Splendid Table
@splendidtable.org
Weekly radio show and podcast for curious cooks and eaters, hosted by @francis-lam.bsky.social. Celebrating 30 years!
We share stories, recipes and culinary traditions with listeners around the world — and with public media and arts funding under threat, we rely on our listeners to keep those stories coming. Give today to show your support! bit.ly/4aRsuHg
December 29, 2025 at 6:10 PM
We share stories, recipes and culinary traditions with listeners around the world — and with public media and arts funding under threat, we rely on our listeners to keep those stories coming. Give today to show your support! bit.ly/4aRsuHg
Peter DiMario & Judith Choate's recipe for Holiday Spiced Mulled Wine is a festive, boozy and beautiful gelatin dessert perfect for New Year's Eve! It can also easily be made non-alcoholic by swapping out cranberry juice for the suggested wine. Get it here: bit.ly/499mIhJ
📖: Hachette
📖: Hachette
December 28, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Peter DiMario & Judith Choate's recipe for Holiday Spiced Mulled Wine is a festive, boozy and beautiful gelatin dessert perfect for New Year's Eve! It can also easily be made non-alcoholic by swapping out cranberry juice for the suggested wine. Get it here: bit.ly/499mIhJ
📖: Hachette
📖: Hachette
The holiday celebrations continue! This week, we talk to Lisa Kyung Gross, founder of The League of Kitchens, and @hels.bsky.social, food writer for The New Yorker. Listen in your favorite podcast app! 🎧
December 26, 2025 at 9:51 PM
The holiday celebrations continue! This week, we talk to Lisa Kyung Gross, founder of The League of Kitchens, and @hels.bsky.social, food writer for The New Yorker. Listen in your favorite podcast app! 🎧
This past year, your support helped us explore flavors, cultures and kitchens across the country. Give now to help keep these stories coming in 2026! We're always grateful for your support. bit.ly/4aebomI
December 26, 2025 at 6:49 PM
This past year, your support helped us explore flavors, cultures and kitchens across the country. Give now to help keep these stories coming in 2026! We're always grateful for your support. bit.ly/4aebomI
"This salad tastes even better the next day," Hetty Lui McKinnon writes in her new book.
Get her recipe for Coronation Cauliflower and Chickpeas, from "Linger: Salads, Sweets and Stories to Savor," here: bit.ly/45kyOn1
📖: @aaknopf.bsky.social
Get her recipe for Coronation Cauliflower and Chickpeas, from "Linger: Salads, Sweets and Stories to Savor," here: bit.ly/45kyOn1
📖: @aaknopf.bsky.social
December 23, 2025 at 4:55 PM
"This salad tastes even better the next day," Hetty Lui McKinnon writes in her new book.
Get her recipe for Coronation Cauliflower and Chickpeas, from "Linger: Salads, Sweets and Stories to Savor," here: bit.ly/45kyOn1
📖: @aaknopf.bsky.social
Get her recipe for Coronation Cauliflower and Chickpeas, from "Linger: Salads, Sweets and Stories to Savor," here: bit.ly/45kyOn1
📖: @aaknopf.bsky.social
"Fesenjan, a sumptuous sweet-and-sour stew made with ground walnuts and pomegranate molasses, is often cooked for [the Iranian festival of Yalda]," Yasmin Khan writes in her new book, "Sabzi: Vibrant Vegetarian Recipes."
Get her recipe for Eggplant Fesenjan here: bit.ly/48Y3CLn
📖: @wwnorton.com
Get her recipe for Eggplant Fesenjan here: bit.ly/48Y3CLn
📖: @wwnorton.com
December 21, 2025 at 5:37 PM
"Fesenjan, a sumptuous sweet-and-sour stew made with ground walnuts and pomegranate molasses, is often cooked for [the Iranian festival of Yalda]," Yasmin Khan writes in her new book, "Sabzi: Vibrant Vegetarian Recipes."
