The Splendid Table

Fashion designer Isaac Mizrahi is featured in our series The Key 3. Jane and Michael Stern are eating classic Mexican in Mesilla, N.M., and we talk to Crescent Dragonwagon about her latest book, Bean by Bean.
Broadcast dates for this episode:

• March 17, 2012 (originally aired)
• March 16, 2013 (rebroadcast)
• January 2, 2015 (rebroadcast)

We are taking on the Christmas goose with Hank Shaw, author of Duck, Duck, Goose, master baker Alice Medrich takes on chocolate with her book Seriously Bitter Sweet, Jane and Michael Stern bring us the best in holiday pies, and Nathan Myhrvold of Modernist Cuisine talks about what it takes to capture the best food photos.
Broadcast dates for this episode:

• December 20, 2013 (originally aired)
• December 26, 2014 (rebroadcast)

This week it's a look at the Russian tradition of zakuski with Diana Henry, author of Roast Figs Sugar Snow: Winter Food to Warm the Soul. Iconoclast chef David Chang of Momofuku fame joins us with the method behind the madness of his inspired fusion cuisine. Jane and Michael Stern are eating sweets in Salt Lake City's The Lamb, and Food & Wine's Ray Isle joins us with his short list of the bottles every wine lover should taste.
Broadcast dates for this episode:

• December 4, 2009 (originally aired)
• December 4, 2010 (rebroadcast)
• November 28, 2014 (rebroadcast)

Broadcast dates for this episode:

• November 27, 2014

Adam Rapoport of Bon Appétit joins us this week to give us a head start on preparing the Thanksgiving feast, we talk to journalist Elizabeth Royte about her article for National Geographic on how we waste food, and actor and cook Stanley Tucci joins us with his cookbook The Tucci Table.
Broadcast dates for this episode:

• November 21, 2014

We are having a conversation with the original star chef, Jacques Pepin, we talk to Ina Lipkowitz, author of Words to Eat By: Five Foods and the Culinary History of the English Language, and we turn to Indian chef Vikas Khanna to learn about his culinary and broadcast journey in India.
Broadcast dates for this episode:

• October 1, 2011 (originally aired)
• September 29, 2012 (rebroadcast)
• November 14, 2014 (rebroadcast)

This week it’s surprising cooking techniques from Andrew Schloss, author of Cooking Slow, we have a conversation with Food & Wine magazine’s Ray Isle about protecting America’s historic grapevines, and we talk to New York Times columnist David Tanis about his book One Good Dish.
Broadcast dates for this episode:

• November 1, 2013 (originally aired)
• November 7, 2014 (rebroadcast)

Chef Daniel Boulud talks to Dorie Greenspan about his book Daniel: My French Cuisine, we look at the basics of cooking with coconut oil with culinary nutritionist Tricia Williams, and Jane and Michael Stern bring us the best in non-chain steak houses.
Broadcast dates for this episode:

• October 18, 2013 (originally aired)
• October 24, 2014 (rebroadcast)

It’s a look at the newest in culinary exotica, salt block cooking, with Mark Bitterman, author of Salt Block Cooking, and we go behind the scenes of cookbook production with recipe tester Ian Knauer.
Broadcast dates for this episode:

• September 21, 2013 (originally aired)
• September 26, 2014 (rebroadcast)

This week we’re looking at buttermilk with Diane St. Clair, author of The Animal Farm Buttermilk Cookbook, we talk to the duo behind The Perennial Plate about their latest travels in Italy and we look at the changing face of sushi in the states with Trevor Corson, author of The Story of Sushi.
Broadcast dates for this episode:

• September 7, 2013 (originally aired)
• September 12, 2014 (rebroadcast)