This Week's Episode

Hosted by Lynne Rossetto Kasper

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Adobo Road - Marvin Gapultos on adobo, Lior Lev Sercarz on spices, The Perennial Plate in Spain, Laura Catena on malbec, Sidney Fry on sodium.

Adobo: The ultimate Filipino comfort food

When Marvin Gapultos had a craving for adobo but didn’t know how to make it, he decided to learn his family’s recipes. Since then, he has shared the flavors of Filipino food through his Los Angeles-based food truck The Manila Machine, on his blog Burnt Lumpia, and in The Adobo Road Cookbook.

Keeping the Basque tradition of cheesemaking alive

Idiazabal cheese is known for coming from the Basque Country of Spain. Daniel Klein and Mirra Fine of The Perennial Plate, an online, documentary series, spoke to a sheepherder who is trying to continue the region’s tradition of cheesemaking.

The Lynne Rossetto Kasper tomato plant is here

For the past 5 years, botanist Joseph Tychonievich has been working on a tomato plant named for Lynne Rossetto Kasper. He's been narrowing and focusing the offspring of his initial cross to consistently produce the taste that was desired. It's done.

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Lynne Rossetto Kasper

Lynne Rossetto Kasper has won numerous awards as host of "The Splendid Table," including two James Beard Foundation Awards (1998, 2008) for Best National Radio Show on Food, three Clarion Awards (2007, 2008, 2009) from Women in Communication and a Gracie Allen Award in 2000 for Best Syndicated Talk Show. 

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From Lynne and Sally:

"Sweep up piles of chopped vegetables or clean off your countertop with this handy tool."