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July 2009
July 4 - July 11 - July 18 - July 25
July 4: Smoke Grilling| Listen | Download
To arm us for 4th of July celebrations, we've enlisted the services of Gourmet Magazine's John Willoughby for a lesson in smoke roasting. Jane and Michael Stern are eating al fresco at Champlin's Seafood Deck in Naragansett, RI. Sally Schneider author of The Improvisational Cook takes on coleslaw, and David Rosengarten tells us everything we will need to know to make a world-class burger.
July 11, 2009 | Listen | Download
Today we're in Lynne's kitchen to learn about one of our most elusive immigrant cuisines, that of the Hmong people of Southeast Asia. Our guides are the authors of Cooking From the Heart: the Hmong Kitchen in America. Jane and Michael Stern are eating pancakes near the fountain of youth at the Old Spanish Sugar Mill in De Leon Springs, FL, and we get the perfect summer sauce from Michael Ruhlman, author of Ratio: The Simple Codes Behiond the Craft of Everyday Cooking.
July 18, 2009: | Listen | Download
This week we're talking to food activist Michael Pollan, author of In Defense of Food about the intersection between sustainable foods, and our real life pocketbooks. Jane and Michael Stern have been researching the green chile cheeseburger in New Mexico and we look at the origins of the American potato chip with Dirk Burhans author of Crunch, A History of the Great American Potato Chip.
July 25, 2009 | Listen | Download
This week we're meeting journalist Adam Leith Gollner, author of The Fruit Hunters, A Story of Nature, Adventure, Commerce and Obsession. Jane and Michael Stern are at Louis Mueller's BBQ in Taylor, TX, and wine wit Joshua Wesson recommends cool wines for hot days.
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