Do you know about The Splendid Table? Have you heard the brilliant public radio musings of Ms. Lynne Rossetto Kasper? If you love to cook -- or love to eat -- please stop what you're doing, fire up iTunes, and download every single podcast. Then go to the website and read everything. Then get off your ass, go to Borders, and buy "How to Eat Supper."
I feel like I just discovered the New World.
Apparently the New World has been on the air since 1997 and nobody told me about it. I'd like to have the past 11 years back, please, so I can start over. Instead, I'm jamming my iPod full of past episodes and scouring the website for something I may have missed.
What makes The Splendid Table so great? Might as well ask why the sky is blue and why puppies are cute.
Just listen to some of the topics of recent broadcasts:
"Spices and the Medieval Imagination"
"The Cheese Nun"
"Bananas and Politics"
"Molecular Gastronomy"
and my all-time favorite...."The United States of Arugula"
Each episode is a 50-minute-long exploration of the lead topic, along with side excursions into what makes New York hot dogs so good or how to make pasta like the women from Emilia-Romagna. For anyone who truly loves food and cooking, The Splendid Table is an audio version of the greatest encylclopedia around.
Speaking of books, Lynne recently published a book called "How to Eat Supper." I bought it yesterday so can't really comment on it, but if her show provides any indication of the quality of the book, everyone I know will be getting a copy for Christmas.
Seriously -- check it out. It's really wonderful stuff.
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