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This fragrant Thai soup is rich with coconut milk, awoken with chili heat, lime, and lemongrass, and studded with meaty chicken and mushrooms—and its electricity depends on that deep, coconutty backdrop.

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This coconut-bathed chicken, packed with smoky-sweet charred peppers and a plantain, celebrates the spirit of Colombian cooking.

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These luscious egg noodles—with caramelized cabbage and onions cooked in bacon fat, topped with a tangy sour cream sauce—are our meatier take on Polish haluski.

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An abundant-yet-light skillet full of cheese with briny feta flavor, ricotta creaminess, and a minty lift.

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These buttery Mexican corn cookies, with the sweet fragrance of cinnamon, are recipe developer Paola Briseño-González’s re-creation of galletas de maíz.

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At the Milk Street Cooking School, we offer over 200 livestream classes per year taught by Milk Street instructors and guest chefs from all over the world. This season, join us to make a Hawaiian lu'au feast, Japanese skillet flatbreads, Polish dumplings and more--all from your home kitchen.

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On Milk Street TV, we’re making some of our favorite soups! Christopher Kimball brings a version of Turkish Wedding Soup back from his travels, Bianca Borges uses grapefruit to create a citrusy Yucatecan-inspired chicken soup, and Josh Mamaclay assembles a fragrant Filipino coconut and lemongrass soup that our kitchen adores.

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Sticky chicken wings and cheesy flatbreads: it sounds like a scene from our favorite local bar. But what if the flatbreads are stuffed with grated paneer, punchy chillies and bold ginger? In that case, they are quintessential Indian dishes that you might stumble upon at a street stall in Mumbai. Join guest chef Maunika Gowardhan at the Milk Street Cooking School to learn about traditional tandoori cooking, a 4,000-year old technique that uses a large clay oven to make everything from bread to kebabs.
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A sprinkle of our beloved caramel brûlée coffee sugar adds malty, vanilla-forward, creamy sweetness to warmed baked goods, coffee, chai, and more.

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What if we told you there is a Japanese knife specifically designed for vegetable prep that will make your cooking safer, easier and faster?

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This fragrant Thai soup is rich with coconut milk, awoken with chili heat, lime, and lemongrass, and studded with meaty chicken and mushrooms—and its electricity depends on that deep, coconutty backdrop.

This coconut-bathed chicken, packed with smoky-sweet charred peppers and a plantain, celebrates the spirit of Colombian cooking.

These luscious egg noodles—with caramelized cabbage and onions cooked in bacon fat, topped with a tangy sour cream sauce—are our meatier take on Polish haluski.

An abundant-yet-light skillet full of cheese with briny feta flavor, ricotta creaminess, and a minty lift.

These buttery Mexican corn cookies, with the sweet fragrance of cinnamon, are recipe developer Paola Briseño-González’s re-creation of galletas de maíz.

At the Milk Street Cooking School, we offer over 200 livestream classes per year taught by Milk Street instructors and guest chefs from all over the world. This season, join us to make a Hawaiian lu'au feast, Japanese skillet flatbreads, Polish dumplings and more—all from your home kitchen.

On Milk Street TV, we’re making some of our favorite soups! Christopher Kimball brings a version of Turkish Wedding Soup back from his travels, Bianca Borges uses grapefruit to create a citrusy Yucatecan-inspired chicken soup, and Josh Mamaclay assembles a fragrant Filipino coconut and lemongrass soup that our kitchen adores.

Sticky chicken wings and cheesy flatbreads: it sounds like a scene from our favorite local bar. But what if the flatbreads are stuffed with grated paneer, punchy chillies and bold ginger? In that case, they are quintessential Indian dishes that you might stumble upon at a street stall in Mumbai. Join guest chef Maunika Gowardhan at the Milk Street Cooking School to learn about traditional tandoori cooking, a 4,000-year old technique that uses a large clay oven to make everything from bread to kebabs.
Online, Saturday, Sept 23, 1pm EDT

A sprinkle of our beloved caramel brûlée coffee sugar adds malty, vanilla-forward, creamy sweetness to warmed baked goods, coffee, chai, and more.

