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.
Chef Douglas Rodriguez joins us with a Cuban take on the Christmas feast, the legendary Paula Wolfert joins us with her new book Mediterranean Clay Pot Cooking, and we have a tale of a childhood gingerbread house gone mad from Augusten Burroughs author of You'd Better Not Cry: Stories for Christmas.
Emeril Lagasse is up there with Julia Child as one of those personalities who has best inspired non-cooks to step up to the stove. He's the author of Emeril 20-40-60: Fresh Food Fast.
Diane Bock shares some tips from her stint as a gingerbread castle engineer. If you join her in this noble profession, share your gingerbread creations on our holiday page.
Lynne shows how to invent your own spice blends, and shares recipes for her West Indian Spice Blend and Crossover Spice Blend
Augusten Burroughs, author of Running with Scissors and the new You Better Not Cry: Stories for Christmas shares the story of his disastrous childhood attempt to create a gingerbread house for Christmas.
Chef Douglas Rodriguez gives us a small glimpse of a Cuban Christmas, both in his memories and in a collection of Christmas recipes.
Lynne takes your calls and we get this week's Trivia Question
The answer to this week's Trivia Question, and more callers.
Paula Wolfert is an expert in Mediterranean cooking, and her new book,Mediterranean Clay Pot Cooking: Traditional and Modern Recipes to Savor and Share , details the oldest continuously used cookware on the planet.
Lynne's final thought, and credits.
