Thomas Jefferson on Wine

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

American Public Media

Food, Arts

4.3 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 29 March 2008

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Thomas Jefferson was the first American to make a serious study of wine. He not only collected and drank it, he toured vineyards, learned first hand, and took copious notes. John Hailman, author of Jefferson on Wine, spent 30 years studying the writing of a man way ahead of his time. He joins us this week with the fascinating story.

The Sterns take a detour from road food to feast on old time San Francisco seafood at Sam's Grill in the financial district. Hide the Velveeta and dump that block of mozzarella. The always-opinionated Steve Jenkins is back with new finds that will get us out of a cheese rut.

We have a story of newlyweds that asks an interesting question: can true love overcome Spam? Christopher Kimball plays another round of Stump the Cook, and we'll talk eating and emotion (as in popcorn at the movies.) Lynne shares recipes for Easter Lamb with Red Wine and Black Olives and Soffritto of Tomato and Fresh Herbs with Penne and, as always, takes your calls.

Broadcast dates for this episode:

February 24, 2007 (originally aired)
March 29, 2008 (rebroadcast)

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0:55.4	at room and board.com. Well, today it's Thomas Jefferson, the first American to make a serious
1:02.3	study of wine. And true to form, it wasn't enough to drink it. Jefferson toured vineyards. He collected
1:08.7	wines from places barely known by his countrymen, and he made wine himself.
1:13.2	Our guest, John Halman, has the story. His book is Jefferson on wine.
1:17.4	Cheesemonger Steve Jenkins, another man who has traveled far beyond the ordinary, is back with new finds to get us out of our cheese ruts.
1:25.6	We have the story of a new husband's ill-fated attempt
1:29.3	to bring his wife breakfast in bed. I take on yet another challenger in our refrigerator
1:34.9	game, Stump the Cook. And as always in the second half of the show, we're going to be opening
1:39.1	the lines for your calls. You can reach us at 800, 537.52. So let's roll with Jane and Michael Stern. They write the
1:48.4	Road Food column in Gourmet magazine. Lynn, you may or may not remember that I absolutely hate fish. Well, I remember this vividly, Jane.
2:06.0	Okay, good. And I've made an impression on you over the years. I found a place where I actually like fish.
2:12.8	And it's at Sam's Grill in San Francisco, where I ordered an enormous plate of Rex Seoul and was without a
2:21.6	death the most delicious thing I've ever eaten. What inspired this, Jane? Because I... I did. I made her order.
2:28.6	Michael inspired Jane. You can't go to... You can't go to Sam's and not eat the Great Seafood. I should say parenthetically,
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