What if we told you there is a Japanese knife specifically designed for vegetable prep that will make your cooking safer, easier and faster?

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When a chef’s knife is too big, and a paring knife is too small, the Milk Street Kitchin-tan is the perfect pinch hitter.

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This coconut-bathed chicken, packed with smoky-sweet charred peppers and a plantain, celebrates the spirit of Colombian cooking.

Korea’s tender, succulent strips of thin-sliced beef aren’t just a special occasion restaurant order—bulgogi comes together quickly with a blender marinade.

This classic cool-weather chicken from Catalonia, pollo a la catalana, is defined by a simple, elegant savory-sweet braise.

A delicious, creamy-crispy mess of white beans with deep flavor, minus the slow cooking.

A savory-sweet bowl of beef and butternut squash, inspired by Moroccan tagines—but cooked in an Instant Pot, rather than the conical earthenware vessel.

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Incredibly delicious and soft, these flatbreads from chef Marianna Leivaditaki make smart use of a short ingredients list.

August heat calls for tzatziki: Greece’s cooling cucumber-yogurt dip, with heightened freshness from mint and dill, with a light garlicky kick.

Toasted nori and pickles carrots, onion, and radishes make one of the most flavorful and surprising salads we’ve ever tried—that’s why it’s Eventide’s signature dish.

Served at Ottoman empire palaces, this chicken salad is dressed with a rich, creamy walnut sauce, drizzled with a shock of red oil.

A recreation of a light, open-crumbed focaccia from Bari, Italy, with tomatoes and olives melded in the crust.

Word on the (Milk) Street

Christina Ward, author of “Holy Food,” reveals why food and faith are so closely linked.

Who needs lettuce? Ditch the wilted romaine and dive into a list of our favorite fresh summer salads, sans lettuce.

This richly flavorful, effortless pulled recipe caters to the walk-away chef. Click over to our Instagram to find out what you've been missing!

Paprika shines beyond a mere secondary seasoning in Hungarian cuisine. Discover its star power through the vibrant, flavor-packed dish, Lecsó.

Got a cooking question? Email us at questions@milkstreetradio.com to get it answered on-air by co-hosts Chris Kimball and Sara Moulton.

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Sauerkraut, vinegar, pickled vegetables: you can make it all yourself.

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Goan-style vindaloo is a labor of love - and it's worth every moment.

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Masa-battered shrimp, salsa macha and cabbage slaw: these are the building blocks of a seriously good taco.

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What to Make Tonight

This tomato salad is a dynamo combination of sweet, salty, tangy, nutty, herbal and spicy notes that elevate tomatoes’ summery flavor.

In Amalfi, we enjoyed an intensely-flavored lemon and shrimp risotto with an egg yolk and cream for velvety richness.

Portugal's famously airy, eggy cake with a gooey layer underneath a thin withered crust.

A meaty-yet-meatless cremini mushroom pasta, cooked directly in the sauce.

Vietnam’s technique of simmering in dark caramel, mixed with fish sauce and aromatics, yields complex savory-sweet chicken.

A World of Grilling

Lemon-lime soda takes center stage in this succulent Filipino grilled chicken, lacquered to perfection for a sweet and savory BBQ twist.

It’s all about the electric orange hot sauce.

We learned the beauty of smoky-fresh, summery eggplant in the Arabic restaurant Ein Hod, by the Mediterranean Sea: smoky and charred, yet bright and herbal.

These marinated skewers, coated in ginger-spiked yogurt, are based on Thailand’s street food grilled over hardwood charcoal.

This smoky-spicy-sweet grilled corn was the highlight of Chris Kimball’s trip to a carnival-like market in Taipei.

The Best of Travel

Japan’s ever-popular fluffy, buttery bread makes a perfectly pillowy base for a sandwich or a slather of jam.

