Slow Food Nation Program 04-11-21-B

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This may be the century when Americans forget how to cook. We're just too busy. Take-out's too easy. And, who needs to cook when you can buy ready-made dinner at the supermarket? But not all is lost. In this hour of To the Best of Our Knowledge, we celebrate a Slow Food Nation - so to speak. We'll simmer for hours, bake all night and marinate for days.

SEGMENT 1:

Odessa Piper is the chef and proprietor of L'Etoile Restaurant in Madison, Wisconsin and a champion of cuisine prepared from locally available food. She tells Anne Strainchamps that she learned about seasonality on her grandparents' farm and uses local vegetables year round in her restaurant. Also, Morgan Spurlock is the director of the documentary film "Super Size Me." He tells Jim Fleming about his experience of eating only at McDonald's for a month. And we hear clips from the film.

SEGMENT 2:

Paula Wolfert has just published her seventh cookbook: "The Slow Mediterranean Kitchen: Recipes for the Passionate Chef." She tells Steve Paulson why good food is worth slowing down for, and talks about some of her favorite recipes. Also, commentator Anne Schaffer remembers making Divinity - a puffy, gooey confection that was her mother's Christmas speciality. And, writer Peter Mayle tells Steve Paulson about growing French wine, and drinking rather a lot of it. Mayle's latest novel is called "A Good Year."

SEGMENT 3:

Deborah Madison is a board member of Slow Food International; and the author of "Local Flavors." She talks with Anne Strainchamps about the growing popularity of farmers' markets. Also, Andreas Viestad is a TV chef whose latest book is "The Kitchen of Light." He tells Jim Fleming some of his adventures shooting the "New Scandinavian Cooking" series that aired last year on PBS. The shows were shot outdoors, on location in Norway.

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Books:

• Paula Wolfert, The Slow Mediterranean Kitchen: Recipes for the Passionate
  Chef (Wiley)
  
• Peter Mayle, A Good Year (Knopf)
  
• Deborah Madison, Local Flavors: Cooking and Eating from America's Farmers' Markets (Broadway Books)
  
• Andreas Viestad, The Kitchen of Light: New Scandinavian Cooking With Andreas Viestad (Artisan Publishers)

Music:

• Huldreslatten. Torleiv and Hallvard Bjorgum. Folk Music From Norway.
  Sylvartun Records.
  
• My Singing Bird. Luka Bloom. Before Sleep Comes. Bar None Records.
  Calic. Attinde. Italian Music Odyssey. Putomayo World Music.
  
• Jay Ungar and Molly Mason. The Streets of Munnsville. Brother's Keeper
  Soundtrack. EMI Records.
  
• Paris Combo. Fibre de Verre. French Cafe. Putomayo World Music.
  
• Ani De Franco. To the Teeth. So Much Shouting. So Much Laughter. Righteous
  Babe Records.

Distribution dates:

week of 07/17/2005 - hour 2 week of 11/21/2004 - hour 2	Listen! Click Here for Recipes

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Questions and comments can be addressed to: flemingj@wpr.org

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