The Splendid Table

This week it’s Jennifer McLagan with her book Bitter: A Taste of the World’s Most Dangerous Flavor, with Recipes, Jimi Yui, one of the world’s leading restaurant kitchen designers, explains how he works with chefs to make their kitchens their own, and Food & Wine magazine's Ray Isle talks about American wines. The Sterns are in Idaho, and the BBC's Lucy Hooker has the story of one man's mission to save the Mangalica pig.
Broadcast dates for this episode:

• January 16, 2015 (originally aired)
• January 15, 2016 (rebroadcast)

Chinese chef Ming Tsai joins us with his Asian-influenced take on one-pot cooking. His book is Simply Ming One-Pot Meals. The Sterns are in Atlanta at Mary Mac's Tea Room, Tom Owen of the coffee website Sweet Maria's shares his guide to home roasting and Harold McGee talks pasta. Plus James Oliver Cury shares highlights from his vintage food- and drink-themed record collection.
Broadcast dates for this episode:

• January 15, 2011 (originally aired)
• January 14, 2012 (rebroadcast)
• December 31, 2015 (rebroadcast)

Noelle Carter talks to chef Sean Brock about his new book, Heritage, and Lynne Rossetto Kasper and Sally Swift trade ideas for easy holiday dishes. Artist David Ligare explains the relationship between food and gratitude in the ancient world, and the Sterns are at Bobke’s Bread Basket in Sierra Vista, Arizona.
Broadcast dates for this episode:

• December 19, 2014 (originally aired)
• December 24, 2015 (rebroadcast)

This week we dig into chef Marcus Samuelsson’s ethnic pantry. His latest book is Marcus Off Duty: The Recipes I Cook at Home.  We look at the decline of traditional French cheese in France, we match junk food with wine for a lesson in wine pairing with Anthony Giglio and we talk to the duo who documented Cuban home cooking in their new book, The Cuban Table.
Broadcast dates for this episode:

• December 5, 2014 (originally aired)
• December 11, 2015 (rebroadcast)

This week, chef John Besh teaches us how to fry an egg in The Key 3. We take an adventure in sustainable eating with the duo from The Perennial Plate, and we look at the spread of Japanese food in America with Daisuke Utagawa of Sushiko.
Broadcast dates for this episode:

• October 6, 2012 (originally aired)
• October 11, 2013 (rebroadcast)
• November 27, 2015 (rebroadcast)

Turkey Confidential is The Splendid Table's annual live call-in show on Thanksgiving, hosted by Lynne Rossetto Kasper. Guests for the 2015 edition included Jacques Pépin, Dave Isay, Nigella Lawson and Andrew Zimmern.
Broadcast dates for this episode:

• November 26, 2015

This week we're looking at the resurgence of cooking with lard with Charleston, S.C., chef Sean Brock. Chef Susan Feniger joins us with her book Street Food, and The New York Times wine columnist Eric Asimov, author of How to Love Wine, shares his observations from the wine world.
Broadcast dates for this episode:

• October 20, 2012 (originally aired)
• October 25, 2013 (rebroadcast)
• November 13, 2015 (rebroadcast)

This week we talk to comedian Jim Gaffigan about vegetables. Journalists Jane Black and Brent Cunningham spent 7 months in Huntington, West Virginia, the town whose food system Jamie Oliver tried to remake. Contributor David Leite talks to Andrea Slonecker, author of Pretzel Making at Home, and we visit Thai Park, a market/picnic in a Berlin park that serves authentic Thai food that flies in the face of German code and culture.
Broadcast dates for this episode:

• October 31, 2014 (originally aired)
• October 30, 2015 (rebroadcast)

This week Seattle chef Tom Douglas joins us for another installment of The Key 3. His book is The Dahlia Bakery Cookbook. Award-winning photographer Penny De Los Santos talks about what she really captures when she snaps a food photo. And we talk to Todd Selby about his unusual book, Edible Selby.
Broadcast dates for this episode:

• November 3, 2012 (originally aired)
• November 8, 2013 (rebroadcast)
• October 23, 2015 (rebroadcast)

We talk to Mexican food scholar Margarita Carrillo Arronte, author of Mexico: The Cookbook, about what modern Mexican food is really made of, Chez Panisse chef Cal Peternell dreamed up Twelve Recipes, a book to teach his adult sons how to cook, and Lynne tastes her way through the best and worst of vegetable stock. 
Broadcast dates for this episode:

• October 17, 2014 (originally aired)
• October 16, 2015 (rebroadcast)