Listen to this feature (RealAudio how to listen)

The one and only Julia chatted by phone with Lynne for our annual holiday show in December 2000. When Lynne asked about her favorite cookbooks published in 2000, Julia named these titles:

• 50 Chowders: One Pot Meals Clam, Corn and Beyond by Jasper White (Scribner, 2000)
  More Info | Buy Now
• How to Cook Meat by John Willoughby and Chris Schlesinger (HarperCollins, 2000)
  More Info | Buy Now
• Simple to Spectacular: How to Take One Basic Recipe to Four Levels of Sophistication by Jean George Vongerichten and Mark Bittman (Broadway Books, 2000)
  More Info | Buy Now
• Myrtle Allen's Cooking at Ballymaloe House: Featuring 100 Recipes from Ireland's Most Famous Guest House by Myrtle Allen (Stewart, Tabori & Chang, 2000)
  More Info | Buy Now
• From My Chateau Kitchen by Anne Willan (Clarkson Potter, 2000)

Books Index

Follow along as 15 bloggers from around the country commit to eating a local diet. Locavore Nation® will chronicle their ups and downs throughout 2008 as they try to make a difference through sustainable eating.
Follow the Nation!

Weeknight Kitchen® is a free weekly e-mail newsletter full of new recipes and tips from Lynne and our guests.
Sign up now!

The Splendid Table®, is now available for free in podcast form. Follow the Sterns as they travel the country, hear all our unique and wonderful guests and, as always, Lynne takes your calls, downloaded direct to your computer every week.
Get the podcast

Get our recipes delivered straight to your iGoogle account with our new Google Gadget. It's free. It's easy. Find out how you can install this new feature on your Google Homepage.
Learn More