January 28, 2012

This week, we meet Nordic chef Rene Redzepi, author of Noma, Time and Place in Nordic Cuisine. The Sterns are at Hathaway's Coffee Shop in Cincinnati, and Jenna Woginrich gives advice on raising egg-laying chickens in the city.

Episode Rundown

01:15 – 10:00 Raising City Chickens

Lynne talks to Jenna Woginrich about getting started with raising egg-laying chickens in the city.

Recipe: Three Hen Quiche
Book: Chick Days: An Absolute Beginner's Guide to Raising Chickens from Hatching to Laying
Website: coldantlerfarm.blogspot.com
Website Extra: Jenna takes a call on "rooster pot pies"

10:02 – 15:37 Winter Greens

Legendary chef, notable actress, and prolific author Madhur Jaffrey demystifies Indian cuisine for the home cook. Today, she shares the Indian method for cooking winter greens.

Book: At Home with Madhur Jaffrey
Recipe: Kashmiri-Style Collard Greens

15:38 – 23:35 World's Best Restaurant

René Redzepi's Copenhagen restaurant "Noma" was voted the best restaurant in the world in the 2010 San Pellegrino Awards. Redzepi is noted for his work for the reinvention and refinement of a new Nordic cuisine. Today he shares the thought-process in creating Noma's unique dishes.

Book: NOMA Time and Place in Nordic Cuisine
Recipe: Chicken Skin & Ryebread, Smoke Cheese & Lumpfish Roe
Website: noma.dk

23:46 – 30:03 WIne with Asian Food

Edwin Soon discusses the difficulties of pairing the unique flavors of Asian foods with wine.

Book: Pairing Wine With Asian Food
Book Excerpt: "Favorite Wines with Asian Flavors"
Recipe: Spiced Wine Syrup

30:04 – 34:27 The Sterns

This week, Jane & Michael Stern take us to Hathaway's Coffee Shop in Cincinnati. "The pork and oat loaf known as goetta may be an acquired taste. Hathaway's is a good place to acquire it. The long-sizzled goetta is crisp and deliciously unctuous."

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

34:28 – 47:09 Calls

This week's trivia question, and Lynne takes your calls:

Finding the perfect popover pan
Using macadamia oil
Mystery Japanese ingredient

47:09 – 51:52 Sunset Magazine

Sunset magazine food editor, Margo True on the long history of the magazine and the publication of its first cookbook.

Recipe: Halibut Kabobs with Grilled Bread & Pancetta
Book: The Sunset Cookbook
Website: sunset.com

Images from This Episode

Jane and Michael Stern: Cincinnati

Hathaway's Coffee Shop

The pork and oat loaf known as goetta may be an acquired taste. Hathaway's is a good place to acquire it. The long-sizzled goetta is crisp and deliciously unctuous.