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The Splendid Table's How to Eat Supper

Recipes, Stories, and Opinions from Public Radio's Award-Winning Food Show: A Cookbook

by Lynne Rossetto Kasper
Sally Swift
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A fresh take on weeknight cooking from The Splendid Table's Lynne Rossetto Kasper and Sally Swift
As loyal listeners know, Lynne and Sally share an unrelenting curiosity about everything to do with food. Their show, The Splendid Table, looks at the role food plays in our lives—inspiring us, making us laugh, nourishing us, and opening us up to the world around us. Now they have compiled all the most trenchant tips, never-fail recipes, and everyday culinary know-how from the program in How to Eat Supper, a kitchen companion unlike any other.
This is no mere cookbook. Like the show, this book goes far beyond the recipe, introducing the people and stories that are shaping America’s changing sense of food. We don’ t eat, shop, or cook as we used to. Our relationship with food has intensified, become more controversial, richer, more pleasurable, and sometimes more puzzling. How to Eat Supper gives voice to rarely heard perspectives on food—from the quirky to the political, from the grassroots to the scholarly, from the highbrow to the humble—and shows the essential role breaking bread together plays in our world.
How to Eat Supper takes you through a plethora of inviting recipes simple enough to ensure success even if you’ve never cooked before. And if you are experienced in the kitchen, you’ ll find challenging new concepts and dishes to spark your imagination.

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  • Release date

    October 13, 2010

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      • ISBN: 9780307885562

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      • ISBN: 9780307885562
      • File size: 11506 KB

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Publisher's Weekly

      Starred review from March 3, 2008
      A joint effort between Kasper, public radio host of The Splendid Table
      , and her producer and fellow foodie, Swift, this superb book should grace the shelves of even the most infrequent of cooks. Full of tantalizing, fast and easy-to-assemble meals, this collection also focuses on the ideas behind the techniques: what to look for as the food cooks, what kind of pot ensures success, and where substitutions will work. Helpful information such as why buying imported Italian pasta and why salting pasta water are important help the less experienced extract flavor from basic ingredients. Recipes center on quick and nutritious dinner options, including Dressing-in-a-Bowl Supper Salad, North Shore Shrimp Scampi, and Lamb Chops with Crossover Spice Crust. The authors also provide valuable references such as a tasting guide to salad greens, advice for imparting flavor to frozen shrimp and suggestions for using pasta water in sauces. Given the show's popularity, the accessibility of the recipes and the authors' practical and useful advice, this excellent book is sure to become a kitchen staple.

    • Library Journal

      Starred review from March 15, 2008
      "The Splendid Table" is the name of Kasper's highly acclaimed first cookbook, her weekly newspaper column, and the radio show she has hosted since 1995; Swift is her producer and "partner in [the show's] creation." Their book, which grew out of a popular e-newsletter they started in 2002, "Weeknight Kitchens", presents dozens of simple but imaginative recipes. Kasper is an authority on Italian cooking, but the recipes gathered here, ranging from Thai Cantaloupe Salad with Chile to Filipino-Style Chicken Adobo, were inspired by a variety of cuisines. Many of them include variations, and sidebars titled "Cook to Cook" provide helpful information on all sorts of topics. There are also intriguing digressions on various culinary matters and recommendations for favorite cookbooks. Informative, entertaining, and filled with appealing recipes, this is highly recommended.

      Copyright 2008 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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