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December 2008
December 6 - December 13 - December 20 - December 27
December 6: Robert Parker Jr. | Listen | Download
This week we're meeting up with the legendary and powerful wine expert Robert Parker author of Parker's Wine Buyer's Guide, 7th Edition. Jane and Michael Stern, authors of Road Food, are at The Northside Grill in Ann Arbor, MI. Chris Kimball of Cook's Illustrated brings us his favorite kitchen gadgets, Shirley Corriher, author of Bakewise, The Hows and Whys of Successful Baking, explains how take control of your cookies and Bill Waddington, proprietor of Tea Source fills us in on tea etiquette world wide.
December 13: Meat: A Love Story | Listen | Download
This week we're taking a look at our carnivore nation with journalist Susan Bourette, author of Meat: A Love Story. Jane and Michael Stern are at Bakesale Betty's in Berkely, CA. Wine expert Joshua Wesson gives us his suggestions for gift bottles. New York City food authority Mike Colameco comes up with a short list of places in NY with a particularly festive air, and we learn how to cup coffee with Portland's legendary Stumptown Coffee.
December 20: Christmas Past and Present | Listen | Download
What does a world-class chef cook for the family Christmas? This week we meet up with Grant Aschatz of Chicago's famed Alinea, Jane and Michael Stern are at the Silvermine Tavern in Norwalk, CT, Sally Schneider, author of The Improvisational Cook, teaches us the easy way to make homemade chocolates, Martha Holmberg, author of Puff introduces us to simplest of fancy ingredients, puff pastry, and mixologist Dale DeGroff, author of The Essential Cocktail joins us with his take on holiday imbibing.
December 27: Padma Lakshmi | Listen | Download
Padma Lakshmi host of Bravo's Top Chef and author of Tangy, Tart, Hot & Sweet joins us with her unique international take in the kitchen, the Sterns are at Northern Waters Smokehaus in Duluth, MN, and we learn to make first-rate bread with the authors of Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day.
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