Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Radio

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Milk Street Radio travels the world to discover how food and cooking are changing lives and cultures, from $13,500 melons in Japan and computer-generated cookie recipes to the home cooking of Ina Garten and Egyptian fast food in Berlin. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Jacques Pépin: The Art of T...

09.30.2022

This week, we’re celebrating French cuisine. Jacques Pépin offers a masterclass in deboning chicken and recalls his early days tending the coal stove at the Plaza Athénée. Plus, Aleksandra Crapanzano provides tips for effortlessly Parisian cakes; Alex Aïnouz puts a ...

Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Radio episodes:

09.30.2022 Jacques Pépin: The Art of The Chicken This week, we’re celebrating French cuisine. Jacques Pépin offers a masterclass in deboning chicken and recalls his early days tending the coal stove at the Plaza Athénée. Plus, Aleksandra Crapanzano provides tips for effortlessly Parisian cakes; Alex Aïnouz puts a ...
09.23.2022 Butter Cows, Ugly Cakes and Blue Ribbons: Welcome to the State Fair! We dive into the world of state, county and agricultural fairs with Marla Calico to learn about their history, impact and why roast beef sundaes are all the rage at fairgrounds across the country. Plus, we head to the Iowa ...
09.16.2022 The Secret History of Home Economics Author Danielle Dreilinger tells us the surprising history of home economics. We hear about its origins as a scientific movement that wanted to change the world and find out how it brought us Betty Crocker, astronaut food and the Rice ...
09.14.2022 Milk Street Special: Italy's Best Kept Food Secrets In this special episode, we share a few of our favorite moments about Italy's culinary treasures from the last few years. Vicky Bennison takes us behind the scenes of Pasta Grannies, her YouTube channel that documents Italian grandmothers making pasta ...
09.09.2022 Michael Twitty's Kosher Soul Writer and historian Michael Twitty shares the stories and foods of the African and Jewish diasporas. Plus, we explore the wide world of breakfast cereals with Gabe Fonseca, make spaghetti with parsley pesto and consider the apple with Dan Pashman. ...
09.02.2022 From Asia with Love: Guangdong Meets Sydney Cookbook author Hetty McKinnon tells us about her Chinese-Australian upbringing, Vegemite brownies and why her mother calls to FaceTime her wok. Plus, we talk to the Trappist monk running the only Trappist Brewery in the U.S., learn to make the ...
08.26.2022 Eyeball Jell-O: Rhett & Link Taste-Test Everything Rhett McLaughlin and Link Neal, hosts of “Good Mythical Morning,” extol the virtues of Twinkie Jell-O, order all the food off the Taco Bell menu through song and tell us what you’re not allowed to eat on YouTube. Plus, we ...
08.19.2022 Summer Show! Ice Cream, Tomatoes, Watermelon, Corn and Fruit Crostata This week, we’re diving into the foods of summer. Culinary historian Tonya Hopkins tells us about the Black innovators who made ice cream what it is today; Bill Alexander reveals the history and fate of the tomato; artist Ana Inciardi ...
08.17.2022 Milk Street Special: Pro Grilling, Recipes and Techniques In this special episode, we share a few of our favorite moments about grilling from the last few years. We chat with Meathead about how to grill the perfect steak; Sarit Packer and Itamar Srulovich of Honey & Co. share ...
08.12.2022 Eric Ripert and the Art of Cooking Vegetables Chef Eric Ripert teaches us how to make vegetables the star of the plate, the secrets of his restaurant Le Bernardin and why he believes every fish has its own unique personality. Plus, we take a deep dive into the ...
08.05.2022 Pro Secrets of Homemade Pasta: Missy Robbins Tells All Missy Robbins, chef and founder of Lilia and Misi in Brooklyn, teaches a masterclass in making pasta at home—she explains why her noodle recipes include a copious number of egg yolks, why she often leaves salt out, and her secret ...