Get her recipe for Eggplant Fesenjan here: bit.ly/48Y3CLn
📖: @wwnorton.com
Get her recipe for Eggplant Fesenjan here: bit.ly/48Y3CLn
📖: @wwnorton.com
This week on The Splendid Table, we talk with Hetty Lui McKinnon and Yasmin Khan about the global stories and traditions that shape the holiday season! 🌍Listen here or wherever you get your podcasts: bit.ly/4aRoKWg
December 19, 2025 at 10:10 PM
This week on The Splendid Table, we talk with Hetty Lui McKinnon and Yasmin Khan about the global stories and traditions that shape the holiday season! 🌍Listen here or wherever you get your podcasts: bit.ly/4aRoKWg
Gifts from listeners help us continue to share stories, recipes and culinary traditions by and with people around the world. Support our work by making a year-end gift today! bit.ly/4aRsuHg
December 17, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Gifts from listeners help us continue to share stories, recipes and culinary traditions by and with people around the world. Support our work by making a year-end gift today! bit.ly/4aRsuHg
We're starting the holiday celebrations early this week with some sweet treats! 🍪 🧁 🍫 🥧 Listen to our conversations with @benmims.bsky.social and Rowan Jacobsen here or wherever you get your podcasts: bit.ly/4anpMcx
December 15, 2025 at 9:12 PM
We're starting the holiday celebrations early this week with some sweet treats! 🍪 🧁 🍫 🥧 Listen to our conversations with @benmims.bsky.social and Rowan Jacobsen here or wherever you get your podcasts: bit.ly/4anpMcx
On this week's episode, we talk with @koshersoul.bsky.social about the many communities – Black, white, Indigenous, immigrant – whose traditions built Southern cooking as we know it. Then, we chat with Deb Freeman about one of the South’s most influential voices: Edna Lewis. 🎧: bit.ly/48jRGVi
December 8, 2025 at 12:14 AM
On this week's episode, we talk with @koshersoul.bsky.social about the many communities – Black, white, Indigenous, immigrant – whose traditions built Southern cooking as we know it. Then, we chat with Deb Freeman about one of the South’s most influential voices: Edna Lewis. 🎧: bit.ly/48jRGVi
Food stylist Mariana Velásquez Villegas’ recipe for Sancocho — a delicious beef, pork and vegetable stew — is the ultimate one-pot meal and perfect for winter!
Get the recipe here: https://www.splendidtable.org/story/2024/01/26/sancocho-beef-pork-vegetable-stew
📖: @harpercollins.bsky.social
Get the recipe here: https://www.splendidtable.org/story/2024/01/26/sancocho-beef-pork-vegetable-stew
📖: @harpercollins.bsky.social
December 4, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Food stylist Mariana Velásquez Villegas’ recipe for Sancocho — a delicious beef, pork and vegetable stew — is the ultimate one-pot meal and perfect for winter!
Get the recipe here: https://www.splendidtable.org/story/2024/01/26/sancocho-beef-pork-vegetable-stew
📖: @harpercollins.bsky.social
Get the recipe here: https://www.splendidtable.org/story/2024/01/26/sancocho-beef-pork-vegetable-stew
📖: @harpercollins.bsky.social
Jing Gao's hot pot calls for ¼ cup Sichuan Chili Crisp, "the sauce that started it all."
Get the recipe — from "The Book of Sichuan Chili Crisp" — here: https://www.splendidtable.org/story/2024/01/26/hot-pot
📖: Ten Speed Press
Get the recipe — from "The Book of Sichuan Chili Crisp" — here: https://www.splendidtable.org/story/2024/01/26/hot-pot
📖: Ten Speed Press
December 3, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Jing Gao's hot pot calls for ¼ cup Sichuan Chili Crisp, "the sauce that started it all."
