This Week's Episode
Hosted by Lynne Rossetto Kasper
Andrea's Turnip Soup - Andrea Reusing's Key 3, Claudia Kolker on monthly rice, Elaine Sciolino on peas, Sandor Katz on kombucha.
New York Times columnist Melissa Clark brings us new ideas for fall vegetables from her book Cook This Now. Also, the appetites of insects with Marlene Zuk, author of Sex on Six Legs. And Jane and Michael Stern have found the pinnacle of cafe coffee in Iowa.
Author Marlene Zuk, a life-long lover of insects, teaches us the ways we are dependent upon insects for our food.
Book: Sex on Six Legs
Melissa Clark's family eats vegetables. The secret, she says, is to eat them in season.
Website: MelissaClark.net
Book: Cook This Now
Recipe: Cinnamon Roasted Sweet Potatoes and Garlic
Kelly Coyne and Erik Knutzen talk about radical home economics and how it ripples out into the community.
Blog: www.RootSimple.com
Book: Making It
Recipe: Mustard
The Sterns take us to Stanton, Iowa, for coffee.
Restaurant: Susie's Kitchen
Website: RoadFood.com
Book: 500 Things to Eat Before It's Too Late
Book: The Lexicon of Real American Food
Recipe: Lynne's 'Pie in the Sky' Apple Pie
Lynne answers this week's trivia question and callers' questions about how to cook lamb on a stovetop, Muscadine grapes and nasturtiums.
Cellist Joe Kwon of the Avett Brothers talks about his food blog and eating on the road.
Blog: TasteOnTour.com
Website: TheAvettBrothers.com
