The Splendid Table

Food writer Melissa Clark has some ideas about what to pack for a picnic. Singer Sheryl Crow brings her new book, If It Makes You Healthy. Jane and Michael Stern collect their timeless roadfood finds, and we check in with the boys behind The Dinner Party. Broadcast dates for this episode: June 11, 2011 (originally aired) June 16, 2012 (rebroadcast)

Chef Roberto Santibañez, author of Truly Mexican , introduces us to the Mexican world of pipianes. Sally Schneider discusses her short list of favorite blogs, and Jane and Michael Stern have found first-rate Mexican food at a gas station in Dallas. Broadcast dates for this episode: May 21, 2011 (originally aired) May 26, 2012 (rebroadcast)

This week, Lynne is out of the studio and into the world of honey bees with researcher Marla Spivak. Travel + Leisure Magazine's Peter Jon Lindberg has unearthed good food in unlikely places, and British horticulturalist Jekka McVicar brings us her pick of unusual culinary herbs to grow in your back yard. Broadcast dates for this episode: May 28, 2011 (originally aired) May 12, 2012 (rebroadcast)

This week, we meet Britain's latest culinary phenomenon, columnist and restaurateur Yotam Ottolenghi, author of the vegetarian best-seller Plenty: Vibrant Dishes from London's Ottolenghi . Jane and Michael Stern are taking on a classic: a fish boil in Door County, Wis. Food & Wine Magazine's Ray Isle explains the beauty of wine blends, and we meet a historian who has put together the first Afr...

This week, we go into the kitchen of Somali chef Jamal Hashi. John Moe, host of the Marketplace Tech Report , looks at the world of culinary apps. And Jane and Michael Stern take us to New Jersey for pork rolls. Broadcast dates for this episode: April 9, 2011 (originally aired) April 7, 2012 (rebroadcast)

This week, Ruth Reichl takes a look back at Britain's culinary groundbreaker Elizabeth David. Jane and Michael Stern are at The Southern Kitchen in New Market, Va., and our wine guy Joshua Wesson brings his short list of wines that are sure to become your BFFs. Broadcast dates for this episode: March 26, 2011 (originally aired) March 24, 2012 (rebroadcast)

This week, New York Times columnist Matt Gross explains why he has fallen in love with schnapps . We're talking to Hal Herzog , author of Some We Love, Some We Hate, Some We Eat , about our sometimes puzzling relationship with meat. And Diana Henry, author of Plenty , brings us a decidedly British take on leftovers. Broadcast dates for this episode: February 5, 2011 (originally aired) March 10, 20...

This week, we meet up with chef Gabrielle Hamilton, author of Blood, Bones & Butter . Jane and Michael Stern are eating at Flip's BBQ in Wilmington, N.C. We learn to corn our own beef, just in time for St. Patrick's Day, with John Kowalski of the Culinary Institute of America . And veterinarian Gary Weitzman, author of The Art Of Charcuterie and animal adviser for WAMU's The Animal House , tel...

We look at the food life of Thailand with David Thompson, author of Thai Street Food . Then, it's the mysterious eel with James Prosek, author of Eels, An Exploration, From New Zealand To The Saragasso, of the World's Most Mysterious Fish . And Gilt Taste 's Francis Lam teaches us to make Ginger Milk Pudding. Broadcast dates for this episode: February 19, 2011 (originally aired) February 11, 2012...

This week, we meet Nordic chef Rene Redzepi, author of Noma, Time and Place in Nordic Cuisine . The Sterns are at Hathaway's Coffee Shop in Cincinnati, and Jenna Woginrich gives advice on raising egg-laying chickens in the city. Broadcast dates for this episode: January 29, 2011 (originally aired) January 28, 2012 (rebroadcast)

This week we're looking at why we find things pleasurable with Paul Bloom, author of How Pleasure Works, The New Science of Why We Like What We Like . Jane and Michael Stern are at The Orange Inn in Laguna Beach, CA, and tea authority Bill Waddington introduces to the first brand-new strain of tea ever developed, Ruby 18. Broadcast dates for this episode: January 8, 2011 (originally aired) Decembe...

This week we're talking with Ken Albala author of The Lost Art of Real Cooking . Jane and Michael Stern are eating at Menches Brothers in Uniontown, OH. And Melissa Clark, author of In The Kitchen With a Good Appetite brings us her take on autumn pie-making; plus we'll hear the latest on international tipping from Travel & Leisure's Mark Orwoll. Broadcast dates for this episode: October 2, 201...

It is time for our annual "get ready for the feast" broadcast with chef Richard Hetzler of The Smithsonian's Mitsitam Café in the National Museum of the American Indian . Wine writer, Heather John Fogarty gives us a little guidance on wine for the holiday table and Jennifer McLagan author of Odd Bits , brings us advice on giblets and other parts of our turkey. Jane and Michael Stern are at The Far...