07.29.2022 Culinary Tour of Colombia: Sweet Corn Arepas and Brisket Dust We explore the cooking of Colombia with Mariana Velásquez, from homemade arepas to sweet panela that tastes like almost-burnt caramel. Plus, we learn about the secret world of creating food emojis with artist Yiying Lu, Adam Gopnik ponders the elements ...
07.22.2022 Inside the Great British Bake Off with Paul Hollywood We chat with Great British Bake Off judge and author of “BAKE” Paul Hollywood about the best and worst parts of his job, his secret to perfect scones and what a bin lid is—and why it's so delicious. Plus, journalist ...
07.15.2022 Ancient Recipes with Sohla El-Waylly: Roman Cheesecake, Medieval Apple Pie and Fish Head Aspic Today we are traveling back in time with chef Sohla El-Waylly, host of “Ancient Recipes with Sohla.” We learn how to make Roman cheesecake, fish head aspic and Mary Todd Lincoln’s white almond cake. Plus, Maggie Hennessy breaks down the ...
07.08.2022 Eat, Travel, Love: Matt Goulding Reveals the Culinary Secrets of Spain Matt Goulding, author of “Grape, Olive, Pig,” tastes the original paella, finds out-of-the-way Spanish eateries, falls in love and recounts his one meal at El Bulli. Plus, J. Kenji López-Alt double-fries chicken; we travel to Paris for gnocchi; and Mark ...
07.06.2022 Milk Street Special: Memories of Julia Child We look back with Julia Child’s friends, protégés and fans at their favorite moments and the legacy of the French Chef. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
07.01.2022 Our July Fourth Show: Live-Fire Grilling, 50 Pies for 50 States and Ketchup/Mustard Smackdown On this Fourth of July, baker Stacey Fong shares highlights from her 50 States/50 Pies project, which includes odes to Nevada’s all-you-can-eat buffets, West Virginia’s pizza rolls and Tennessee icon Dolly Parton. Plus, live-fire cooking expert Genevieve Taylor reveals showstopping ...
06.24.2022 Wok Eggs, Fried Rice and Hot Dry Noodles: Chinese Cooking Demystified Stephanie Li and Chris Thomas travel around China in search of the best recipes and techniques for their YouTube channel Chinese Cooking Demystified. Today we learn the secrets to perfect fried rice, how to cook with chopsticks and why the ...
06.17.2022 In Search of Rare Foods: Wild Coffee, Fermented Mutton and Hadza Honey Journalist Dan Saladino brings us stories of rare and endangered foods, from the wind-cured mutton found only on the Faroe Islands to stenophylla, the rediscovered species now considered crucial to the future of coffee. Plus, Jess Damuck shares elevated salads; ...
06.10.2022 José Andrés Swims with Sharks This week, we chat with José Andrés about how he helped organize more than three million meals in Puerto Rico, why he would choose a pineapple over a steak, and what he would do if he ever got a day ...
06.03.2022 The Tongue Cutters: In Norway, Kids Cut Cod Tongues for Love and Money In the fishing villages of Norway, kids as young as five enter the workforce as professional cod tongue cutters. Documentary filmmaker Solveig Melkeraaen tells us why kids slice up this delicacy, plus we meet former tongue cutter Ylva Melkeraaen Lundell, ...
05.27.2022 The Automat: The Amazing Story of America's 5-Cent Cafeteria Before McDonald’s or KFC, there was the Horn and Hardart Automat—a cafeteria-style restaurant where you could buy everything from creamed spinach to lemon meringue. This week, filmmaker Lisa Hurwitz tells us the story of the rise and fall of the ...
05.20.2022 The Secret World of Celebrity Catering with Mary Giuliani Mary Giuliani, the author of catering tell-all “Tiny Hot Dogs,” idolizes Steve Martin in “The Jerk,” raises a murderous turtle and has a solution for any and every party disaster. Plus, we visit a Bhutanese Senior Lunch in Vermont; Adam ...
05.13.2022 The Perfect Cup: Great Homemade Coffee with James Hoffmann YouTube coffee expert James Hoffmann shares the best, worst and weirdest coffee in the world—from his tried-and-true recipe for the ultimate cup at home to the time he tasted 70-year-old beans in Japan. Plus, Don and Petie Kladstrup tell us ...
