Podcast Episodes
Back to Search
The Glory Days of In-Flight Dining: From Smorgasbord to Baked Alaska
Is airplane food bad on purpose? Historian Richard Foss takes us through the turbulent history of food in flight, from extravagant meals aboard zeppelins, to the flaming Baked Alaskas once served en …
Published on 1 year, 5 months ago
Back Streets Italy: Pizza School, Fried Artichokes, Island Hopping and "Dirty" Pasta
This week, we’re exploring Italy’s best recipes and stories. Leah Koenig brings us inside the Roman Jewish kitchen for fried artichokes as crisp as potato chips, a cherry pie that has a secret and th…
Published on 1 year, 5 months ago
July Fourth Jubilee: Weiner Wisdom, Mustard Madness and Flag Cake Confections!
Fire up the grill: This week, we’re covering all of your July Fourth favorites. We unravel the history of the hot dog with author Bruce Kraig and hear from Hot Dog Ambassador John Champlin about one …
Published on 1 year, 5 months ago
Live From Las Vegas! Dive Bars, the Best Table in Town and Old-Time Vegas Faves
It’s our first live episode of Milk Street Radio, recorded at The Beverly Theater in Las Vegas! In this special episode, Su Kim Chung shares Las Vegas’s most fascinating restaurants from history; “To…
Published on 1 year, 6 months ago
Inside the Experimental Kitchen with Shola Olunloyo
We chat with research chef Shola Olunloyo about the cutting-edge culinary projects he undertakes at his experimental food laboratory, Studiokitchen. He tells us about mashing up tortellini and soup d…
Published on 1 year, 6 months ago
Grilling Special: Wheelbarrow BBQ, the Perfect Steak, and Your Cookout Questions
In this special episode, we chat with Meathead about how to grill the perfect steak; Sarit Packer and Itamar Srulovich of Honey & Co. share grilling traditions from across the Levant; Dan Pashman bri…
Published on 1 year, 6 months ago
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…
Published on 1 year, 6 months ago
Dining Disasters and a Michelin-Starred Nightmare: True Restaurant Stories
This week, we share stories from the world of fine dining. Maître d' Michael Cecchi-Azzolina has encounters with mobsters, fainting celebrities and unruly guests at New York’s top restaurants and rev…
Published on 1 year, 6 months ago
Can Jesse Tyler Ferguson Really Cook? (Yes!)
This week, we’re sitting down with “Modern Family” star Jesse Tyler Ferguson, who once scored an invite to Passover at Joan Rivers’ house and can’t stop eavesdropping at restaurants. Plus, we hear th…
Published on 1 year, 6 months ago
Summer Show! Ice Cream, Tomatoes, Watermelon, Corn and Fruit Crostata
This week, we’re diving into the foods of summer. Culinary historian Tonya Hopkins tells us about the Black innovators who made ice cream what it is today; Bill Alexander reveals the history and fate…
Published on 1 year, 7 months ago