The Fruit Hunter

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

American Public Media

Food, Arts

4.3 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 25 July 2009

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

This week's guest claims that without fruits we'd still be swinging from trees eating bugs. Fruit-obsessed journalist Adam Leith Gollner joins us for a look at the fruit leggers and their stories as told in his book The Fruit Hunters: The Story of Nature, Adventure, Commerce and Obsession. The Sterns experience a religious moment at the church of heavenly barbecue - Louie Mueller's in Taylor, Texas. Wine maverick Joshua Wesson talks cool wines for steamy days, and food scientist Harold McGee, author of On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen, explains what's really going on with those color-enhanced steaks in the meat case.

Broadcast dates for this episode:

July 26, 2008 (originally aired)
July 25, 2009 (rebroadcast)

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0:31.4	Our common nature is a musical journey with Yo-Yo Ma and me, Anna Gonzalez, through this complicated country.
0:38.7	We go into caves, onto boats, and up mountain trails to meet people, hear their stories,
0:44.4	their poetry, and of course, play some music, all to reconnect to nature and get closer to the things we're missing.
0:54.5	Listen to Our Common Nature from WNYC, wherever you get podcasts.
1:02.4	Hi, it's Lynn Rosetta, Casper, and you're listening to The Splendid Table, the show for people who love to eat.
1:12.8	Our program is produced by American Public Media and supported by Room and Board,
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1:21.4	Well, today it's the man who says, without fruits, we'd still be swinging from trees, eating bugs.
1:27.6	Our guest is the fruit-obsessed journalist, Adam Leith Golner, and his book is The Fruit Hunters,
1:34.7	The Story of Nature, Adventure, Commerce, and Obsession.
1:38.6	Well, when Wine Maven Joshua Wesson comes on the show, I start scribbling because he's
1:43.4	always got great buys.
1:44.9	Well, today it's cool wines for hot days.
1:48.3	Food scientist Harold McGee has the Red Meat Report,
1:51.9	as in, why is my steak suddenly that weird shade of cherry red?
1:57.2	And as always, in the second half of the show,
1:59.0	we're going to be opening the lines for your calls.
2:01.1	You can get to us at 800, 537-52.
2:05.6	So let's get started with Jean and Michael Stern.
2:08.2	Now, they write the Road Food column for Gourmet Magazine.
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