05.06.2022 Kimchi and Rice: A True Story of War and Survival During the Korean War, Grace M. Cho’s mother was just a kid when she got separated from her family. Eventually, she found her way back home but had to survive on her own off of kimchi and rice for months. ...
04.29.2022 Nigella Lawson Is Not a Domestic Goddess Nigella Lawson does not believe in guilty pleasures–instead, she believes in pleasure without guilt. This week, she reveals her food philosophy and shares the sublime art of eating chocolate in bed. Plus, we get a barbecue lesson from whole hog ...
04.22.2022 The Museum of Food Failures: From Crystal Pepsi and Life Savers Holes to Gerber Adult Singles Dr. Samuel West is back to teach us about history’s greatest food failures, from Colgate’s frozen meals to the time Gerber made food for grown-ups. Plus, Massimo Montanari helps us uncover the true history of spaghetti; J. Kenji López-Alt tells ...
04.15.2022 Pink Margarine? America's Greatest Food Fight 99% Invisible’s Chris Berube shares margarine’s secret history—from Supreme Court battles to Eleanor Roosevelt’s advertising campaign—and why in some states you could only buy margarine that was dyed pink or black. Plus, we learn about snacks from around the world ...
04.08.2022 I Cooked for Stevie Wonder: Makini Howell Redefines Vegan In 2015, chef Makini Howell took a sabbatical from her vegan food empire to cook for Stevie Wonder on tour. We discuss her unique take on vegan cooking and what she learned during her year on the road. Plus, we ...
04.01.2022 Curious Kitchen Tools from History This week: The best tools and techniques for making food. Corinne Mynatt shares history’s most fascinating kitchen tools, from the dog-powered rotisserie spit to the Victorian ice cream slicer; Meathead shares his favorite ways to cook a burger; and Adam ...
03.25.2022 101 Thai Dishes to Cook Before You Die This week: Jet Tila on Thai food. He tells us about real Thai sriracha, what it takes to make the world’s largest stir-fry and why working at his family’s market sometimes meant visiting the set of “Star Trek.” Plus, we ...
03.18.2022 Robots in the Kitchen: From Food-O-Matic to Disney's “Smart House" Can a computer cook? Dr. Alexandra Ketchum examines our fascination with kitchen computers, from the Jetsons' Foodarackacycle to the world’s first robotic kitchen. Plus, celebrated food writer Claudia Roden shares memories from a life dedicated to the joys and history ...
03.11.2022 Vivian Howard at Home: Turnip Run Ups, Hand Pies and Southern Porridge This week, we chat with Vivian Howard about growing up on a tobacco farm in Deep Run, North Carolina; her latest TV show, “Somewhere South”; and the foods she considers her flavor MVPs. Plus, we explore the future of algae-based ...
03.04.2022 The Science of Stir-Fry with J. Kenji López-Alt J. Kenji López-Alt gives us a lesson on Wok 101 and reveals the science behind great stir-fry. Plus, Cheryl Day joins Christopher Kimball to tackle your baking questions about everything from powdered milk to cardamom buns; cookbook author Chelsea Monroe-Cassel ...
02.25.2022 The Secrets of China's Tea Mountains Tea expert Shunan Teng tells us about tea that costs $1,000 per ounce and the notion that tea is more like wine than coffee. Plus, we learn about forgotten fast-food chains, Alex Aïnouz debunks the myth of hollandaise as a ...
02.18.2022 Food Thieves: Missing Cows, Fake Fertilizer and Heisted Almonds Detective Rocky Pipkin is a private eye in California’s Central Valley, where the billion-dollar farming industry has made investigating agricultural crimes his specialty. He tells us how truckloads of nuts can vanish into thin air, why you might be eating ...
