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All those people talking about a wine's "terroir", meaning the place the grapes come from. Can we really taste it? We get the scientific last word from Harold McGee author of the seminal On Food and Cooking. Jane and Michael Stern are at Woodyard Bar-B-Que in Kansas City, KS, and novelist Nicole Mones tell us about the time in Chinese culinary history which she used as a framework for her latest novel, The Last Chinese Chef.

Recipes

Sweet Potatoes Caribbean Style

This is another of those country recipes that sing of the Lowcountry and the West Indian influences here. It is to be played with, not taken seriously, served with dinner or afterward with whipped cream, and enjoyed in the laid-back style of the subtropics. Get the full recipe.

Lynne Rossetto Kasper's Coffee Concentrate

Hot or cold coffee the easy way. Get the full recipe.

Features

Jane and Michael Stern: Woodyard Bar-B-Que
Kansas City, KS

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Woodyard Bar-B-Que began as a true wood yard—a place for pitmasters to buy their hickory and cherry wood fuel. It evolved into the restaurant where they serve their own BBQ. Don't miss the "burnt end" sandwich doused in hot sauce and the "hot legs," their version of chicken wings made with legs instead of wings.

Woodyard Bar-B-Que
3001 Merriam Lane
Kansas City, KS
913-236-6666
www.woodyardbbq.com

John Martin Taylor

John Martin Taylor tells of some detective work by a Southern food historian who finds himself in the middle of Sri Lanka. He leaves us his recipe for Sweet Potatoes Caribbean Style, from his book Hoppin' John's Lowcountry Cooking. And be sure to check out his Web site, www.hoppingjohns.com

Audio Highlights

• Jane and Michael Stern visit Woodyard BBQ in Kansas City, KS
  
• John Martin Taylor on an unexpected connection to Sri Lanka
  
• Harold McGee talks with Lynne about terroir
  
• Nicole Mones talks about the setting for her novel, "The Last Chinese Chef"
  

Music

• "Knock on Wood" by Eddie Floyd, from Knock on Wood, Stax
• "Satahan Lessin Daiwaye" by Anura Jayasingha & The Balladeers, from Welcome to Sri Lanka, Arion
• "Insinuation" by Folk Implosion, from Dare to Be Surprised, Communion Label
• "Folk Song for Cello" by Savath & Savalas, from Rolls and Waves, Hefty
• "Call Me" by Astrud Gilberto, from Beach Samba, Verve (USA)
• "The Splendid Table Theme" is written and performed by Billy Barber, "Two for the Road" (used for the Sterns segment) was written by Henry Mancini for the film of the same name. It's also performed by Billy Barber.

Books

• On Food and Cooking by Harold McGee
• Hoppin' John's Lowcountry Cooking by John Martin Taylor
• The Last Chinese Chef by Nicole Mones
• 500 Things to Eat Before It's Too Late by Jane and Michael Stern

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