Thanksgiving at Zuni Cafe

The Splendid Table: Conversations & Recipes For Curious Cooks & Eaters

American Public Media

Arts, Food

4.3 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 23 November 2002

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

This year it's Thanksgiving big time with Judy Rodgers, one of America's most gifted chefs and author of The Zuni Café Cookbook. Judy's Thanksgiving Menu is modern but homey, and includes a turkey roasting technique designed to free up precious oven space and an interesting stuffing idea.

Jane and Michael Stern bring us soul food at its best from Ellen's Soul Food Restaurant in Memphis. Steve Beaumont thinks all that angst about selecting the perfect wine for turkey and trimmings can be eliminated by serving beer instead. He recommends a trio of beers for the Thanksgiving table, including one that could double for champagne.

Kevin Murphy, author of A Year at the Movies, tells what happened when he tried to smuggle Thanksgiving dinner into a theater. And reporter Scott Haas dines in the dark at Blindekuh (Blind Cow) in Zurich. Lynne takes your calls and has trivia about an over-the-top holiday entrée from medieval England.

Broadcast dates for this episode:

November 23, 2002

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0:00.0	Joe Wix is on a mission.
0:02.2	I want to make this and sell it.
0:03.9	He's creating a protein bar.
0:05.6	This is ultra-processing.
0:06.9	That could potentially kill you.
0:08.4	I want the maximum amount of each harmful ingredient while staying within the legal limit.
0:12.4	So just how ridiculous the food system really is.
0:15.7	Joe Wix, licensed to kill on Channel 4.
0:18.4	Stream now.
0:21.5	Our common nature is a musical journey with Yo-Yo Ma and me, Anna Gonzalez,
0:26.6	through this complicated country.
0:28.6	We go into caves, onto boats, and up mountain trails, to meet people, hear their stories,
0:34.4	their poetry, and of course, play some music, all to reconnect to nature and get
0:40.9	closer to the things we're missing. Listen to Our Common Nature from WNYC, wherever you get podcasts.
0:53.5	Hi, it's Lynn Rosetta, Casper, and you're listening to The Splendid Table, the show for people who love to eat.
0:59.7	Our program is produced by Minnesota Public Radio and brought to you by Super Target.
1:04.3	Well, today, it's Thanksgiving all the way.
1:07.9	There's a wonderfully simple and seductive menu from our guest, Master Chef Judy Rogers.
1:13.5	Her new book is the Zuni Cafe Cookbook. She's got a roasting technique that frees up the oven and a stuffing idea you are going to love.
1:22.5	Our beer guy, Steve Beaumont, brings us a trio of new beers for the feast.
1:27.1	Then it's a new Thanksgiving venue, not grandmother's house.
1:32.0	Kevin Murphy, the man who went to the movies every single day for a year,
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