May 13, 2011: The Splendid Table

This week historian John T Edge tells us about his on-going reporting for the New York Times called United Tastes, Jane and Michael Stern have found the ultimate hangover cure in New Orleans, a dish called Ya-Ka Mein. We meet a PHD candidate studying "coziness" and we get a take on the 5 Stages of Grief -- "pea" grief that it is, from Emily Franklin, author of Too Many Cooks.