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December 2004
December 4 - December 11 - December 16 - December 23 - December 31
(How to listen)
December 4: On Food and Cooking | Listen
Lynne talks with Harold McGee, the man who took food science from the laboratory into home kitchens. He recently updated his classic tome from twenty years ago: On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen. He fills us in on the discoveries contained in the 21st century edition.
It's crawfish and zydeco in the back woods of Louisiana for the Sterns. They're partying at D.I.'s in Basile.
New York Times columnist Marian Burros has holiday gift ideas from her famous annual list of the best in mail order. She leaves us her recipe for that ultimate comfort food: Macaroni and Cheese from her book Cooking for Comfort: More Than 100 Wonderful Recipes That Are as Satisfying to Cook as They Are to Eat.
Lisë Stern explains the origins of keeping kosher and shares her recipe for Perfect Potato Latkes from her book How to Keep Kosher: A Comprehensive Guide to Understanding Jewish Dietary Laws.
Our intrepid reporter Scott Haas reports on the black market for Swiss night milk. Scott's new book is Are We There Yet?: Perfect Family Vacations and Other Fantasies.
We have the backstory on this year's blockbuster food book: The Oxford Encyclopedia of Food and Drink in America, and Lynne takes your calls.
December 11: Per Se | Listen
This week it's the mother of all kitchen tours. Thomas Keller is repeatedly named the best chef in the country. When he set out to duplicate his famed California restaurant, The French Laundry, in New York City, he dictated every design element, but for unheard of reasons. The result is Per Se, the hottest restaurant in the country right now. Chef Keller leads the tour and shares his recipe for Mussels with Saffron and Mustard from his fabulous new book Bouchon.
The Sterns are forking into classic cowboy steak at Sleepy Hollow in Oklahoma City.
Wine maverick Joshua Wesson talks Mourvedre, the new muscle man grape that produces a big bruiser of a red.
Sally Schneider, author of A New Way to Cook, suggests vanilla beans to rescue a dish. Her recipe for Vanilla Bean Syrup kicks up the natural flavors of fruit.
We have new food games - the SmartsCo flash cards - for trivia at the dinner table, and Lynne takes your calls.
December 18: Christmas with Nigella | Listen
This week it's Christmas with England's Nigella Lawson, the lustiest, yet pragmatic, cook we know. She'll talk the feast, with ideas for taking the pressure off and having some fun. She leaves us her recipes for Bread Sauce and Easy-Action Christmas Cake from her latest book, Feast.
The Sterns feast at El Farolito, an adobe hut in the middle of nowhere about 40 minutes from Santa Fe.
Andrea Immer talks dessert wines and shares her recipe for Bittersweet Chocolate-Cassis Truffles from her latest book, Everyday Dining with Wine. What could be better than nibbling truffles while sipping a late bottled vintage Port by the fire?
For stuffing stockings, Chris Kimball suggests some Cook's Illustrated favorite kitchen gadgets, all mercilessly tested, of course.
Thomas Matthews recommends bottles from The Wine Spectator's Top 100 list. The good news is they're affordable!
Poet Maya Angelou tells of a boy's first dish for his mom and shares the recipe for Bread Pudding from her new book, Hallelujah! The Welcome Table. And Lynne gives us the recipe for the Apple Citron Turnover that often appears on her holiday table.
December 25: Slow Food New York | Listen
We're off to Manhattan's Lower East Side, one of the Big Apple's great culinary neighborhoods with our guide Ben Watson, co-author of The Slow Food Guide to New York City. From street pickles and lox to bialys and gelato, it's all about small businesses making exceptional foods in old-fashioned ways.
On the opposite coast, the Sterns are dining with Tinsel Town's power brokers and celebs at Musso and Frank Grill.
Rick Rodgers, author of Celebrations 101, shares his New Year's Day Open House Menu designed for casual, low-key entertaining.
We'll hear the story of one family's great Jell-O debacle that became a loving tradition. Then we'll check in with Ralene Snow of Snow's Citrus Court for a first-hand report on California's citrus season.
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