dates for this episode:
- September 21, 2018 (originally aired)
- September 13, 2019 (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 |
| 0:07.0 | complicated country. |
| 0:08.7 | We go into caves, onto boats, and up mountain trails to meet people, hear their stories, |
| 0:14.4 | 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. |
| 0:32.6 | I'm Frances Lamb, and this is The Splendid Table from APM, American Public Media, the show for curious cooks and eaters. |
| 0:51.3 | Hey, so these are weird times. |
| 0:55.7 | The news is tough, the mood is super tense, politics is a blood sport, |
| 1:01.4 | and it's just like every day is just a freak out waiting to happen. |
| 1:06.1 | So we wanted to take an hour and focus on some ways to take care, to take care of ourselves and to take care of others, to practice self-care as individuals and as communities. |
| 1:21.0 | So today, we're going to have a little tea time, a serious tea time, actually, with some really special tea leaves. |
| 1:28.3 | The writer Ruth Reichel tells us about a place for people with disabilities where really good food is medicine. |
| 1:34.3 | We'll have America's Test Kitchen on too to talk about some good, small things you can do to take care of yourself and your family. |
| 1:41.3 | Now, even as we thought about putting this episode together as a break from politics, |
| 1:46.7 | the truth is that taking care of ourselves and others have always been connected to politics. |
| 1:52.0 | I mean, you might even say they're at the very heart of politics and activism. |
| 1:59.8 | Cecile Richards is one of the most powerful, accomplished activist leaders of her generation. |
| 2:05.2 | She helped her mother and get elected governor of Texas. |
| 2:08.7 | She was a labor organizer for migrant women and she was the president of Planned Parenthood |
| 2:12.8 | for over a decade. |
| 2:14.6 | And she's a serious cook. |
| 2:16.8 | So what do all these things have to do with one another? |
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