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The Splendid Table: Conversations & Recipes For Curious Cooks & Eaters
American Public Media
4.3 • 3K Ratings
🗓️ 26 August 2016
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
This week we talk to chef Pierre Thiam about his new book on modern Senegalese cuisine, Senegal, and Melanie Dunea, author of My Last Supper, explains the art of capturing chefs on film. Writer Elissa Altman is having a difficult time feeding her aging mother, and the Sterns seek out the best pimiento burgers. We also revisit an old segment with award-winning chef Daniel Patterson, who tells us what tools a cook really needs.
Broadcast dates for this episode:
- August 28, 2015 (originally aired)
- August 26, 2016 (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. |
| 0:29.8 | It's the splendid table from APM, American Public Media. |
| 0:34.2 | I'm Lynne Rosetta Caspers. |
| 0:36.0 | The standard chef's portrait, arms folded, and a dead serious |
| 0:40.3 | stare at the camera. This is the exact opposite of what photographer Melanie De Nia does. |
| 0:46.2 | She's after the story behind that white jacket. You know, I sort of went into Aquavit, Marcus |
| 0:52.0 | Samuelson. He was one of the subjects. And I said, oh, hi, so I've done a little bit of research. I know your story, which is that he was born in Africa and adopted by some Swedish people. So I was just mulling that over and thinking and thinking. And I thought, oh, he has to have a turban of smoked salmon. And I said, you know, I don't know you, but would you put a smoke salmon around |
| 1:12.0 | your head? And he's like, yes, I will. That was a perfect example of something that really made |
| 1:17.1 | sense. I mean, it blended the African, the Swedish, the food, and the man. Behind the scenes |
| 1:22.3 | of chef's photo shoots and much more, this hour on The Splendid Table. |
| 1:39.4 | This is The Splendid Table from APM, American Public Media, |
| 1:42.3 | the show for people who love to eat. |
| 1:44.3 | I'm Lynne Rossetto, Casper. |
| 2:03.6 | Melanie De Nia photographs people, the likes of Kanye West, Mary Louise Parker, and Steve Martin. But what made her reputation in food was her star chef portraits. No classic kitchen shot for her. In her groundbreaking book, |
| 2:11.3 | My Last Supper, with 50 Chef's pictures and what their last suppers would be, she went after the unexpected. |
| 2:19.7 | Like Anthony Bourdain embellished only by a huge steers femur, and Gary Denko buried in an |
| 2:26.5 | Arabian night's feast with turban and jewels. Contributor Melissa Clark wanted to know how |
| 2:32.7 | Melanie gets those photos. |
| 2:35.2 | So Melanie, what made you start photographing chefs? |
| 2:38.3 | I got this call in 2000 from Ruth Reichel, who was over at Gourmet Magazine, and she said to me, |
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