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

June 5, 2010

This week, Lynne guides us through the world of food styling with one of the masters, Delores Custer, author of Food Styling: The Art of Preparing Food for the Camera. Jane and Michael Stern are eating Polish Boys in Cleveland, Food & Wine magazine's Ray Isle has some wine suggestions for summer sipping, Susan Loomis tells us about "pistachio music," Sheila Bowman tells us which seafood to avoid, and as always, Lynne answers your kitchen questions.

Episode Rundown

00:00 – 01:30 Intro

01:30 – 08:50 Summer Wines

Ray Isle, executive wine editor for Food & Wine Magazine has some picks for those high heat days of Summer.

Beaujolais:

Morgon "Jean Descombes" and Morgon Moulin-a-Vent
"Domaine des Rosiers"

Albariño:

2008 La Cana
2008 Burgans
2008 Palacio de Fefinanes

Prosecco:

Nino Franco Prosecco "Rustico" NV (i.e., non-vintage)
Mionetto Prosecco Brut NV

Website: www.foodandwine.com/wine/
Recipes: Summer Saffron Rice Salad, Seafood Rice Salad

8:50 – 14:42 Seafood Watch

Sheila Bowman, Outreach Manager of Seafood Watch for the Monterey Bay Aquarium, talks with Lynne about which types of fish to indulge in, and those we should avoid.
Website: www.montereybayaquarium.org/cr/seafoodwatch.aspx

14:42 – 21:32 Food Stylists

Food Stylist Dolores Custer joins Lynne to talk about what it takes to make food look good for the camera.

Book: Food Styling: The Art of Preparing Food for the Camera
Recipe: Blender Borscht With Dill Cream

21:33 – 28:00 Pistachio Nuts

Susan Loomis joins Lynne by phone, and tells us everything you need to know about pistachio nuts — but were afraid to ask.

Recipe: Potatoes with Yogurt and Pistachio Nuts
Book: Nuts in the Kitchen: More Than 100 Recipes for Every Taste and Occasion by Susan Loomis

28:50 – 32:05 The Sterns

Jane and Michael Stern are dining on Polish Boys at Hot Sauce Williams in Cleveland.

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

32:05 – 33:38 Trivia

What plant has honored food writer and teacher Michael Pollan?

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33:39 – 52:00 Calls

Lynne answers listener calls about authentic Chinese cookbooks in English — Lynne recommends Eileen Yin-Fei Lo, and Grace Young, recipe suggestions for quahog clams, and what to use instead of alcohol in recipes, and the most useful item to register for a wedding.

47:14 – 52:00 The Jello Mold Mistress of Brooklyn

Victoria Bellanger wanted to bring something newto backyard barbecues, and started experimenting with different molds, and jello recipes.

Website: victoriabelanger.wordpress.com
Recipe: Peaches and Cream Jello (with Schnapps)

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Where We Eat

Jane and Michael Stern: Hot Sauce Williams
Cleveland, OH

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Polish Boys are kielbasa, barbeque sauce, french fries, and cole slaw all on a bun, and you can find them all over Cleveland, but the Sterns like the version served up at Hot Sauce Williams the best.