August 1, 2009
This week we've tips to turning your kitchen green with Kate Heyhoe author of Cooking Green: Reducing Your Carbon Footprint in the Kitchen, historian Rachel Lauden explores the link between Mexican cuisine and Islam, and cheesemonger Steve Jenkins explains the real cost of artisan cheeses.
Episode Rundown
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00:00 – 01:05 Intro
01:05 – 06:14 The Sterns
06:14 – 07:52 Lynne's "cook once, eat many times" advice
Recipe: A Classic Pesto of Genoa07:53 – 12:06 Steve Jenkins - Artisan Cheese
Steve Jenkins recommends the best artisan cheeses. See feature (right)Book: The Food Life: Inside the World of Food with the Grocer Extraordinaire at Fairway
12:51 – 18:47 Cooking Green
Kate Heyhoe joins us for a look at reducing our "cookprint."Book: Cooking Green: Reducing Your Carbon Footprint in the Kitchen—the New Green Basics Way
Recipe: Feta Pesto and 2-Minute Pasta
24:20 - 32:57 Gastrosexual of the Month/Trivia question
Lynne talks with Trey Massey — our final Gastrosexual of the Month, and fields a call about food-spice flavor marriages.33:48 - 46:07 Trivia answer/Calls part 2
Lynne fields calls about a creamy Tuscan whitefish, how to make sourdough tangy, and pairing raspberries with meat.46:07 – 50:22 Shellfish on Teflon
Dr. Jonathon Wilker joins us by phone to talk about how shellfish will adhere to surfaces in wet environments.This Week's Recipes
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Steve Jenkins' Cheese Picks
Grafton Village Four Year Cheddar from Vermont
Rogue Creamery Smokey Blue Cheese
Where We Eat
Jane and Michael Stern
Harold's New York Deli
Edison, NJ
Jane and Michael Stern are enjoying gargantuan portions at what they call (probably) the best delicatessen in America.
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Books
Music
- "Stickshifts & Safetybelts" by Cake, from Fashion Nugget, Volcano 3
- "One Big Holiday" by My Morning Jacket, from It Still Moves, ATO (USA)
- "Call Me" by Al Green, from Call Me, The Right Stuff
- "Cortaron a Elena" by Jeremy Ellis, from The Lotus Blooms, Ubiquity
- "These Are the Things About You" by Ivy, from Apartment Life, Unfiltered
- "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.
