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

May 8, 2010

This week historian John T. Edge tells the story of Seattle�s obsession with all things teriyaki, Jane and Michael Stern have found the ultimate hangover cure in New Orleans — a dish called Ya-Ka Mein — and we get a take on the 5 Stages of Grief, "pea" grief that it is, from Emily Franklin, author of Too Many Cooks.

Episode Rundown

00:00 – 01:30 Intro

01:30 – 9:55 The 5 Stages of Pea Grief

Author and mother Emily Franklin tells a tale of children's eating habits and peas...

Recipe: The Best Split Pea Soup Ever
Menu: Mother's Day Brunch
Book: Too Many Cooks: Kitchen Adventures with 1 Mom, 4 Kids, and 102 Recipes

9:56 – 14:26 The Sterns

Jane and Michael Stern are slurping up Ya-Ka Mein in New Orleans.

Book: 500 Things to Eat Before It's Too Late
Website: roadfood.com

14:26 – 22:42 United Tastes

Historian John T. Edge joins Lynne to talk about documenting the ongoing evolution of American cuisine, and more specifically, the teriyaki trend in Seattle.

Websites: www.southernfoodways.com, United Tastes at The New York Times

22:42 – 29:57 Lighting and Coziness

Lynne talks with Ph.D. candidate Jonathan Bean about lighting and coziness, and how setting an atmosphere might change from culture to culture.

Website: www.jybean.com

29:57 – 33:01 Bread and Butter Pudding

Nigel Slater talks about excess buttered bread in his mother's kitchen.

Recipe: Bread and Butter Pudding
Book: Toast

33:01 – 35:00 Trivia

What role does sugar play in a British archeological restoration project?

Show ↓

35:00 – 45:30 Calls

Lynne takes listener calls about getting an ideal stove, and how to make stir fry more interesting

45:30 – 52:13 Eating Asia

Robyn Eckhardt calls in from Kuala Lumpur, and talks about the culinary adventures in Southeast Asia.

Website: eatingasia.typepad.com

This Week's Recipes

Mother's Day Brunch Menu

The Best Split Pea Soup Ever

Bread and Butter Pudding

Images from This Episode

Too Many Cooks by Emily Franklin
Toast by Nigel Slater
Eating Asia

Where We Eat

Jane and Michael Stern: Ya-Ka Mein
New Orleans, LA

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Ya-Ka Mein is not a restaurant, but a dish most frequently found at food counters, or street vendors. It's a true fusion dish of stew, noodles, broth, and a hardboiled egg, that is then garnished with green onions. The Sterns mention Miss Linda's Catering (a roving food cart) as a great maker of Ya-Ka Mein.