The House of Mondavi
The Splendid Table: Conversations & Recipes For Curious Cooks & Eaters
American Public Media
4.3 • 3K Ratings
🗓️ 27 September 2008
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
This week we talk to journalist Julia Flynn Siler author of The House of Mondavi: The Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty. Jane and Michael Stern are at Kumback Lunch in Perry, OK. David Rosengarten looks at the origins of ramen noodles. And for an interpretation of an epicurean's take on happiness we turn to philosopher and historian Jennifer Michael Hecht, author of The Happiness Myth: Why What We Think is Right is Wrong.
Broadcast dates for this episode:
- September 8, 2007 (originally aired)
- September 27, 2008 (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. |
| 0:24.5 | Listen to Our Common Nature from WNYC, wherever you get podcasts. |
| 0:30.7 | This week's Splendid Table is a repeat of an earlier broadcast. |
| 0:35.5 | It's Lynn Rosetta, Casper, and you're listening to The Splendid Table, the show for |
| 0:39.7 | people who love to eat. |
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| 0:51.3 | Well, today it's a story of American wine royalty and a trailblazer with a tragic flaw. |
| 0:57.9 | Robert Mondavi built an empire in the Napa Valley, and he was a major force in putting |
| 1:02.4 | California wine on the world map. |
| 1:04.7 | But that's all in the past. |
| 1:06.6 | Today it's a very different scene. |
| 1:08.8 | Julia Flynn-Syiler has this story. |
| 1:11.6 | She's author of the book, The House of Mundavi, the Rise and Fall of an American Wine Dynasty. |
| 1:17.9 | That comfort food of every college dorm, the ramen noodle cop, well, it gets checked out on its native turf by David Rosengarten. |
| 1:25.4 | The author of The Happiness Myth gives us the real dope on the Greek |
| 1:29.2 | philosopher Epicurus, and as |
| 1:31.3 | always in the second half of the show, we're going to be |
| 1:33.2 | opening the lines for your calls. |
| 1:35.1 | You can get to us at 800, |
| 1:37.0 | 537-52-52. |
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