Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Radio

Milk Street Radio

Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Radio

  • 50 minutes 34 seconds
    Desperately Seeking the Perfect Peach: Love and Loss on a Family Farm

    Alice Waters thinks David Mas Masumoto’s peaches could change the world. Today, Masumoto shares his search for the perfect peach and the shocking family secret that changed the history of his farm. Plus, we chat with Nichole Accettola about Scandinavian baking, from cinnamon knots to rye bread, and we learn the language of strawberries. (Originally aired February 1, 2024.)

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    14 February 2025, 8:00 am
  • 50 minutes 58 seconds
    Emeril Live! Up Close and Personal with Emeril Lagasse

    This week, we’re looking at the pioneers of food television. Emeril Lagasse reflects on his unlikely start at the Food Network, how he’s different from his on-screen persona and why he just opened his first Portuguese restaurant. Plus, Michelle T. King tells the story of Fu Pei-mei, Taiwan’s first cooking TV star, our very own co-host and food TV star Sara Moulton answers caller cooking questions, and Adam Gopnik weighs in on the spectacle of Iron Chef.

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    7 February 2025, 8:00 am
  • 51 minutes 1 second
    10 Biggest Food Lies

    Tamar Haspel of the Washington Post is here to share 10 truths about food that nobody wants to believe. From diet soda to organic vegetables to one overlooked fish, nothing is sacred. Plus, Amanda Herbert brings us inside history’s wildest dinner parties; Adam Gopnik reveals what your drink of choice says about you; we make Thai Coconut and Chicken Soup; and Cheryl Day returns to take your baking calls. (Originally aired February 29, 2024.)

    Get the recipe for Thai Coconut and Chicken Soup here.

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    31 January 2025, 8:00 am
  • 51 minutes 2 seconds
    Everything You Need to Know about Sourdough (But Were Afraid to Ask)

    Richard Hart is here with the hottest takes in bread baking and sourdough—why he doesn’t care about your old sourdough starter, what everyone gets wrong about supermarket bread, and why the bread in Paris is, well, lacking. Plus, antique bookseller Don Lindgren reveals the history of community cookbooks, J. Kenji López-Alt discovers the perfect way to cut an onion, and we make Turkish Crescent Cookies with Spiced Walnut Filling.

    Get the recipe for Turkish Crescent Cookies with Spiced Walnut Filling here.

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    24 January 2025, 8:00 am
  • 51 minutes 2 seconds
    Chocolate Flan, Cactus Sorbet and Guava Doughnuts: The Amazing World of Mexican Desserts

    This week, we taste the sweeter side of Mexican cuisine with chef Fany Gerson. Traveling from Mexico City to Veracruz to Oaxaca, we explore regional confections like chili-flavored paletas and guava and cheese doughnuts. Plus, we take a seat at the Noir Bar with writer and television host Eddie Muller, who infuses classic cocktails with a cinematic twist; Martha Barnette and Grant Barrett of “A Way With Words” unpack the history hidden in your spice cabinet; and we prepare a very crispy Korean Fried Chicken. (Originally aired June 2, 2023.)

    Get the recipe for Korean Fried Chicken here.

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    17 January 2025, 8:00 am
  • 51 minutes 2 seconds
    Food Predictions 2025: NYT's Kim Severson Speaks Out

    Kim Severson of the New York Times predicts the biggest food trends of 2025—from dirty sodas and whiskey ketchup to the new supermarket and the ingredient of the year. Also up this week, we get a lesson in southern Thai cooking from Nok Suntaranon, we make Bread Dumplings in Broth, Adam Gopnik examines what happens when we quit the foods we love, and Christopher Kimball and Sara Moulton answer our first caller questions of 2025.

    Get this week’s recipe Canederli in Brodo (Bread Dumplings in Broth) here.

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    10 January 2025, 8:00 am
  • 51 minutes 50 seconds
    Eat, Drink, Read: Dwight Garner's Obsession with Word and Table

    We’re joined by New York Times book critic and author Dwight Garner. He presents food quips from his favorite writers, as well as John Updike’s lunch routine and Hunter S. Thompson’s party tricks. Plus, anthropologist Manvir Singh helps us digest the world of “meat-fluencers” and their all-meat diets; A Way with Words give credit to the Old Norse words lingering in our kitchens; and we prepare a Pakistani-Style Chicken Biryani. (Originally aired January 4th, 2024.)


    Get this week’s recipe for Pakistani-Style Chicken Biryani here.


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    3 January 2025, 8:15 am
  • 50 minutes 36 seconds
    Best of 2024: Food Lies, Veggie Souls, Restaurant Secrets and Favorite Calls

    We’re looking back at some of our favorite moments from 2024. We’ll share the surprises—from the secret lives of vegetables, to the underworld of restaurant reservations—and the best culinary advice we received from guests like José Andres and Stella Parks. Plus, Christopher Kimball and Sara Moulton revisit the most memorable listener questions of the year.


    You can find our Best Recipes of 2024 collection here.


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    27 December 2024, 8:15 am
  • 51 minutes
    Holiday Lollapalooza! Cronuts, Cocktails, Baking Q&A and the Best Books of 2024

    It’s an all-out holiday hour of Milk Street Radio! We check in with French baker Dominique Ansel about how the invention of the cronut changed his life, his secret trick to a perfect fruit soufflé and why you shouldn’t buy cookies in France. Plus, author Julia Georgallis offers three tips for how to eat (and drink!) your Christmas tree; Adam Gopnik and Chris Kimball reflect on their top food books of the year; J.M. Hirsch provides a festive batched cocktail recipe; Cheryl Day answers your biggest baking questions: and we prepare your new favorite dessert: Paris Flan.


    Get this week’s recipe for Paris Flan here.


    You can find our Best Recipes of 2024 collection here.


    Music credits, courtesy of Artlist:

    Bob Hart - O Christmas Tree

    The BaldyBrothers - Another Blue

    Flint - Peach Jam

    Avner Kelmer - Supper West Side


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    20 December 2024, 8:15 am
  • 19 minutes 6 seconds
    Extended Interview: Al Roker Dreams of Turkey!

    In this special episode, we’re sharing an extended interview with Al Roker. Al makes his return to Milk Street to discuss his latest cookbook — a collaboration with his daughter, Courtney Roker Laga — as well as the jobs he worked prior to landing at NBC and the food he uses as a test to determine whether or not someone can be his friend. 


    You can find our Best Recipes of 2024 collection here.


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    14 December 2024, 1:00 pm
  • 51 minutes 1 second
    Al Roker Dreams of Turkey!

    Al Roker is back on Milk Street with family recipes and television stories to share. He recalls celebrity-filled lunches at the NBC commissary and the holiday meal he dreamt of while recovering from surgery. Plus, Ben Mims reveals the secret history of cookies; Grant Barrett and Martha Barnette of “A Way With Words” express holiday gratitude with food-themed compliments; and we prepare Cantonese Sweet-and-Sour Pork.


    Get this week’s recipe for Cantonese Sweet and Sour Pork here.


    You can find our Best Recipes of 2024 collection here.


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    13 December 2024, 8:15 am
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