We're meeting up with Smithsonian Curator of Botany, John Kress, a man devoted to the study of ginger. Jane and Michael Stern are eating low country pizza at The Old Firehouse Restaurant in Hollywood, South Carolina and Joan Nathan, author of Quiches, Kugels and Couscous , brings us a look at Jewish food in France. Broadcast dates for this episode: October 23, 2010 (originally aired) November 5, 2...

British chef and maverick, Stefan Gates plays with his food and brings glow-in-the-dark jello to parties. Gates teaches us the art of the interactive meal with his new book, The Extraordinary Cookbook: How to Make Meals Your Friends Will Never Forget . Mexican chef, Pati Jinich, host of PBS's "Pati's Mexican Table" shares the traditional celebration of The Day of the Dead. Roadfood experts, Jane a...

This week we're taking a food lovers tour of Vietnam with Peter Jon Lindberg, Editor-at-Large of Travel & Leisure Magazine. Jane and Michael Stern are at Metompkin Seafood in Mappsville, Virginia, and Dorie Greenspan, author of Around My French Table , joins us with a very French take on the side dish. Also on the show, food in a war zone, a cake for every state in the nation, and Lynne's answ...

This week we talk with Mark Bitterman author of Salted, A Manifesto on the World's Most Essential Mineral, with Recipes . We get a look at the world of a wine importer—with boutique importer Terry Theise—author of Reading Between the Wines and the Sterns are back in Santa Fe at Bobcat Bite. Broadcast dates for this episode: November 6, 2010 (originally aired) October 8, 2011 (rebroadcast)

This week we're looking at the last of the world's wild food — fish — with Paul Greenberg author of Four Fish . We'll get some outside-of-the-box thinking on how to deal with small kitchen and dining spaces from Maxwell Gillingham-Ryan, author of Apartment Therapy's Big Book of Small Cool Spaces . And Jane and Michael Stern have found first-rate baked goods at Waves of Grain Bakery in Canon Beach,...

This week we get some modern day wine truths from Matt Kramer author of Matt Kramer on Wine . We'll look at some of the world's most bizarrely set restaurants with JD Rinne of Budgettravel.com , we deconstruct and reinvent ratatouille with Gilt Taste's Francis Lam, a botanist breeds a tomato for Lynne, and the Sterns are eating hotdogs at Texas Lunch & Hubba in Port Chester, NY. Broadcast date...

We're taking a look at the world of extreme tourism with Chuck Thompson, author of To Hellholes and Back . We also dive into the world of self-publishing with the creators of Canal House Cooking ; and Lukas Volger, author of Veggie Burgers Every Which Way shares a few alternatives to processed frozen veggie burgers. Broadcast dates for this episode: August 21, 2010 (originally aired) August 27, 20...

Evan Goldstein author of Daring Pairings joins us with a fresh take on pairing food and wine. Also on the show, a new cooking technique for getting the most from summer vegetables, the trivia challenge, and Lynne's answers to your kitchen questions. Broadcast dates for this episode: July 31, 2010 (originally aired) August 13, 2011 (rebroadcast)

We meet up with Tom Owens, the founder of the cult-status coffee website Sweet Maria's , journalist John Willoughby introduces us to the allure of dried Persian limes; and the Sterns are eating whitefish livers at Maggie's in Bayfield, WI. Broadcast dates for this episode: July 24, 2010 (originally aired) July 16, 2011 (rebroadcast)

This week we meet up with the irascible Anthony Bourdain, author of Medium Raw, A Bloody Valentine To The World of Food and The People Who Cook . Jane and Michael Stern are eating boudin sausage at T Boy's Slaughterhouse in Mamon, Louisiana and Indian food authority Julie Sahni brings us the Indian art of the marinade. Broadcast dates for this episode: July 17, 2010 (originally aired) July 9, 2011...

We're getting an international take on the grill from the unstoppable Steve Raichlen author of Planet Barbecue , Jane and Michael Stern are at a Seattle classic, 13 Coins, and we learn which beers stole the show with Robin Goldstein author of The Beer Trials . Broadcast dates for this episode: June 26, 2010 (originally aired) June 18, 2011 (rebroadcast)

This week, Lynne guides us through the world of food styling with one of the masters, Delores Custer, author of Food Styling: The Art of Preparing Food for the Camera . Jane and Michael Stern are eating Polish Boys in Cleveland, Food & Wine magazine's Ray Isle has some wine suggestions for summer sipping, Susan Loomis tells us about "pistachio music," Sheila Bowman tells us which seafood to av...