Appetites: Lam looks ahead to Splendid Table hosting gig
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Francis Lam has been a staff writer for Gourmet and a senior writer at Salon.com.
He's a James Beard award winner, and you've perhaps read his articles in the New York Times Magazine and or maybe watched him as a judge on the show "Top Chef Masters." He's a cookbook editor at Clarkson Potter, too.
Now there's one more thing to add to that impressive CV: host of The Splendid Table.
Lynne Rossetto Kasper — who has hosted the show ever since she helped create it 21 years ago — recently announced that she will retire at the end of this year.
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Until then, Lynne and Francis will trade off hosting duties every other week.
Francis joined All Things Considered host Tom Crann to talk about the changing of the guard.
Use the audio player above to hear their chat.
Correction (Feb. 15, 2017): An earlier version of this story misidentified Lam's role at Salon.com.
