The Jemima Code
The Splendid Table: Conversations & Recipes For Curious Cooks & Eaters
American Public Media
4.3 • 3K Ratings
🗓️ 6 January 2017
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
This week we’re talking to Indian food authority Madhur Jaffrey about her latest book, Vegetarian India. We're going inside the Middle Eastern pantry with Doc Willoughby from America's Test Kitchen. Contributor David Leite interviews journalist Tim Neville about his trip to the Swiss Alps to immerse himself in the art of fondue. Noelle Carter meets up with Toni Tipton-Martin, author of The Jemima Code, and Joe Yonan speaks with chef Tal Ronnen, author of Crossroads, about vegan cooking.
Broadcast dates for this episode:
- January 8, 2016 (originally aired)
- January 6, 2017 (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. |
| 0:30.5 | It's the splendid table from APM American Public Media. |
| 0:34.9 | I'm Lynn Rosetta-Castor. |
| 0:36.6 | Imagine having written more than 20 books on a subject |
| 0:39.6 | and still feeling you're not an expert. |
| 0:42.6 | Please meet Madr Jafri. |
| 0:44.9 | Well, there's so many vegetarian foods that I don't know in India. |
| 0:50.0 | I don't know India. |
| 0:51.1 | People call me the great expert on India. |
| 0:53.8 | Nobody can be an expert on Indian food because it's such a large country. |
| 0:58.3 | So I thought this time I'm just going to go around all of India, as much of India as I can. |
| 1:03.9 | All the nooks and crannies that I've heard about but have not visited and see what's lurking there, what good things are lurking. |
| 1:11.2 | And this time I thought, I'm not going to fly everywhere. |
| 1:13.8 | I'm going to go by car. |
| 1:15.1 | And anything looks good on the road, I'm going to jump out and taste it and write about it. |
| 1:20.3 | I would have loved to have been on that road trip. |
| 1:23.4 | Well, there's lots more this hour on the splendid table. |
| 1:35.1 | Thank you. Well, there's lots more this hour on the splendid table. This is the splendid table from APM, |
| 1:37.9 | American Public Media, |
| 1:39.9 | the show for people who love to eat. |
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