
Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Radio
Every week, Milk Street Radio travels the world to find the most fascinating stories about food—a detective who tracks down food thieves and a look inside the most famous (and often scandalous) restaurant kitchens—and interviews with culinary icons such as José Andrés, Padma Lakshmi, Jacques Pépin, and Marcus Samuelsson. And on Milk Street Radio you can always find the unexpected: the comedian who ranks apples using an elaborate 100-point system, the scientists who study if vegetables have souls, and the journalist who reveals the world’s 10 biggest food lies. We also answer our listeners’ cooking questions, find out how to make the perfect cup of coffee, and share how to eat your way through Italy.
Latest episodes

Dec 17, 2021 • 51min
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 their favorite holiday cookie recipes, and we learn to make Chocolate-On-Chocolate Three-Layer Cake.Get the recipe for our Chocolate-On-Chocolate Three-Layer Cake.https://www.177milkstreet.com/recipes/chocolate-on-chocolate-three-layer-cakeWe want to hear your culinary tips! Share your cooking hacks, secret ingredients or unexpected techniques with us for a chance to hear yourself on Milk Street Radio! Here's how: https://www.177milkstreet.com/radiotipsSponsors:Bring proven quality sleep home for the holidays. Save up to $500 on select Sleep Number 360® smart beds during Sleep Number's Holiday Savings Event. Plus, special financing, for a limited time. Only at Sleep Number® stores or sleepnumber.com/MILK.Resources for listeners via All-Clad.com can go to shop our cookware collections at All-Clad.com Special offer code: MILKSTREET10From extraordinary cheese boards to remarkable recipes, Cambozola is a treasure too good not to share. Visit www.thisisfinecheese.com for recipes, pairings and to find Cambozola at a store near you. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dec 10, 2021 • 51min
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 our Lemon and Shrimp Risotto With Fresh Basil https://www.177milkstreet.com/recipes/basil-lemon-shrimp-risottoWe want to hear your culinary tips! Share your cooking hacks, secret ingredients or unexpected techniques with us for a chance to hear yourself on Milk Street Radio! Here's how: https://www.177milkstreet.com/radiotipsSponsors: This holiday, give one annual membership and get one free! Go to MASTERCLASS.com/milk today. Murray’s Cheese Murray’s Monthly Clubs offer five tasty options for every level of cheese lover, whether you’re new to cheese, a total curd nerd, or just looking for a delicious snack. Go to www.murrayscheese.com/milkstreet and use promo code MILKSTREET for $15 off your first subscription.Resources for listeners via All-Clad.com can go to shop our cookware collections at All-Clad.com Special offer code: MILKSTREET10 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dec 3, 2021 • 51min
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 for chicken soup. Plus, writer Brandon Cook gives us a language lesson on drinking toasts from around the world, Alex Aïnouz has an epiphany about homemade pasta, and we bake up an ultra-easy Swedish “Sticky” Chocolate Cake.Get the recipe for our Swedish “Sticky” Chocolate Cake:https://www.177milkstreet.com/recipes/swedish-sticky-chocolate-cakeWe want to hear your culinary tips! Share your cooking hacks, secret ingredients or unexpected techniques with us for a chance to hear yourself on Milk Street Radio! Here's how: https://www.177milkstreet.com/radiotipsThis week’s sponsors:From extraordinary cheese boards to remarkable recipes, Cambozola is a treasure too good not to share. Visit www.thisisfinecheese.com for recipes, pairings and to find Cambozola at a store near you. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nov 26, 2021 • 51min
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 world of novelty potato chip flavors; we whip up a chocolate-hazelnut cream cake; and Dan Pashman rethinks s’mores.(Originally aired December 17th, 2020)Get the recipe for Chocolate-Hazelnut Cream Cake: https://www.177milkstreet.com/recipes/chocolate-hazelnut-cream-cakeThis holiday, give one annual membership and get one free! Go to MASTERCLASS.com/milk today.Murray’s Cheese Murray’s Monthly Clubs offer five tasty options for every level of cheese lover, whether you’re new to cheese, a total curd nerd, or just looking for a delicious snack. Go towww.murrayscheese.com/milkstreet and use promo code MILKSTREET for $15 off your first subscription.Matter of Fact is offering 15% off for the listeners of this podcast with the code milk15 at checkout. Go to matteroffact.com to get 15% off your order. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nov 19, 2021 • 51min
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 for Thanksgiving, Dan Pashman tells us how to eat pie the right way, and we learn to make Yogurt-Roasted Carrots with Warm Spices.Get this week’s recipe for Yogurt-Roasted Carrots with Warm Spices:https://www.177milkstreet.com/recipes/yogurt-roasted-carrots-warm-spicesWe want to hear your culinary tips! Share your cooking hacks, secret ingredients or unexpected techniques with us for a chance to hear yourself on Milk Street Radio! Here's how: https://www.177milkstreet.com/radiotipsSponsors Käserei Champignon: From extraordinary cheese boards to remarkable recipes, Cambozola is a treasure too good not to share. Visit www.thisisfinecheese.com for recipes, pairings and to find Cambozola at a store near you. Matter of Fact is offering 15% off for the listeners of this podcast with the code milk15 at checkout. Go to matteroffact.com to get 15% off your order.Resources for listeners via All-Clad.com can go to shop our cookware collections at All-Clad.com Special offer code: MILKSTREET10 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nov 12, 2021 • 51min
