The Splendid Table

Opinionated cheesemonger Steve Jenkins brings us his annual cheese picks for the holidays. We check in with writer Junot Diaz about the Dominican food of his childhood. He is the author of the award-winning book This Is How You Lose Her. And Sally Schneider of The Improvised Life has inspiring thoughts on making small tables large and beautiful for next to nothing.
Broadcast dates for this episode:

• December 22, 2012 (originally aired)
• December 27, 2013 (rebroadcast)

This week we talk about eating on the road with rapper and poet Dessa. We head into Lynne's kitchen with comedian Lizz Winstead for another round of The Key 3. Winstead's new collection of essays is Lizz Free or Die. And we talk to Dr. Andrew Weil about what we really should be worrying about when we worry about what we eat.
Broadcast dates for this episode:

• December 8, 2012 (originally aired)
• December 13, 2013 (rebroadcast)

Amy Sedaris is stopping by with some gift-giving help from her hilarious book Simple Times: Crafts For Poor People. Jane and Michael Stern are at Hartley's Pork Pies in Fall River, Mass., and Mexican cook Fany Gerson introduces us to the unusual sweets of Mexico with her book My Sweet Mexico.
Broadcast dates for this episode:

• December 11, 2010 (originally aired)
• December 3, 2011 (rebroadcast)
• November 29, 2013 (rebroadcast)

Turkey Confidential is our annual live call-in show. Thanks to our guests: Mario Batali, Pati Jinich, Ted Allen and Michael Pollan. If you don't see enough Thanksgiving recipes below, here are all of them.
Broadcast dates for this episode:

• November 28, 2013

It’s our get-ready-for-the-big-feast broadcast with best-selling author Mollie Katzen, author of The Heart of the Plate. Mollie takes on the vegetarian feast while Food & Wine’s Ray Isle deals with the wine, Mexican chef Pati Jinich, author of Pati’s Mexican Table, bring us her Mexican way with a turkey (swaddled in banana leaf), and Cheryl Day of Back in the Day Bakery in Savannah, Ga., covers the pies.
Broadcast dates for this episode:

• November 22, 2013

It's our annual get-ready–for-the-feast broadcast with writer and comedian Mo Rocca; journalist Alex Witchel, author of All Gone: A Memoir of My Mother’s Dementia. With Refreshments; and David Leite, of Leite’s Culinaria, takes on the carving knife.
Broadcast dates for this episode:

• November 17, 2012 (originally aired)
• November 15, 2013 (rebroadcast)

This week, we meet up with celebrity chef Silvena Rowe, author of Purple Citrus and Sweet Perfume. Jane and Michael Stern have uncovered the West Indies Salad, and fashion designer Isaac Mizrahi plays Stump the Cook.
Broadcast dates for this episode:

• September 3, 2011 (originally aired)
• September 1, 2012 (rebroadcast)
• September 27, 2013 (rebroadcast)

This week is a road trip to New Orleans. Guests include Leah Chase of the legendary Dooky Chase's Restaurant; journalist Lolis Eric Elie; WWNO's Poppy Tooker, host of Louisiana Eats!; and mixologist Chris McMillian. Plus, Jane and Michael Stern escort us around the annual Roadfood Festival.
Broadcast dates for this episode:

• September 22, 2012 (originally aired)
• September 14, 2013 (rebroadcast)

Southern chef Bill Smith, of Crook's Corner in Chapel Hill, joins us for the next installment of The Key 3. Jesse Griffiths helps us examine our relationship with hunting, and we take a look at an unusual find in the wine world: orange wine.
Broadcast dates for this episode:

• September 15, 2012 (originally aired)
• August 31, 2013 (rebroadcast)

Jay McInerney joins us with his latest wine book, The Juice. Tracie McMillan has gone undercover in the American food industry, and we look at the vegetarian traditions in Morocco with Jeff Koehler.
Broadcast dates for this episode:

• August 25, 2012 (originally aired)
• August 17, 2013 (rebroadcast)