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August 2004
August 7 - August 14 - August 21 - August 28
(How to listen)
August 7: From Curries to Kebabs with Madhur Jaffrey | Listen
Indian food expert Madhur Jaffrey joins us this week with the tale of how curry turned global. It's all about India's caste system and Britain's lust for empire. Madhur shares her recipe for Cilantro Chicken from her latest book, From Curries to Kebabs: Recipes from the Indian Spice Trail.
Michael Stern takes on the politics of the waffle at the Blue Plate Café in Memphis, and Josh Wesson wants us to try German wines with simple labels.
Journalist Anya Von Bremzen talks the true soba noodles of Japan and names the best soba parlors in Tokyo and New York. Now is a good time to try her recipe for Chilled Zaru Soba with Dipping Sauce.
We'll hear from a watermelon queen in love with petrochemicals, and Vocation Vacations has ideas for your next getaway.
August 14: Two Valleys | Listen
This week it's class warfare in the California wine country. We'll take a look at growth and development versus local culture as new money from the Silicon Valley threatens what's left of the rural lifestyle in the Napa and Sonoma valleys. Our guest is Alan Deutschman, author of A Tale of Two Valleys: Wine, Wealth and the Battle for the Good Life in Napa and Sonoma.
Avoiding the fray, Jane and Michael Stern are in South Carolina eating Jesus crabs and flounder at Fishnet Seafood on Johns Island.
Sally Schneider, author of A New Way to Cook, has been fiddling with fresh soybeans. Her recipe for Succotash is a delicious result. Then Jill Gusman, co-author of Vegetables from the Sea, introduces us to the unfamiliar realm of sea greens. Her recipe for Sea Vegetable Caesar Salad is a good way to start experimenting with veggies from the deep.
We have the scoop on the luscious argan oil from Morocco, and, as always, Lynne takes your calls.
August 21: Cooking for Kings | Listen
This week it's a look at Antonin Carême, the world's first celebrity chef. Abandoned by his family at age nine to starve on the streets of Paris, Carême overcame impossible odds to achieve wealth, fame and an unheard of independence. In the process he reshaped French cuisine. His biographer Ian Kelly, author of Cooking for Kings, tells the story. Carême's recipe for Orange Flower and Pink Champagne Jelly takes us back to the 19th century when he cooked for kings.
The Sterns have discovered an anomaly at Burgerville, a restaurant chain in the Pacific Northwest.
Christopher Kimball of Cook's Illustrated tested ice cream makers and came up with some worth having.
We'll go to Seattle for an oyster dating service, and Lynne gets a lesson in pairing wines with oysters.
Our man in Athens calls in with the scoop on what the athletes are eating, and we have the latest solution to cork taint - the Vino-Lok.
August 28: Food, Sex and Foraging | Listen
This week it's food and the sexes. Naturalist Susan Allport, author of Primal Feast, examines how gender shapes food behavior for humans and other animals. It's an interesting take on food, foraging, and sex in the animal world.
The Sterns are into Hot Truck, a deeply local specialty of Ithaca, New York. Wine maverick Josh Wesson has advice for wines to drink with sweet corn. Dorie Greenspan checks out the best gadgets for saving leftover wine.
Susanne Grayson Townsend has advice on How To Eat Like a Republican and shares an unusual recipe for Chicken Gizzard Candy with Ketchup and Coke. Dave Hirschkop, author of Crazy from the Heat, tells us about his chili sauce creation that was so hot it was banned from the fiery food show.
It's tomato season, the time of year that's sheer bliss for Lynne. She's been in the kitchen concocting a Big Tomato Sweet-Sour Salad and "Drippy" Mexican Sweet Corn.
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