Get the recipe — from "The Book of Sichuan Chili Crisp" — here: https://www.splendidtable.org/story/2024/01/26/hot-pot
📖: Ten Speed Press
Get the recipe — from "The Book of Sichuan Chili Crisp" — here: https://www.splendidtable.org/story/2024/01/26/hot-pot
📖: Ten Speed Press
Every episode of The Splendid Table is an hour of culture, history, and creativity, and every story is made possible by our listeners. Your support this #GivingTuesday will help keep our table filled with fresh voices, diverse perspectives, and culinary discoveries in 2026 and beyond! bit.ly/3Kw9nYq
December 2, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Every episode of The Splendid Table is an hour of culture, history, and creativity, and every story is made possible by our listeners. Your support this #GivingTuesday will help keep our table filled with fresh voices, diverse perspectives, and culinary discoveries in 2026 and beyond! bit.ly/3Kw9nYq
We can't wait to see you this Friday in St. Paul, MN! Our 30th anniversary live tour wraps up on Dec. 5 at The Fitzgerald Theater with Francis in conversation with some of Minnesota's top chefs. Tickets are still available but going fast! Purchase here: bit.ly/47um5hP
December 2, 2025 at 12:54 AM
We can't wait to see you this Friday in St. Paul, MN! Our 30th anniversary live tour wraps up on Dec. 5 at The Fitzgerald Theater with Francis in conversation with some of Minnesota's top chefs. Tickets are still available but going fast! Purchase here: bit.ly/47um5hP
Soup season is back! 🍜 🍲 On this week's episode, Francis chats with food stylist Mariana Velasquez, award-winning chef Gregory Gourdet, and chili sauce entrepreneur Jing Gao. Find it here or in your preferred podcast app: bit.ly/4oYt7D1
November 28, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Soup season is back! 🍜 🍲 On this week's episode, Francis chats with food stylist Mariana Velasquez, award-winning chef Gregory Gourdet, and chili sauce entrepreneur Jing Gao. Find it here or in your preferred podcast app: bit.ly/4oYt7D1
Our must-listen annual Thanksgiving Day broadcast — Turkey Confidential — is back! 🦃 Today's broadcast features Samin Nosrat, Yossy Arefi, Vivian Howard and Evan Kleiman. Check your local public radio station for broadcast timing. You'll also be able to find it in your podcast feeds this afternoon!
November 27, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Our must-listen annual Thanksgiving Day broadcast — Turkey Confidential — is back! 🦃 Today's broadcast features Samin Nosrat, Yossy Arefi, Vivian Howard and Evan Kleiman. Check your local public radio station for broadcast timing. You'll also be able to find it in your podcast feeds this afternoon!
We're starting Thanksgiving early! 🦃
In our latest episode, we talk with @padmalakshmi.bsky.social about her new book, which celebrates immigrant dishes and regional traditions, and baker extraordinaire @doriegreenspan.bsky.social, author of "Dorie's Anytime Cakes."
Listen: bit.ly/3JUqeUG
In our latest episode, we talk with @padmalakshmi.bsky.social about her new book, which celebrates immigrant dishes and regional traditions, and baker extraordinaire @doriegreenspan.bsky.social, author of "Dorie's Anytime Cakes."
Listen: bit.ly/3JUqeUG
November 18, 2025 at 4:50 PM
We're starting Thanksgiving early! 🦃
In our latest episode, we talk with @padmalakshmi.bsky.social about her new book, which celebrates immigrant dishes and regional traditions, and baker extraordinaire @doriegreenspan.bsky.social, author of "Dorie's Anytime Cakes."
Listen: bit.ly/3JUqeUG
In our latest episode, we talk with @padmalakshmi.bsky.social about her new book, which celebrates immigrant dishes and regional traditions, and baker extraordinaire @doriegreenspan.bsky.social, author of "Dorie's Anytime Cakes."
Listen: bit.ly/3JUqeUG
This week's episode of is about global comfort foods! 🌏
First, Yotam Ottolenghi talks about why specific dishes evoke emotional reactions.
Then, Luisa Weiss (@luisaweiss.bsky.social) joins us to talk about her deep connection to German food.
Listen wherever you get your podcasts!
First, Yotam Ottolenghi talks about why specific dishes evoke emotional reactions.
Then, Luisa Weiss (@luisaweiss.bsky.social) joins us to talk about her deep connection to German food.
Listen wherever you get your podcasts!
November 7, 2025 at 10:40 PM
This week's episode of is about global comfort foods! 🌏
First, Yotam Ottolenghi talks about why specific dishes evoke emotional reactions.
Then, Luisa Weiss (@luisaweiss.bsky.social) joins us to talk about her deep connection to German food.
Listen wherever you get your podcasts!
First, Yotam Ottolenghi talks about why specific dishes evoke emotional reactions.
Then, Luisa Weiss (@luisaweiss.bsky.social) joins us to talk about her deep connection to German food.
Listen wherever you get your podcasts!
Today's episode is a fall cookbook celebration! We're joined by authors Carolina Gelen, Sonoko Sakai and Jody Eddy. Listen at the link below or wherever you get your podcasts!
📖: Clarkson Potter / Knopf / W.W. Norton
bit.ly/3JeODnE
📖: Clarkson Potter / Knopf / W.W. Norton
bit.ly/3JeODnE
October 24, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Today's episode is a fall cookbook celebration! We're joined by authors Carolina Gelen, Sonoko Sakai and Jody Eddy. Listen at the link below or wherever you get your podcasts!
