VPR TO BROADCAST THE SPLENDID TABLE'S TURKEY CONFIDENTIAL
Live Call-in Turkey Triage begins 11am Thursday on VPR

Colchester-Help is on the way for Thanksgiving cooks, kitchen helpers and their guests on the biggest cooking day of the year.  On Thanksgiving morning, join Lynne Rossetto Kasper, host of The Splendid Table, for real-time turkey triage during the live broadcast of Turkey Confidential 2007.  Kasper will take listeners' calls and answer questions and help solve turkey dilemmas during the live broadcast from 11a.m. - 1 p.m. Thursday on VPR.  

The program has been a Thanksgiving morning tradition across the country. Past shows have included everything from a cross-country trucker cooking his Thanksgiving dinner on the manifold to a panicked first-time cook who didn't realize the turkey needed to be thawed. Kasper answers the questions with great wit, expertise and laughter.

Kasper will be joined by special guests chef Mario Batali, Cook's Illustrated's Christopher Kimball, actress and writer Amy Sedaris, road food warriors Jane and Michael Stern, and wine entrepreneur Joshua Wesson. 

Phone lines (800-537-5252) will be open from 11am - 1pm on Thursday, November 22, 2007.  

The Splendid Table is a culinary, culture and lifestyle one-hour program that celebrates the intersection of food and life. Each week, The Splendid Table's Lynne Rossetto Kasper leads listeners on a journey of the senses and leads discussions with a variety of writers and personalities who share their passion for the culinary delights.  The program is heard Saturdays at 3 p.m. on VPR.

 VPR can be heard at 107.9 FM in northern Vermont, 89.5 FM in the Connecticut River Valley, 88.7 FM in the Rutland region, 88.5 FM in St. Johnsbury, 94.3 FM in Bennington, and on low-power translators 92.5 in Manchester, 94.5 in Brattleboro, 95.3 in Middlebury, 94.1 in Montpelier, 101.1FM in Rupert and online at vpr.net.