May 29, 2010
This week, Lynne talks with Ethnobiologist, conservationist and farmer Gary Nabhan about the story of a profound visionary who set out to end famine, and the price he paid. Gary's latest book is Where Our Food Comes From: Retracing Nikolay Vavilov's Quest to End Famine. James Villas, the southern gentleman of the food world, stops by to talk about his new book, Pig: King of the Southern Table, Ian Cheney talks about truck farming, the Sterns tell us about Sacramento's Squeeze Inn, and Lynne answers your kitchen questions.
Episode Rundown
00:00 – 01:30 Intro
01:30 – 08:05 Truck Farm
Ian Cheney talks with Lynne about growing vegetables in the back of his pickup truck.Website: truck-farm.com
Recipe: Sugar Snaps Coddled in New Lettuces
8:05 – 13:50 The Sterns
Jane and Michael Stern are eating burgers at Sacremento's Squeeze Inn.Book: 500 Things to Eat Before It's Too Late
Website: roadfood.com, www.thesqueezeinn.com
13:51 – 21:32 Where our Food Comes From
Ethnobiologist, conservationist and farmer Gary Nabhan has the story of Nikolai Vavilov — a profound visionary who set out to end famine — and the price he paid.Book: Where Our Food Comes From
Recipe: Crisp Cucumber Shrimp in Retro Goddess Dressing
21:33 – 29:32 Pig: King of the Southern Table
James Villas talks with Lynne how the pig became so important to Southern cuisine.Recipe: Charleston Hobotee
Book: Pig: King of the Southern Table
33:25 – 34:39 Trivia
What is the latest snack to be redesigned?Snack chips. Slim Chips have no calories, because they're made of paper.
34:40 – 52:00 Calls pt. 2
Lynne answers listener calls about Indian Cookbooks (she recommends Madhur Jaffrey, Julie Sahni, Maya Kaimal), scarlet runner beans, liver, rack of lamb, and carmelizing sugar.This Week's Recipes
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Ian Cheney's truck farm
The Squeeze Inn cheeseburger
Where Our Food Comes From
Pig: King of the Southern Table
Slim Chips- "Four on Six" by Wes Montgomery, from The Incredible Jazz Guitar of Wes Montgomery
- "Build a Garden" by One for the Team, from Build It Up
- "Garden Funk" by Shawn Lee's Ping Pong Orchestra, from Moods and Grooves
- "Squeeze Box" by The Who, from The Who by Numbers
- "Night Life" by Bonobo, from Days to Come
- "Three Seed" by Silversun Pickups, from Carnavas
- "Like White" by Seely, from Seconds
- "Southbound" by Dakota Dave Hull, from Sheridan Square Rag
- "Call Me" by Astrid Gilberto, from Beach Samba
- "Zombie Land" by T-Bone Burnett, from The True False Identity
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Where We Eat
Jane and Michael Stern: Squeeze Inn
Sacramento, CA
The thing to eat at the Squeeze Inn is the "skirted" cheeseburger. A 1/3-pound, hand-formed patty of good beef is grilled and topped with a mound of shredded Cheddar cheese. As the cheese melts, shreds run over the edge of the burger, hit the grill, and become chewy, crunchy bits that are then scooped back onto the burger. Those crispy bits are pure joy to nibble before you bite into the burger. The usual condiments are available along with excellent fries and milk shakes. You could order a regular hamburger here if you want, but that would be foolish.
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Squeeze Inn 5301 PowerInn Rd.
Sacramento, CA 95820
916-386-8599
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