📖: Clarkson Potter / Knopf / W.W. Norton
bit.ly/3JeODnE
📖: Clarkson Potter / Knopf / W.W. Norton
bit.ly/3JeODnE
"I’m very excited and honored to spread the word of possibly the best chicken dish of all time, and it works great with pork also."
Get Bronx-born chef Christian Petroni's recipe for Chicken Scarpariello, from "Parm to Table," here: bit.ly/4onWxtI
📖: Harvest Books
Get Bronx-born chef Christian Petroni's recipe for Chicken Scarpariello, from "Parm to Table," here: bit.ly/4onWxtI
📖: Harvest Books
October 22, 2025 at 5:14 PM
"I’m very excited and honored to spread the word of possibly the best chicken dish of all time, and it works great with pork also."
Get Bronx-born chef Christian Petroni's recipe for Chicken Scarpariello, from "Parm to Table," here: bit.ly/4onWxtI
📖: Harvest Books
Get Bronx-born chef Christian Petroni's recipe for Chicken Scarpariello, from "Parm to Table," here: bit.ly/4onWxtI
📖: Harvest Books
"I came up with this crazy creation around ten years ago at an Italian restaurant I owned in Portland, Oregon ... a unique recipe that is happy to be its own delicious thing." 🍝
Get Joshua McFadden's recipe for Nut Ragu, from "Six Seasons of Pasta," here: bit.ly/42HUSqx
Get Joshua McFadden's recipe for Nut Ragu, from "Six Seasons of Pasta," here: bit.ly/42HUSqx
October 20, 2025 at 5:09 PM
"I came up with this crazy creation around ten years ago at an Italian restaurant I owned in Portland, Oregon ... a unique recipe that is happy to be its own delicious thing." 🍝
Get Joshua McFadden's recipe for Nut Ragu, from "Six Seasons of Pasta," here: bit.ly/42HUSqx
Get Joshua McFadden's recipe for Nut Ragu, from "Six Seasons of Pasta," here: bit.ly/42HUSqx
A new episode of The Splendid Table is out now! First, Joshua McFadden joins us to talk about "Six Seasons of Pasta.” Then, Christian Petroni takes us into the heart of Italian-American cooking with “Parm to Table." Listen wherever you get your podcasts!
📖: Artisan Books / Harvest Books
📖: Artisan Books / Harvest Books
October 17, 2025 at 8:14 PM
A new episode of The Splendid Table is out now! First, Joshua McFadden joins us to talk about "Six Seasons of Pasta.” Then, Christian Petroni takes us into the heart of Italian-American cooking with “Parm to Table." Listen wherever you get your podcasts!
📖: Artisan Books / Harvest Books
📖: Artisan Books / Harvest Books
Calling all cookbook lovers! Our monthly cookbook giveaway is live. Enter now at splendidtable.org/cookbook — no purchase necessary!
October 17, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Calling all cookbook lovers! Our monthly cookbook giveaway is live. Enter now at splendidtable.org/cookbook — no purchase necessary!
Chef Ashleigh Shanti's recipe for Leather Britches is her take on a classic green bean dish. You'll need a needle and about 2 feet of darning thread or fishing line! Get the recipe, from her book "Our South: Black Food Through My Lens," here: bit.ly/4n5F6Nz
📖: Union Square & Co.
📷: Johnny Autry
📖: Union Square & Co.
📷: Johnny Autry
October 16, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Chef Ashleigh Shanti's recipe for Leather Britches is her take on a classic green bean dish. You'll need a needle and about 2 feet of darning thread or fishing line! Get the recipe, from her book "Our South: Black Food Through My Lens," here: bit.ly/4n5F6Nz
📖: Union Square & Co.
📷: Johnny Autry
📖: Union Square & Co.
📷: Johnny Autry
"I wondered what it would be like to line the bread pans with [fig] leaves. It looked amazing and added a great flavor, almost a coconut scent," writes Richard Hart, co-author of "Richard Hart Bread: Intuitive Sourdough Baking." Get the recipe for his Rye Wrapped in Fig Leaves: bit.ly/4oaarzm
October 14, 2025 at 1:14 AM
"I wondered what it would be like to line the bread pans with [fig] leaves. It looked amazing and added a great flavor, almost a coconut scent," writes Richard Hart, co-author of "Richard Hart Bread: Intuitive Sourdough Baking." Get the recipe for his Rye Wrapped in Fig Leaves: bit.ly/4oaarzm