March 13, 2010
We're exploring the mind and ethics of the hunter with Steve Rinella, author of American Buffalo, In Search of a Lost Icon, we get advice on kitchen cleanup music with Tom Moon, author of 1,000 Recordings To Hear Before You Die and we meet bean-obsessed Steve Sando, author of Heirloom Beans.
Episode Rundown
00:00 – 02:14 Intro
02:14 – 06:09 Jane and Michael Stern
Breaux Bridge, Louisiana declares itself the crawfish capital of the world. Located out in the swamps about 2 hours out of New Orleans, is a town restaurant and social center loved by locals from miles around.Book: 500 Things to Eat Before It's Too Late
Web sites: Roadfood.com, www.cafedesamis.com
06:09 – 07:51 Eating Well
Lynne's thoughts on how to keep eating well despite the economy...07:51 – 15:04 Heirloom Beans
Lynne talks with Steve Sando, who has a bunch of heirloom bean varieties we've never heard of.Recipe: Drunken Beans
Book: Heirloom Beans
Web site: www.ranchogordo.com
15:05 – 22:58 American Buffalo
Naturalist and hunter Steve Rinella, talks with Lynne about 14,000 years of the American buffalo and the humans who hunted them.Book: American Buffalo, In Search of a Lost Icon
22:59 – 32:33 Clean Up Music
Music critic Tom Moon has come up with some suggestions for music to clean up by. (See feature, right)Book: 1,000 Recordings To Hear Before You Die
32:33 – 34:22 Trivia
How did the Astomi tribe nourish themselves?34:22 – 44:35 Calls
Lynne talks about what to do with a surplus of grapes, and she shares a recipe for macaroni and cheese.Recipe: 21st Century Mac n' Cheese
44:35 – 52:00 Poetry Radio Project: Jane Hirshfield
The poems of Jane Hirshfield are called "honest and beautiful, sensual and clean, risky and wise."Poem: "Cook"
Book: Of Gravity & Angels
This Week's Recipes
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- Bob Marley and the Wailers: "Three Little Birds" from Exodus, excellent for when you look around and feel overwhelmed by the task ahead. The chorus "every little thing is gonna be alright" is an instant uplift.
- Ernest Ranglin: "King Tubby Meets the Rockers" from Below the Bassline. This album is all instrumental and never fails to provide the motivation to get stuff done.
- Tal Farlow: "You Stepped Out of a Dream" and "Like Someone in Love" from The Swinging Guitar of Tal Farlow.
- Bill Evans and Jim Hall: "My Funny Valentine" from Undercurrent. Cool-and-Controlled but Rhythmic Latin Jazz, Built Around the Vibraphone:
- Cal Tjader: "Gringo City" from Primo.
- Cecelia Bartoli: "Sventurata Navicella" from The Vivaldi Album
- Beth Orton: "Sweetest Decline," "Pass in Time" or "Stars All Seem to Weep" from Central Reservation.
- Aretha Franklin: "Do Right Woman," "A Change is Gonna Come" or anything from I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You.
- Chet Baker: "I Remember You" and "But Not for Me" from Let's Get Lost: The Best of Chet Baker Sings.
- Schubert: B-Flat Piano Sonata, Clifford Curzon, piano.
Music for Cleaning the Kitchen
Tom Moon, author of 1,000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die, has come up with a new music/food niche: music to clean up by. Here are his picks:
To encourage stragglers to take their leave at the end of the evening you want Mozart's First Movement from Symphony Number 38 from The Late Symphonies by the Vienna Philharmonic, Karl Bohm conducting.
When everyone has finally cleared out here's a variety of things to pick from depending on your mood:
- Mellow Reggae:
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Crisp, Fast-Moving Jazz Guitar:
- Jazz Guitar and Piano:
- If You Must Have Vocals:
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When You're Finished:
Where We Eat
Jane and Michael Stern: Café Des Amis
Breaux Bridge, LA
For breakfast, go for the beignets or "pig's ears," long strips of fried dough served plain under a heavy dusting of powdered sugar or filled with boudin sausage. At lunch or dinner try the turtle soup, crawfish pie or andouille gumbo. And certainly leave room for a slice of Gateau Sirop, a dark, sweet, spicy cake made with cane syrup.
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Café Des Amis
140 East Bridge Street (look for Rue de Pont Est on the street sign)
Breaux Bridge, LA 70517
337-332-5273
www.cafedesamis.comMore restaurant recommendations
Books
- American Buffalo, In Search of a Lost Icon by Steve Rinella
- 1,000 Recordings To Hear Before You Die by Tom Moon
- Heirloom Beans: Great Recipes for Dips and Spreads, Soups and Stews, Salads and Salsas, and Much More from Rancho Gordo by Steve Sando
- 500 Things to Eat Before It's Too Late by Jane and Michael Stern
- Of Gravity & Angels by Jane Hirshfield
Music
- "Zydeco Gris-Gris" by Beausoleil from Louisiana Party Collection, Time Life Records
- "Voodoo Doll" by The Bamboos, from Step It Up, Ubiquity Records
- "Sky Signal" by Audible, from Sky Signal, Polyvinyl Record Co.
- "Two Questions" by Klee, from Honeysuckle, Minty Fresh Records
- "1st Mov't- Symphony 38" by Vienna Philharmonic, Karl Bohm conducting from The Late Symphonies, Deutsch Grammophon
- "Three Little Birds" by Bob Marley and the Wailers, from Exodus, Island Records
- "King Tubby Meets the Rockers" Ernest Ranglin from Below the Bassline, Island Records
- "Taking a Chance on Love" by Tal Farlow, from The Swinging Guitar of Tal Farlow, Polygram
- "Sweetest Decline" by Beth Orton, from Central Reservation, Arista
- "I Remember You" by Chet Baker, from The Best of Chet Baker Sings, Blue Note Records
- "Call Me" by Timi Yuro, from Hurt: The Best of Timi Yuro
- "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.
