November 14, 2009
We talk to Paul Roberts author of The End of Food, about global food prices. Jane and Michael Stern authors of 500 Things To Eat Before It's Too Late, are at Famous Fourth Street Delicatessen in Philadelphia, PA, and Shirley Corriher, author of BakeWise, The Hows and Whys of Successful Baking, brings us some practical baking advice as we head into high baking season.
Episode Rundown
00:00 – 01:09 Intro
01:09 – 06:32 The Sterns
The Sterns talk about Famous Fourth Street in Philadelphia. The place is the classic east coast, urban, Jewish deli that seems to be getting harder to find.Web sites: Famous Fourth Street
Book: 500 Things to Eat Before It's Too Late
06:32 – 12:44 Heat and Stew
Harold McGee talks the secret to perfect stew.Book: On Food and Cooking
12:45 – 21:37 The Real Cost of Food
Americans pay less for food than half the planet. Writer Paul Roberts, claims this system is a doomed paradox.Book: The End Food
Related: Paul Roberts hour-long speech at the Commonwealth Club of California
21:46 – 27:42 Baking and Leavnening
Shirley Corriher puts bakers in control.Book: BakeWise, The Hows and Whys of Successful Baking
Recipes: Cake Baking Basics, Dinner-on-the-Grounds Coconut Cake
27:42 – 33:37 Stump the Cook/Trivia
Christopher Kimball challenges Lynne to a new round of Stump the Cook.34:38 – 45:52 Trivia Answer/Calls
Lynne takes your calls.45:52 – 50:24 Pairing Wine with Asian Food
Author Edwin Soon shares his recommendations: see feature at right.Book: Pairing Wine with Asian Food
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Pairing Wine with Asian Food
Author Edwin Soon's Recommendations
Edwin Soon, author of Wine with Asian Food: New Frontiers in Taste and the newly published Pairing Wine with Asian Food, is a Singapore-based wine authority who trains sommeliers throughout Southeast Asia. He says when pairing wines with Asian dishes a simple rule to remember is to pick something that works well with the sauce, not the main ingredient in the dish. Here are a few of his examples:
Dishes containing hot chiles: Avoid a high alcohol wine that will intensify the heat. Go instead with a dry white wine, Muscat or a late-harvest white.
Complex Indian curries: Go with a red but be careful. Curries contain lots of dark spices that don't react well with lots of tannins. Think warm climate reds from California, Australian Shiraz, fruity reds that aren't too dry and tannic.
Chinese braised dishes containing soy sauce: Again, you want a red with little tannins.
Where We Eat
Jane and Michael Stern: Famous Fourth Street Deli, Philadelphia, PA
The Sterns tuck into classic deli — home-corned beef and zaftig sandwiches — at the Famous Fourth Street Delicatessen in Philadelphia.
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Books
Music
- "Feelin' Good" by Nina Simone, from Feeling Good: The Very Best of Nina Simone
- "Stickshifts and Safety Belts" by Cake, Fashion Nugget
- "Love You All" by Cloud Cult, from Feel Good Ghosts
- "Undertow" by Stars, from Sad Robots
- "Call Me" by Al Green, from Call Me
- "A Go-Go" by John Scofield, from A Go Go
- "Hearing Voices in One’s Head" by MC 900 ft Jesus, from Welcome to My Dream
- "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.