Whole shell-on prawns, doused in a garlicky white-wine-spiked tomato sauce.

In Bolivia, street vendors sell humintas—savory-sweet corn cake treats, made with fresh corn kernels, filled with cheese, and sealed in husks.

One of the most popular Korean BBQ items, this recipe from Hooni Kim’s “My Korea” pulls off a perfect balance of sweet, salty and umami.

This recipe was inspired by “a torrent of 700 foil-wrapped meatballs” we saw rain from balconies in Belgium.

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Milk Street Sweets

We can’t wait til summer to make Vivian Howard’s light, elegant sweet corn soufflés.

A velvety, deeply chocolatey cake from renowned baker Claire Ptak, of Violet Cakes in East London.

These sweet and nutty cookies are proof that chocolate can make anything better, even from a rich and luscious starting point!

Low on time? This beautifully sugar-dusted jam tart is a breeze.

The soaking syrup we use in this pudding-like citrus cake is infused with warm spices for added dimensions of flavor and fragrance.

Milk Street Vegetarian

We updated our readers’ favorite broccoli pasta sauce—now even creamier (but still cream-free).

In our version of nohut piyazi, sun-dried tomatoes, Aleppo pepper, and a medley of herbs and lemon juice bring bright and rich flavor to earthy chickpeas.

We know, anybody can make a panini—but a thoughtful balance of ingredients makes it “company worthy,” a reader tells us.

Lime, salt, and chili tease magic from fresh-cut fruits—a lesson we applied to this fresh and bright summer salad.

This whole-roasted cauliflower encapsulates Ikaria’s no-fuss home cooking: minimal manipulation, lots of flavor and brightness.

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There’s nothing more unsettling than a cutting board sliding around when you’re chopping! Avoid this forever with a good quality cutting mat.

The Cuisipro Box Grater features four broad cutting surfaces, quality craftsmanship and bonus features that we’ll actually use. | With four cutting sides, extra-sharp and durable etched metal graters, and a rubber detachable base, the Cuisipro box grater is a prep workhorse.

Our trademark all-purpose knife takes inspiration from Japan, which knives are based on the blade of a featherweight samurai sword.

The UFO citrus juicer sits atop a half-liter jug with graduated measurements in milliliters.

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This tangy-sweet elixir boosts everything from meats to salads.

In designing the Kitchin-to, “we look toward Japan, where knives are based on the design of the featherweight samurai sword.”

If you dread grating ginger, with your fingers close to the grater and ginger stuck in the teeth, the moHA! tool is a lifesaver.

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“Nothing, truly nothing, like any fatteh I’d had so far. It was at once creamy and crunchy, rich and tangy, savory and warm, but also cool and sweet.” writes Milk Street editorial director J.M. Hirsch. “It hit every note in every way that makes you want more. And more.”

This fried rice is as much about the kimchi as the rice. It’s at once spicy, salty, sweet and funky, and a perfect dinner in a bowl. We love how the nubby, bouncy bits of pork contrast with the crisp kimchi and tender rice, and the corn has an added sweetness. It’s a very hearty, satisfying fried rice.

Picks From the Archives

Chef Esmeralda Brinn Bolaños transforms the humble meatball using the rich flavors and classic techniques of Mexican cuisine. The result not only was delicious but showcased much of what we love about Mexican food.

Nowhere is pizza more revered, more celebrated, more innovated, more consumed than Brazil. “Pizza in São Paulo is almost a religion,” says Juliana Fava from Bráz Pizzaria.

There is the sometimes hidden architecture behind much Indian cooking. Anagha Nawathe from APB Cook Studio shows us how the same ingredient can manifest divergent flavors depending on how—and when—it is cooked.

In Lisbon, we discover a rare example of a touristy place doing food right with the traditional dish pica pau. Our version balances wine-simmered beef, briny pickles and a jolt of piri piri oil to create a savory, spicy dish.

“Every place has their own flavor starter recipe, they just call it another thing,” says chef Jose Santaella, author of “Cocina Tropical.”