3-Ingredient Challenge Winners; Food Greats in the South of France; The French Kitchen Cookbook; Please Explain

The Leonard Lopate Show | Dec 5, 2013

We got some great submissions to our 3-ingredient challenge, and Rozanne Gold reveals and talks to the winners! Luke Barr describes the winter of 1970, when his great aunt M.F.K. Fisher found herself in the South of France with Julia Child, James Beard and Judith Jones. Patricia Wells shares her latest recipes making classic French cooking accessible to American cooks. And this week’s Please Explain is all about coffee-how it’s grown, roasted, ground, and brewed best for your morning cup of joe!

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