Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Radio

Milk Street Radio
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Sep 5, 2025 • 51min

Magnolia Ice Cream? Yes! Plus Candied Acorns and Spruce Bark Cookies

Join celebrated restaurateur Lidia Bastianich, renowned for her Italian cooking, as she tackles your burning questions about pasta and pesto. Chef Anaïs Ca Dao van Manen takes us on a culinary tour of Vietnam, revealing the rich regional diversity and tantalizing street food. Woodworker and forager Justin Davies shares his quirky desserts made from trees, like magnolia ice cream, and discusses the unique flavors of nature. Prepare for a delightful blend of cultural insights and culinary creativity!
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Aug 29, 2025 • 51min

The Glory Days of In-Flight Dining: From Smorgasbord to Baked Alaska

Richard Foss, a culinary historian and author, explores the rise and fall of in-flight dining, unveiling how luxurious meals transformed into today’s mediocre offerings. He shares whimsical tales of extravagant zeppelin dinners and flaming Baked Alaskas. J.M. Hirsch reminisces about his Colombian barbecue adventures, introducing a recipe for asado pork chops. The conversation mixes nostalgia with humor, discussing how airlines have leveraged food to enhance experiences over the years, reflecting on culinary evolution in the skies.
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Aug 27, 2025 • 51min

Ice Cream Crazy! Live Longer? Hot Chicken Flavor? Blue Moon?

Morgan Springer, Editor of the Points North podcast, dives into the quirky enigma of blue moon ice cream, uncovering its mysterious origins and regional variations. Lokelani Alabanza, founder of Saturated Ice Cream, shares her creative flair by blending unique ingredients, including Nashville hot chicken and flavors inspired by African-American history. David Johns, a public health historian, explores surprising studies linking ice cream to potential health benefits, challenging conventions about nutrition. Tune in for a delicious mix of flavor explorations!
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Aug 22, 2025 • 51min

Saffron Coffee, Black Limes and Tahini Dates: Inside the Gulf Kitchen

This week we’re joined by Noor Murad—longtime recipe developer at the Ottolenghi Test Kitchen. She’s here to share cooking inspired by her home country, Bahrain. We talk about the magic of tahini dates, lamb with fenugreek, and spiced rice. Plus, Meathead is back to take more of your barbecue and grilling calls, from the rules of ribs to whether bones actually make your meat taste better; we learn how to eat like a Greek with Athens chef Carolina Doriti; Adam Gopnik considers the tart cherry; and we make Cantonese Barbecued Pork.Get this week's recipe for Cantonese Barbecued Pork here. Listen to Milk Street Radio on: Apple Podcasts | Spotify
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Aug 15, 2025 • 51min

Outdoor Summer: Cowboy Cooking, Mail Order Chickens and Freezer Door Daiquiris

Join cowboy cook Kent Rollins as he shares the hearty delights of chuck wagon cuisine, from famous coffee to burger dogs. Tove Danovich introduces the charming antics of backyard chickens, including the legend of Mike the Headless Chicken. Cheryl Day offers baking wisdom, tackling listener queries and creative techniques. Finally, Martha Barnett delves into the intriguing origins of lemon-related idioms, providing a sprinkle of language fun. It's a flavorful journey filled with culinary tips and lively anecdotes!
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Aug 8, 2025 • 51min

I Catered Napoleon's Wedding: Carême, the First Celebrity Chef

He cooked for the czar of Russia, the Rothschilds, and he even made Napoleon Bonaparte's wedding cake. He invented the chef’s hat and published the first recipes for soufflé and meringue, but you’ve probably never heard his name. This week, it’s the story of the world’s first celebrity chef: Marie-Antoine Carême. Plus, we’re joined by one of today’s best chefs, Enrique Olvera; Kenji López-Alt returns with a brand-new way to fry an egg; we make Indonesian Beef and Sweet Soy Sate; and Chris and Sara take your calls — how to organize handwritten recipes, why we season everything with pepper, and much more. Get this week’s recipe for Indonesian Beef and Sweet Soy Sate here. Listen to Milk Street Radio on: Apple Podcasts | Spotify
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Aug 1, 2025 • 51min

Welcome to Our Cocktail Hour! Bourbon Myths, Martini Crawls and Mixology Tips

It's a very happy hour of Milk Street Radio: Chef Edward Lee returns for a tour of Kentucky’s bourbon distilleries, where the water is sweeter, the barrels are (accidentally!) charred, and the rickhouses are sacred territory. Plus, Gary Shteyngart recounts his wet, dry, twisted and dirty martini tour of New York City; Grant Barrett and Martha Barnette of “A Way With Words” reveal the surprising origin of the word “cocktail”; and J.M. Hirsch offers an innovative mixology tip. (Originally aired July 25, 2024.)Get this week’s recipe for Lemon Grass Martini here.Cover image credit: Landon Nordeman, The New Yorker.Listen to Milk Street Radio on: Apple Podcasts | Spotify
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Jul 25, 2025 • 51min

100 Years of Food Writing at the New Yorker: M.F.K. Fisher, Calvin Trillin and A.J. Liebling

Adam Gopnik, a staff writer at The New Yorker, dives into a century of iconic food writing, showcasing gems from M.F.K. Fisher, A.J. Liebling, and Calvin Trillin. He shares A.J. Liebling's tips for finding stellar Parisian restaurants and Fisher's whimsical musings on potato chips. Matt Goulding, the creative director at Milk Street, stirs the pot discussing the heated debate around authentic paella in Spain. The conversation offers rich cultural insights and the secret to a perfect cold oven crème brûlée.
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Jul 18, 2025 • 51min

Food Fights: I Love You But I Hate Your Cooking

Forget the bedroom: the kitchen is where relationships are made and broken. Journalist Ella Quittner reveals the many ways the kitchen causes problems in our love lives, and what psychologists say we can do about it. Plus, listeners call in with their own culinary feuds; writer Crystal Wilkinson recalls the kitchen ghosts and family recipes of her Appalachian childhood; and we make Pakistani-style Potato Stuffed Naan at home. (Originally aired June 13, 2024.)Get this week’s recipe for Potato-Stuffed Naan here.Artwork credit: Millie von PlatenListen to Milk Street Radio on: Apple Podcasts | Spotify
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Jul 11, 2025 • 1h 1min

Summer Lollapalooza! Meathead Q&A, BBQ Road Trip and Grilling Pizza

We’re covering everything you've ever wanted to know about grilling and barbecue. First up, a road trip with Daniel Vaughn, barbecue editor at Texas Monthly. We taste whole-hog barbecue in Greenville, coffee-rubbed brisket in Nacogdoches and cow-eye tacos in Brownsville. Then, Meathead joins Chris on the phone lines for your toughest cookout questions; Kenji López-Alt makes the case for his favorite backyard dinner; and Grant Barrett and Martha Barnette of “A Way With Words” cool us down with summertime treats.Listen to Milk Street Radio on: Apple Podcasts | Spotify

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