Podcast Episodes

Welcome to Our Cocktail Hour! Bourbon Myths, Martini Crawls and Mixology Tips

It's a very happy hour of Milk Street Radio: Chef Edward Lee returns for a tour of Kentucky’s bourbon distilleries, where the water is sweeter, the barrels are (accidentally!) charred, and the rickho…

Published on 4 months, 3 weeks ago

100 Years of Food Writing at the New Yorker: M.F.K. Fisher, Calvin Trillin and A.J. Liebling

Adam Gopnik takes us on a tour of great food writing from the New Yorker in celebration of the magazine's centennial. We hear A.J. Liebling’s tip for finding a good restaurant in Paris, M.F.K. Fisher…

Published on 5 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 5 months, 1 week ago

Summer Lollapalooza! Meathead Q&A, BBQ Road Trip and Grilling Pizza

We’re covering everything you've ever wanted to know about grilling and barbecue. First up, a road trip with Daniel Vaughn, barbecue editor at Texas Monthly. We taste whole-hog barbecue in Greenville…

Published on 5 months, 2 weeks 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 5 months, 3 weeks ago

Who's Your Salsa Daddy? Tacos, Salsas and Avocados!

This week, we travel to Mexico. Rick Martínez shares the salsa that changed his life; Aarón Sánchez answers your Mexican cooking questions; we uncover the secret history of avocados; and we take a fo…

Published on 5 months, 4 weeks ago

Moonshine Cake and Cantaloupe Cream Pie: The Secrets of Southern Baking

Author Anne Byrn scoured the South, uncovering the stories behind the region’s best bakes. She found lane cakes in Georgia, chess pies in North Carolina and a shocking twist on chocolate cake in Arka…

Published on 6 months ago

High on the Hog: Black Cooks and the Making of American Cuisine

We chat with Dr. Jessica B. Harris about her seminal book "High on the Hog,'' which offers a diverse and complex history of African American cuisine—from the escape of George Washington’s enslaved ma…

Published on 6 months, 1 week ago

Food Science Special: Million-Layer Puff Pastry, Perfect Potatoes, and More!

Episode 104

In this special episode, we share a few of our favorite moments about getting experimental in the kitchen. Kenji López-Alt shares the perfect way to make potatoes; Alex Aïnouz attempts to create a 1 …

Published on 6 months, 2 weeks ago

Betrayal, Revenge and Family Secrets: A Frozen Food "Succession"

This week, we share a story of revenge, betrayal and secrets … at a frozen vegetable empire. John Seabrook investigates why running “the biggest vegetable factory on Earth” led to generations of dram…

Published on 6 months, 2 weeks ago