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Episode 707
The Mystery of Taste: Beyond Sweet, Sour, Salty & Bitter
March 23, 2023
Emily Kwong and Aaron Scott from NPR’s “Short Wave” join us to explore the amazing science of taste.
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145
Thanksgiving Special: From Calcutta to Make-Ahead Mashed
This week on Milk Street Radio's Thanksgiving Special, reporter Sandip Roy desperately seeks turkey in Calcutta, Dan Pashman of The Sporkful on Thanksgiving anxiety; holiday call-ins with Sara Moulton; the...
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144
Why Does Bread Rise? Nathan Myhrvold on Bread Science
This week on Milk Street Radio, Nathan Myrvold talks his new book Modernist Bread, Robyn Eckhardt delivers a quick weeknight meal from Istanbul, a new spin on mashed potatoes, and...
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143
Ottolenghi's Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious Desserts
This week on Milk Street Radio, we talk to chef Yotam Ottolenghi about his new book, Sweet: Desserts from London's Ottolenghi. Also, former Eater.com Editor Helen Rosner on what's hot...
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142
The Amazon/Whole Foods Revolution
Whole Foods CEO & Founder John Mackey on the future of supermarkets, we travel to Dawson City in Yukon, Canada, to try the sourtoe cocktail (a drink garnished with a...
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134
The New York Times’ Kim Severson on Paula Deen, Alton Brown and Thomas Keller (Rerun)
This week on Milk Street Radio, Kim Severson of The New York Times interviews famous foodies; author Crystal King explores the food of ancient Rome; Milk Street margaritas; Christopher Kimball's...
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141
The Quick Palestine Cook: Bold, Easy, Fresh
Reem Kassis brings us quick and easy weeknight cooking from Palestine; our tip for peeling ginger; we travel to India to try medicinal camel's milk; and J. Kenji López-Alt reveals...
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140
David Lebovitz: An American in Paris
David Lebovitz buys an apartment in Paris (and barely survives the experience); our recipe for light, bright Cape Malay curry; we discover momo, spicy Nepalese dumplings; and Dan Pashman of...
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130
NPR’s Ari Shapiro Eats the World (Rerun)
Ari Shapiro eats everything, podcasting chocolate with Simran Sethi of the Slow Melt, the New Yorker's Adam Gopnik on staging food, plus our tips for using the different types of...
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139
The Sheepherder's Ball: Basque Cooking in America
The Kitchen Sisters report on the secret history and food of Basque sheepherders in America; our recipe for French apple cake; and the difference between mass-produced and artisanal wines.
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138
Beyond Baklava: The Real Turkish Cooking
This week, we get a culinary tour of Turkey with food writer Robyn Eckhardt from her new book, Istanbul and Beyond; San Antonio food critic Mike Sutter eats a taco...
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137
What She Ate: From Eva Braun to Helen Gurley Brown
Laura Shapiro investigates the foodways of famous women, from Eleanor Roosevelt to Eva Braun; we travel to Okinawa, Japan, for Blue Seal Ice Cream; we visit Istanbul for the best...
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124
The World of Food According to David Leite (Rerun)
This week, David Leite analyzes himself, plus reporter Linni Kral of the Atlantic explains naturally lactose-free milk, Dr. Aaron Carroll explains why Meals on Wheels works, and our recipe for...
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136
Ramen Rock: Cult Band Shonen Knife Sings about Food, Not Love
This week, NPR's Maria Godoy reports on pop-punk band Shonen Knife; Milk Street travels to Taipei, to a cooking school that teaches street food; our recipe for shaved zucchini salad...
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135
Beyoncé, Saffron and the New Women Farmers of Afghanistan
This week on Milk Street Radio, Kimberly Jung of Rumi Spice talks saffron, the new Afghan crop; Meathead Goldwyn on barbecue ribs; J. Kenji López-Alt makes a case for the...
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134
The New York Times’ Kim Severson on Paula Deen, Alton Brown and Thomas Keller
This week on Milk Street Radio, Kim Severson of The New York Times interviews famous foodies; author Crystal King explores the food of ancient Rome; Milk Street margaritas; Christopher Kimball's...
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123
Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat: The Elements of Good Cooking (Rerun)
This week on Milk Street Radio, the science of how to cook with Samin Nosrat, Dan Pashman of the Sporkful podcast weighs in on the burgers of the future, a...
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133
Yashim Cooks Istanbul: Eat Like the Sultan
This week on Milk Street Radio, author Jason Goodwin has great recipes from Istanbul in his book Yashim Cooks Istanbul; our recipe for Cuban-spiced burgers; Melissa Clark of The New...
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132
New Orleans Serves Ramen
In this episode, we talk to restaurant critic Brett Anderson about the new New Orleans food scene; Dr. Aaron Carroll says goodbye to the low-salt diet; cooking the Ghanaian way...
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131
The Potlikker Papers: Food Meets Politics in the American South
This week on Milk Street Radio, the Mafia muscles in on Italian bakeries, cooking for civil rights with John T. Edge, Dan Pashman on airline dining and the new fattoush...
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115
Eat, Cook, Love in Senegal (Rerun)
This week, we talk to chef Pierre Thiam. The food of Senegal has big flavors and big heart, and Thiam reveals the culture that inspired him to cook. “In Senegal...
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130
NPR’s Ari Shapiro Eats the World
Ari Shapiro eats everything, podcasting chocolate with Simran Sethi of the Slow Melt, the New Yorker's Adam Gopnik on staging food, plus our tips for using the different types of...
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129
Sugar Bad, Fat OK?
Reporter Gary Taubes makes the case against sugar; we talk to Marhaf Homsi, a baker from Syria who shares his and his wife’s story of success in Brooklyn. Dan Pashman...
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128
Tel Aviv: The Search for Real Hummus
We travel to Tel Aviv to celebrate hummus, plus we talk to Cherry Bombe’s Kerry Diamond, Tartine’s Liz Prueitt and wine expert Stephen Meuse.
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114
Dorie’s Cookies (Rerun)
This week on Milk Street Radio, master baker Dorie Greenspan remembers her experiences with Julia Child. “When I first met Julia ... she said, ‘Have you ever seen the Dan...
