Recipes, Listings and Audio | The Splendid Table with Lynne Rossetto Kasper

October 17, 2009

This week we're catching up with Italian food authorities Marcella and Victor Hazan. Marcella's latest project is her autobiography, Amarcord, Marcella Remembers. Jane and Michael Stern are eating Czech food at Belgrade Gardens outside of Akron, OH, and Harold McGee, author of the seminal On Food and Cooking explains the remarkable link between extra-virgin olive oil and ibuprofen.

Episode Rundown

00:00 – 01:06 Intro

01:06 – 06:30 The Sterns

The Sterns discover sauerkraut balls at Belgrade Gardens in Barberton, Ohio.

Web site: RoadFood.com
Book: 500 Things to Eat Before It's Too Late

6:30 – 7:57 Summer Tomatoes

Lynne's longing for one last summertime tomato feast.

Recipe: Marble Cutter's Soup

7:57 – 13:11 Ibuprofen and Olive Oil

Food scientist Harold McGee muses over recent findings that your joints may thank you for using that extra-virgin olive oil.

Recipe: Bagna Cauda — Warmed Garlic-Olive Oil Dip for Fresh Vegetables
Book: On Food and Cooking

14:40 – 21:12 Marcella and Victor Hazan

The cookbook author who taught two generations of American cooks what "authentic" means in Italian food. Now she's written a memoir about her journey to fame in the food world.

Book: Amarcord: Marcella Remembers

21:26 – 27:37 Locavore Nation

We'll check in with one of our locavores, Tim Baird, a guy who signed up to eat local for a year to get closer to his wife.

Web site: Locavore Nation

27:46 – 34:05 Cornichon/Trivia

Anita Elash tells the story of the globalization of a little French pickle.

35:06 – 45:16 Trivia Answer/Calls

Lynne takes calls about what to do with green tomatoes, how to cook apples with game,

45:16 – 49:56 Missing Bees

Environmental writer Rowan Jacobsen looks at what we can expect from the disappearance of billions of honey bee pollinators.

Book: Fruitless Fall: The Collapse of the Honey Bee and the Coming Agricultural Crisis

This Week's Recipes

Bagna Cauda — Warmed Garlic-Olive Oil Dip for Fresh Vegetables

Marble Cutter's Soup

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Where We Eat

Jane and Michael Stern: Belgrade Gardens in Barberton, OH

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Michael was enthralled with the sauerkraut balls, a tangy and savory blend of sauerkraut and ground meat that's a favorite hors d'oeuvre in the area. Jane says the area around Akron is worth a visit for the sensational food influenced by the Eastern European immigrants who settled in the region.