02.11.2022 Nadiya Hussain Baked for the Queen of England On this week's dessert-themed show, we chat with Nadiya Hussain about her quest for the perfect brownie, a hack for bread pudding and how she almost faked her death to avoid going on “The Great British Bake Off.” Plus, chef ...
02.04.2022 Eat Beef, Save the Planet? Nicolette Hahn Niman Fights Back Nicolette Hahn Niman was an environmental lawyer and vegetarian. Now, she’s a rancher who believes there’s a case to be made for sustainable meat production. She tells us why she believes the environmental impact and health effects of eating beef ...
01.28.2022 Cocktail Confidential: The Secret History of Mixology Noah Rothbaum and David Wondrich help us uncover the history of the cocktail, from the invention of drinks like the Long Island Iced Tea to the colorful characters who left their mark on the art of bartending. Plus, we learn ...
01.21.2022 Sidewalk Salad: Foraging with Alexis Nikole Nelson This week, we chat with TikTok star and expert forager Alexis Nikole Nelson about the most delicious weeds in your backyard, the joys of mushroom jerky and her cross-country journey to make seaweed panna cotta. Plus, Kevin Fortey takes us ...
01.14.2022 Pickles, Life and Death: The World of Fermentation Fermentation expert Sandor Katz takes on a journey around the globe for a look at some of the world’s greatest fermented foods. He tells us about the joys of making sauerkraut and why fermentation may hold the secret to life. ...
01.07.2022 Fungus Burgers, Anyone? The Crazy World of Future Foods This week, we’re looking at the technology behind the growing plant-based food industry with journalist Larissa Zimberoff. She reveals how fungus is turned into bacon and why air molecules may be the future of protein. Plus, cultural anthropologist Meher Varma ...
12.31.2021 Yotam Ottolenghi’s Big Flavors Chef and restaurateur Yotam Ottolenghi chats about cooking soup for his aging father, why he pours pancake batter with gochujang over asparagus and how his sense of food presentation was inspired by food stalls in Jerusalem. Plus, we hear from ...
12.24.2021 The Fantastic World of Ted Allen: From Queer Eye to Chopped We chat with Ted Allen about the soaring success of Queer Eye and Chopped, his life behind the scenes and embarrassing encounters with Martha Stewart. Plus, we explore the new German cooking with Meike Peters; Adam Gopnik discusses the role ...
12.17.2021 Rachael Ray at Home This week, we’re chatting with Rachael Ray about her last two years—her house burned down, her dog died, and she had to film her daytime show with just one assistant: her husband. Plus, bakers Chris Taylor and Paul Arguin share ...
12.10.2021 Secrets of Classic German Baking Today, author Luisa Weiss offers some of her favorites from Eisenbahnschnitten to Kartoffelstrudel. Plus, journalist Rowan Jacobsen demystifies the truffle, Adam Gopnik talks luxury foods, and we learn how to make a creamy Amalfi-style lemon risotto. Get the recipe for ...
12.03.2021 Inside Mexico with Pati Jinich Pati Jinich is on a quest to show people what Mexico looks like and tastes like. She breaks down the common denominators of Mexican cuisine, tells us why she lives and dies for her blender and reveals her favorite recipes ...
11.26.2021 Jamie Oliver Speaks Out on Nutrition, Restaurants and Toad-in-the-Hole This week, Jamie Oliver chats about how drumming kept him out of trouble as a teenager, what his dad taught him about hard work and how his cooking is heavily influenced by traditional English fare. Plus, Nick Hall investigates the ...
11.19.2021 Milk Street Radio’s Thanksgiving Special This week, we’re getting ready for Thanksgiving with some help from our friends. Cheryl Day joins us to answer your holiday baking questions, Sam Fore cooks Thanksgiving with a Sri Lankan take, J. Kenji López-Alt explains why he eats lobster ...
11.12.2021 Big Night: Stanley Tucci Eats Hollywood Stanley Tucci shares his life through food—on- and off-screen. He takes us behind the scenes of “Big Night” and “Julie & Julia," reveals why catering on an Italian movie set is surprisingly bad and recounts dining disasters with Meryl Streep. ...

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