May 1, 2010
This week, we're talking tradition with one of the last remaining limburger cheese producers; and how to keep Asian culinary traditions at home as well as in the restaurants. Interior designer and author of American Modern, Thomas O'Brien walks us through his vision of what a kitchen should be. Also on the show, The Dinner Party Download guys bring back the ice breaker, The Sterns go back to Milwaukee for some hoppel poppel, and we'll check in with Daniel Delaney, who is discovering the world's best street food, one bite at a time.
Episode Rundown
00:00 – 01:27 Intro
01:27 – 7:55 Last of the Limburger
Cheesemaker Myron Olson — one of the few Limburger makers left — talks about the process of making Limburger cheeseWebsite: Chalet Cheese Co-Op
7:55 – 13:35 Asian Cuisine Traditions
Pat Tanumihardja joins Lynne to talk about keeping traditional Asian cuisine alive by talking with home cooks.Recipe: Michiko Fried Chicken
Book: The Asian Grandmothers Cookbook: Home Cooking from Asian American Kitchens
13:35 – 21:00 American Modern
Designer and cook Thomas O'Brien shares how he conceptualizes kitchens.Book: American Modern
Recipe: Tart Orange Panna Cotta Trifle
21:00 – 27:24 Dinner Party Download
Brendan Newnam and Rico Gagliano give some tips on winning your next dinner party.Website: dinnerpartydownload.org
Recipe: Filipino-Style Chicken Adobo
27:25 – 32:25 The Sterns
Jane and Michael Stern are eating Hoppel Poppel at Benji's in MilwaukeeBook: 500 Things to Eat Before It's Too Late
Website: roadfood.com
33:35 – 34:05 Trivia
How do you prepare a Sarcastic Fringehead?
You'd probably want to do a beer batter and fry it...
34:48 – 45:45 Calls
Lynne takes listener calls about homegrown recipes for a big wedding, using rhubarb, and making roasts fat-side up or fat-side down?Recipes: Rhubarbarita, Rhubarb confit
This Week's Recipes
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Limburger Cheese
Pat Tanumihardja
The Asian Grandmothers Cookbook
American Modern
Dinner Party Download
Hoppel Poppel from Benji's
Daniel Delaney- "Four on Six" by Wes Montgomery, from The Incredible Jazz Guitar of Wes Montgomery
- "Dance This Mess Around" by The B-52s , from B-52s
- "Solitude Standing" by Suzanne Vega, from Solitude Standing
- "Keep on Searching" by Kraak and Smaak, from Boogie Angst
- "White Out" by Jets Overhead, from Bridges
- "Bat Soup" by Electropolis, from Electropolis
- "I Have Seen" by Zero 7, from Simple Things
- "Get Myself Arrested" by Gomez, from Bring It On
- "Milwaukee" by Oliver Buck and the New Madrigals, from Prodigal Son
- "Meditation" by Charlie Byrd, from Classic Jazz: Jazz Masters
- "Telephone Line" by E.L.O., from A New World Record
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Where We Eat
Jane and Michael Stern: Benji's
Milwaukee, WI
Hoppel Poppel is a breakfast mélange of sizzled salami chunks, scrambled eggs, browned potato chunks and (optional) onions. Benji's offers it also in a "super" version that adds peppers, mushrooms, and melted cheese to the formula. Either way, it's delicious.
The other specialties of the house are deli food: piled-high corned beef sandwiches on Miller Bakery rye bread, lox-and-bagel platters, sweet-and-sour cabbage borscht, and crisp potato pancakes, served with apple sauce.
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Benji's
4156 N. Oakland Ave.,
Milwaukee, WI 53211
414-332-7777
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