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. Plus, Dr. Jennifer Mathews uncovers the secret history of chewing gum; Grant Barrett and Martha Barnette reveal the origin of the couch potato; and we whip up plush yogurt flatbreads from Crete.Get this week’s recipe, Yogurt and Olive Oil Flatbreads: https://www.177milkstreet.com/recipes/yogurt-olive-oil-flatbreadsWe want to hear your culinary tips! Share your cooking hacks, secret ingredients or unexpected techniques with us for a chance to hear yourself on Milk Street Radio! Here's how: https://www.177milkstreet.com/radiotipsThis week’s sponsors:From extraordinary cheese boards to remarkable recipes, Cambozola is a treasure too good not to share. Visit www.thisisfinecheese.com for recipes, pairings and to find Cambozola at a store near you. During Sleep Number's Veterans Day Sale, save $1,000 on the Sleep Number 360® Special Edition smart bed. Plus special financing. See sleepnumber.com/MILK for details.Matter of Fact is offering 15% off for the listeners of this podcast with the code milk15 at checkout. Go to matteroffact.com to get 15% off your order. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nov 5, 2021 • 51min
The Taco Chronicles: Javier Cabral Finds the World's Best Tacos
This week, we’re talking carnitas, barbacoa and al pastor with Javier Cabral, associate producer for the Netflix documentary series “Taco Chronicles.” He describes some of the more unusual tacos he has encountered as a “taco scout,” how to eat a dozen tacos a day and the rise of the $15 gourmet taco. Plus, we get an in-depth look at the life and legacy of James Beard; Adam Gopnik walks us through creating his own whimsical dessert; and we whip up a delicious Danish Dream Cake. (Originally aired November 6, 2020.)Get this week's recipe, Danish Dream Cake: https://www.177milkstreet.com/recipes/danish-dream-cakeWe want to hear your culinary tips! Share your cooking hacks, secret ingredients or unexpected techniques with us for a chance to hear yourself on Milk Street Radio! Here's how: https://www.177milkstreet.com/radiotipsThis week’s sponsors:Resources for listeners via All-Clad.com can go to shop our cookware collections at All-Clad.com Special offer code: MILKSTREET10Murray’s Cheese Murray’s Monthly Clubs offer five tasty options for every level of cheese lover, whether you’re new to cheese, a total curd nerd, or just looking for a delicious snack. Go to www.murrayscheese.com/milkstreet and use promo code MILKSTREET for $15 off your first subscription.Matter of Fact is offering 15% off for the listeners of this podcast with the code milk15 at checkout. Go to matteroffact.com to get 15% off your order. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Oct 29, 2021 • 51min
Alice Waters on Life, Love and Lunch
We chat with Alice Waters: chef, restaurateur, and philosopher. She tells us about the French film that inspired Chez Panisse and explains why good lunch and good conversation are the keys to her career. Plus, Chris McDade shows us how to make great food from tinned fish, Dan Pashman tells us about his favorite Halloween candy, and we bake Liberian Banana-Rice Bread.Get this week’s recipe for Liberian Banana-Rice Breadhttps://www.177milkstreet.com/recipes/liberian-banana-rice-breadWe want to hear your culinary tips! Share your cooking hacks, secret ingredients or unexpected techniques with us for a chance to hear yourself on Milk Street Radio! Here's how: This Week’s Sponsor: Matter of Fact is offering 15% off for the listeners of this podcast with the code milk15 at checkout. Go to matteroffact.com to get 15% off your order. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Oct 22, 2021 • 51min
Southern Baking with Cheryl Day
Cheryl Day—cookbook author and co-owner of Back in the Day Bakery in Savannah, Georgia—reveals her tips for perfect biscuits, cakes and cookies. Plus, Beejhy Barhany tells us about dabo, the Ethiopian milk and honey bread; Alex Aïnouz explains how to stir-fry the Cantonese way; and we learn how to make Umbrian Lentil Soup.Get this week’s recipe for Umbrian Lentil Souphttps://www.177milkstreet.com/recipes/umbrian-lentil-soup-zuppa-de-lenticchieWe want to hear your culinary tips! Share your cooking hacks, secret ingredients or unexpected techniques with us for a chance to hear yourself on Milk Street Radio! Here's how: This week's sponsors: Get unlimited access to EVERY MasterClass, and as a Milk Street listener, you get 15% off an annual membership! Go to Masterclass.com/milk for 15% off MasterClass.Resources for listeners via All-Clad.com can go to shop our cookware collections at All-Clad.com Special offer code: MILKSTREET10Matter of Fact is offering 15% off for the listeners of this podcast with the code milk15 at checkout. Go to matteroffact.com to get 15% off your order. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Oct 15, 2021 • 51min
Giada De Laurentiis Hates Cauliflower Rice!
Food Network’s Giada De Laurentiis tells us about the importance of moderation, her hatred of cauliflower rice, and her initial reluctance to go on TV. Plus, we find out how a beer archeologist revives ales from antiquity, Adam Gopnik explains how a wine opener can be a symbol of your mortality and we learn to make a recipe for the Venetian dish of rice and peas known as risi e bisi. (Originally aired March 19, 2021.)Get this week’s recipe for Venetian Rice & Peas (Risi e Bisi): https://www.177milkstreet.com/recipes/risi-e-bisiWe want to hear your culinary tips! Share your cooking hacks, secret ingredients or unexpected techniques with us for a chance to hear yourself on Milk Street Radio! Here's how: https://www.177milkstreet.com/radiotips Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.