The Truth About Wine
The Splendid Table: Conversations & Recipes For Curious Cooks & Eaters
American Public Media
4.3 • 3K Ratings
🗓️ 10 September 2011
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
This week we get some modern day wine truths from Matt Kramer author of Matt Kramer on Wine. We'll look at some of the world's most bizarrely set restaurants with JD Rinne of Budgettravel.com, we deconstruct and reinvent ratatouille with Gilt Taste's Francis Lam, a botanist breeds a tomato for Lynne, and the Sterns are eating hotdogs at Texas Lunch & Hubba in Port Chester, NY.
Broadcast dates for this episode:
- September 18, 2010 (originally aired)
- September 10, 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. |
| 0:32.0 | It's the splendid table from APM American Public Media. |
| 0:44.8 | Thank you. from APM American Public Media. I'm Lynne Ro SETO Kaspur. |
| 0:46.9 | You know, years ago I was visiting my cousin's farm in Italy, |
| 0:50.3 | and it had been a really long day. |
| 0:52.6 | I was going past the orchard, and I distractedly plucked an apple off the tree, and I took a bite. |
| 0:58.7 | And I stopped dead. |
| 1:00.7 | That apple was alive. |
| 1:02.6 | It hummed. |
| 1:04.1 | I felt like I was plugged into the universe, and then it faded. |
| 1:09.0 | I think farmers know about those fleeting moments, |
| 1:12.6 | and maybe we can too. |
| 1:14.5 | Well, look, it's apple season. |
| 1:16.5 | Get as close to a tree as you can. |
| 1:19.3 | And stick around. |
| 1:20.9 | We've got much more coming this hour on the splendid table. the Splendid Table. |
| 1:35.7 | This week's Splendid Table is a repeat of an earlier broadcast. |
| 1:42.7 | This is the Splendid Table from APM American Public Media, the show about life's appetites. |
| 1:44.7 | I'm Lynne Rosetta, Casper. |
| 2:06.4 | Well, today we're looking at those wonderfully human traits, obsession, lust, and wackiness. |
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