The Study of Ginger
The Splendid Table: Conversations & Recipes For Curious Cooks & Eaters
American Public Media
4.3 • 3K Ratings
🗓️ 5 November 2011
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
We're meeting up with Smithsonian Curator of Botany, John Kress, a man devoted to the study of ginger. Jane and Michael Stern are eating low country pizza at The Old Firehouse Restaurant in Hollywood, South Carolina and Joan Nathan, author of Quiches, Kugels and Couscous, brings us a look at Jewish food in France.
Broadcast dates for this episode:
- October 23, 2010 (originally aired)
- November 5, 2011 (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. |
| 0:32.3 | It's the splendid table from APM American Public Media. |
| 0:43.9 | Thank you. table from APM American Public Media. I'm Lynne Rosetta, Casper. |
| 0:45.8 | Never underestimate American ingenuity. |
| 0:48.7 | We've saved tomatoes from having too much taste. |
| 0:51.6 | We've saved fast food from being it all healthy. |
| 0:55.4 | And now American ingenuity is saving our lunch. No more office bandits, no more school lunch, bully swiping |
| 1:02.2 | sandwiches. One American has dreamed up the moldy sandwich bag. Printed right on the bag is |
| 1:09.0 | splotchy green mold. It makes your sandwich look |
| 1:12.1 | revolting. And then there's the science geek who had his lunch stolen every day at elementary |
| 1:17.8 | school. His revenge? He teaches us how to build a lunchbag burglar alarm. Stick around. There's more |
| 1:25.9 | this hour on The Splendid Table. |
| 1:32.3 | This week's Splendid Table is a repeat of an earlier broadcast. |
| 1:36.6 | This is the Splendid Table from APM American Public Media, the show about life's appetites. |
| 1:43.1 | I'm Lynn Rossetta, Casper. |
| 1:59.1 | Here's the thing about chasing after the newest trends. |
| 2:02.1 | Stick around long enough and everything that was hot way back when is hot once again. |
| 2:08.0 | Well, guilt food columnist Francis Lamb is proving my point. |
| 2:12.0 | He of the weapons grade ratatouille recipe we talked about a while ago is now bringing back the French darling of 40 years ago. |
| 2:21.6 | Francis, hi, good to have you back. |
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