A Chef's Table: The Holiday Table, December 11, 2008

What dishes HAVE to be on the holiday table? There are some flavors that are so much a part of our holiday spirit they have come to define us. For playwright Eduardo Machado, it's Cuban Roast Pork. For Michelle Bernstein, it's a family chicken-soup recipe...from Argentina. We'll also discover some slightly unusual holiday beer traditions. And for some, it isn't the holidays without uncorking champagne. We'll hear about a biography of the remarkable woman who brought champagne to the world and invented the system of riddling. Plus, the New African American Kitchen begins with history and Thomas Keller on a novel way to cook. [Broadcast Date: December 11, 2008]