May 2012

May 5, 2012 | Listen | Download

Mexican chef Pati Jinich, host of PBS's Pati's Mexican Table, joins us with her take on authentic Cinco de Mayo celebrations. Jane and Michael Stern are at Eckl's Beef & Weck in Orchard Park, N.Y. And we talk to food activist and MacArthur Fellow (Genius Award recipient) Will Allen about his new book, The Good Food Revolution.

May 12, 2012 | Listen | Download

This week, Lynne is out of the studio and into the world of honey bees with researcher Marla Spivak. Travel + Leisure Magazine's Peter Jon Lindberg has unearthed good food in unlikely places, and British horticulturalist Jekka McVicar brings us her pick of unusual culinary herbs to grow in your back yard.

May 19, 2012

We have another installment in our series, The Key 3, interviews with chefs and good cooks about the three recipes other good cooks should know. This week it's award-winning chef Andrea Reusing of Chapel Hill's The Lantern. Jane and Michael Stern are at The Blue Bonnet Café in Marble Falls, TX and we get the storing of the Vietnamese tradition of monthly rice from journalist Claudia Kolker.

May 26, 2012

Chef Roberto Santibañez author of Truly Mexican introduces us to the Mexican world of pipianes, Sally Schneider of The Improvised Life franchise brings us her short list of favorite blogs. Only in America, Jane and Michael Stern have found first rate Mexican food -- in a giant gas station -- Fuel City Tacos in Dallas, TX