<description> &lt;p&gt;Cookbook season is back, and we talk to the authors of some of our favorite picks. We&amp;#39;re joined by Carolina Gelen, who talks to us about learning how to cook, her favorite Romanian dishes, and how she comes up with her signature recipes like &lt;a href="https://www.splendidtable.org/story/2024/10/25/butter-beans-alla-vodka" class="default"&gt;Butter Beans alla Vodka&lt;/a&gt;, a fast, one-pot dish inspired by the famous vodka pasta sauce. Carolina is the author of &lt;em&gt;Pass the Plate: 100 Delicious, Highly Sharable, Everyday Recipes. &lt;/em&gt;Then, Sonoko Sakai tells us how to “wafu” our food! &lt;em&gt;Wafu &lt;/em&gt;means Japanese in style, and Sonoko takes familiar dishes and adds a little Japanese flair. Check out her recipe for her &lt;a href="https://www.splendidtable.org/story/2024/10/25/pasta-with-miso-bolognese-sauce" class="default"&gt;Pasta with Miso Bolognese Sauce.&lt;/a&gt; Sonoko is the author of &lt;em&gt;Wafu Cooking: Everyday Recipes with Japanese Style. &lt;/em&gt;Then, Jody Eddy talks to us about the incredible food she found and cooked in religious communities around the world. She walks us through some of her favorite recipes, from condiments and Chicken soup in Tibet to a recipe she learned from a Minnesotan monastery, &lt;a href="https://www.splendidtable.org/story/2024/10/25/honeyglazed-turkey-tinga" class="default"&gt;Honey Glazed Turkey Tinga&lt;/a&gt;. Jody&amp;#39;s book is &lt;em&gt;Elysian Kitchens: Recipes Inspired by the Traditions and Tastes of the World&amp;#39;s Sacred Space.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;Broadcast dates for this episode:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;October 25, 2024 (originally aired)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;Sign up for our &lt;a href="https://www.splendidtable.org/story/2024/10/25/fall-cookbook-giveaway" class="default"&gt;Weeknight Kitchen newsletter here&lt;/a&gt; and enter to win one of the incredible cookbooks featured in this episode.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;hr&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://support.americanpublicmedia.org/ST-POD"&gt;Donate to The Splendid Table today and we will show our appreciation with a special thank-you gift.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; </description>

The Splendid Table: Conversations & Recipes For Curious Cooks & Eaters

American Public Media

813: Fall Cookbook Favorites with authors Carolina Gelen, Sonoko Sakai, and Jody Eddy

OCT 25, 202449 MIN
The Splendid Table: Conversations & Recipes For Curious Cooks & Eaters

813: Fall Cookbook Favorites with authors Carolina Gelen, Sonoko Sakai, and Jody Eddy

OCT 25, 202449 MIN

Description

<p>Cookbook season is back, and we talk to the authors of some of our favorite picks. We&#39;re joined by Carolina Gelen, who talks to us about learning how to cook, her favorite Romanian dishes, and how she comes up with her signature recipes like <a href="https://www.splendidtable.org/story/2024/10/25/butter-beans-alla-vodka" class="default">Butter Beans alla Vodka</a>, a fast, one-pot dish inspired by the famous vodka pasta sauce. Carolina is the author of <em>Pass the Plate: 100 Delicious, Highly Sharable, Everyday Recipes. </em>Then, Sonoko Sakai tells us how to “wafu” our food! <em>Wafu </em>means Japanese in style, and Sonoko takes familiar dishes and adds a little Japanese flair. Check out her recipe for her <a href="https://www.splendidtable.org/story/2024/10/25/pasta-with-miso-bolognese-sauce" class="default">Pasta with Miso Bolognese Sauce.</a> Sonoko is the author of <em>Wafu Cooking: Everyday Recipes with Japanese Style. </em>Then, Jody Eddy talks to us about the incredible food she found and cooked in religious communities around the world. She walks us through some of her favorite recipes, from condiments and Chicken soup in Tibet to a recipe she learned from a Minnesotan monastery, <a href="https://www.splendidtable.org/story/2024/10/25/honeyglazed-turkey-tinga" class="default">Honey Glazed Turkey Tinga</a>. Jody&#39;s book is <em>Elysian Kitchens: Recipes Inspired by the Traditions and Tastes of the World&#39;s Sacred Space.</em></p><br/><p>Broadcast dates for this episode:</p><br/><ul><br/><li><p>October 25, 2024 (originally aired)</p></li><br/><br/></ul><br/><br/><p>Sign up for our <a href="https://www.splendidtable.org/story/2024/10/25/fall-cookbook-giveaway" class="default">Weeknight Kitchen newsletter here</a> and enter to win one of the incredible cookbooks featured in this episode.</p><br/><hr><br/><p><a href="https://support.americanpublicmedia.org/ST-POD">Donate to The Splendid Table today and we will show our appreciation with a special thank-you gift.</a></p>