The Leonard Lopate Show
Enduring Legacies
Tuesday, February 07, 2006
The 1950 cookbook The Silver Spoon is considered Italy’s version of The Joy of Cooking. We'll talk to the editor of the first-ever English translation. And we'll find out why many critics consider Fellini’s “8 ½” one of the best movies of all time. Plus, a look at the legacy of Sam Cooke, with his biographer Peter Guralnick.
How to Cook Classic Italian Dishes
Editor Emilia Terragni describes the updates and revisions made for the first-ever English translation of The Silver Spoon. The Italian cookbook was first published in 1950, and is often described as Italy's version of The Joy of Cooking. We'll hear about some of the book's 2,000 classic Italian recipes.
Music: Sirens soundtrack, tracks 8, 1, and 5
The Legacy of Fellini’s 8 1/2
Peter Becker, the founder and president of the Criterion Collection, tells us about his quest to make the world's best films--both classic and contemporary--available on DVD. He's here today for a look at Fellini’s masterpiece “8 ½”--the 1963 Oscar-winner for Best Foreign-Language Film.
Music: National Public Radio, Milestones of the Millennium: Music in Film (Sony Classical)
“La passerella di addio” from the movie “8 ½”, music by Nino Rota
Sam Cooke's Soul Stirring Sound
Sam Cooke’s haunting, powerful voice made him one of the first, and most successful, artists to cross over from gospel to pop music. Peter Guralnick’s colossal new biography, Dream Boogie, follows his career from his early days in several gospel quartets, through his success with hits like “You Send Me” and “Cupid”, to the suspicious circumstances surrounding his murder in 1964.
Music: Night Beat, by Sam Cooke “Fool’s Paradise” and “Trouble Blues”
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