The Splendid Table

In The Key 3, chef Andrea Reusing makes overnight braised short ribs, turnip soup and a tomato salad. Jane and Michael Stern are at The Blue Bonnet Cafe in Marble Falls, Texas, and we hear about the Vietnamese tradition of monthly rice from journalist Claudia Kolker.

Lynne is out of the studio and into the world of honey bees with researcher Marla Spivak. Peter Jon Lindberg has unearthed good food in unlikely places, and British horticulturalist Jekka McVicar brings her pick of unusual culinary herbs for your back yard.

Mexican chef Pati Jinich joins us for Cinco de Mayo. Jane and Michael Stern are at Eckl's Beef and Weck, and we talk to MacArthur Genius Will Allen about The Good Food Revolution.

Britain's latest culinary phenomenon is Yotam Ottolenghi, author of a vegetarian best-seller. Jane and Michael Stern are at a Door County fish boil, and Ray Isle explains the beauty of wine blends.

We meet up with JJ Goode, a culinary ghost writer, Jane and Michael Stern are back from New Orleans with fresh finds, and we talk to Wine & Spirits columnist Tara Thomas about Greek wines.