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Milk Street Radio: Food Trends 2026
This week we ask: What will be the hottest food trend of 2026? Kim Severson returns with her predictions for the year ahead, where grandmothers, vinegar, and ASMR will reign supreme. We also get caught up on the latest in food lingo — “swangy” is the new flavor to watch…
Milk Street Radio: Best of 2025
It’s time to look back at some of our favorite moments from 2025. There are the interviews that shocked us — from brand new theories of stomach intelligence to Pete Well’s harshest restaurant review — as well as expert cooking tips shared by the likes of Samin Nosrat and Lidia…
Milk Street Radio: Holiday Bonanza!
We answer your calls with Vaughn Vreeland (of New York Times Cookie Week fame) to help you bake the best cookies of the season; historian Pen Vogler breaks down classic Christmas dishes featured in Charles Dickens’ stories, from turkey to plum pudding; author Kat Lieu shares her recipe for Old-Fashioned…
Saw One of My Favorite Chefs at a Party!
Mashama Bailey, the chef/co-owner of The Grey in Savannah, was on my show in season 6 and I haven’t seen her since. However I bumped into her at the 50th anniversary of the Institute of Culinary Education recently (where she is one of their famous graduates and coincidentally, I taught…
Milk Street Radio: Sex, Murder and Chocolate
Author Aleksandra Crapanzano uncovers the rich history of chocolate—from black markets to murder in the church, people have stopped at nothing to procure this luxurious ingredient. Plus, record producer David Katznelson plays us some drinking songs; Alex Aïnouz masters the art of stock; and we whip up a Rice Pudding…
Episode 1410: On the Table South Asian Style Starts Airing Today
On Episode 1410 The tiny island of Mauritius between Africa and India turns out to be a culinary gold mine, as I discover when I cook with a Mauritian home cook, Vaarahluxmee Potiah. We make an island favorite, the Magic Bowl, full of veggies, grains and eggs. Then I’m joined…
Caught Up with Some Old Friends Last Night!
Here I am with – first, on the left, Marcus Samuellson chef/owner of many restaurants in NYCity and around the world. He reminisced about how the first time ever he was on tv was on GMA in the late 1980s where I was the prep person who set him up…
Milk Street Radio: 10 Year Throwback
Milk Street’s 10th anniversary is right around the corner! To celebrate, we’re revisiting our favorite moments, starting with this week’s episode featuring the very first appearance of regular contributor Alex Aïnouz. On YouTube, Alex is known for his mad scientist experiments, from his million-layer puff pastry to his quest for…
Episode 1409 is up! Edgy Veggies
In this episode I team up with a new chef-Instructor buddy of mine, Kathryn Kelly, and learn an easy hack for three easy meals – Roasting root vegetables from the farmers market on Sunday to make a Pureed Soup on Monday, an egg topped hash – Hen on Hash –…
Milk Street Radio: Thanksgiving 2025!
How do you carve a turkey without losing the crispy skin? What kind of pie should you make if you’re sick of apple? And what’s the world’s easiest pie crust? This week, chefs Jet Tila and Dominique Ansel join Chris Kimball to answer your Thanksgiving cooking questions. Plus chef Jesse…
Milk Street Radio: Thanksgiving Throwback
We’re putting the finishing touches on our 2025 Thanksgiving special, but in the meantime we have a special treat: We’re re-releasing our first-ever Thanksgiving episode from 2017! Reporter Sandip Roy desperately seeks turkey in Calcutta; Kenji López-Alt reveals his secrets to make-ahead mashed potatoes; Dan Pashman spins the wheel of…
Milk Street Radio: Beyond Cronuts – How Foods Go Viral
In the beginning, there was the Cronut, the pastry hybrid that ushered in the era of “viral” foods. Its mass appeal wasn’t all that surprising, but what about the rise of tinned fish? Reporter Adwoa Gyimah-Brempong shares the unlikely story. https://www.177milkstreet.com/radio/beyond-cronuts-how-foods-go-viral
Got to Hang Out with This Guy!
I was on a panel briefly at a discussion sponsored by KQED in Napa last weekend after a really tasty lunch to celebrate Jacques Pepin’s 90th birthday at La Toque and to raise money for the Jacques Pepin Foundation. The guy is as sharp as ever!! What an inspiration he has…
Episode 1406 Starts Airing Today!
Salmon is on the menu today on Episode 1406 of “Sara’s Weeknight Meals” – first, cedar planked salmon in Alaska and then baked salmon with an Italian breadcrumb topping called muddica with an old sous-chef of mine and just to throw in one more very tasty weeknight meal – roasted cauliflower linguine.…
Milk Street Radio: Live at the Wisconsin Art of Cheese Festival
Milk Street Radio took their show on the road for an unforgettable night at The Wisconsin Art of Cheese Festival in Madison, Wisconsin. To celebrate being in America’s Dairyland, Chris got a Wisconsin dairy history lesson from Laura Werlin; met with Master Cheesemakers Marieke Penterman and Chris Roelli; and even…
Milk Street Radio: Our Haunted Broadcast
We’re serving up an extra frightful hour of Milk Street Radio! Folklorist Lesley Bannatyne reveals the mischievous origins of the jack-o’-lantern, and Oaxacan tour guide Gabriel Sánchez shares memories from Day of the Dead celebrations. Candy historian Susan Benjamin recounts candy’s surprising history in America — and the ghostly encounters…
The Husband and His Cocktail
Here’s The Husband recently diving into a cocktail christened De Goldene B’Adler (a/k/a The Golden Eagle) — a drink he “invented” himself — at Alpino Restaurant in Detroit. Weirdly, the husband is neither a chef nor a bartender. He is, however, a fan of gin & tonic. He also happens…
Episode 1405 is All Italian Fare!
Pasqua Laghezza Episode 1405 of “Sara’s Weeknight Meals” starts airing today. I learn how to make a very tasty frittata from Puglia with an Italian home cook (and body builder!), Pasqua Laghezza, and then cook three iconic pastas with an American expat in Rome. It is all Italian on this…
Milk Street Radio: The Vegan Nightmare
According to journalist Zoë Schlanger, your garden isn’t just full of plants that are alive, but plants that can think—like the rice plant, which recognizes its own family members. Schlanger takes us inside a hotbed of scientific controversy: the study of plant intelligence. Plus, the Washington Post’s Joe Yonan masters the…
Episode 1404: The Turkish Table!
Me and Damla Ugurtas, chef/owner Ciy In Episode 1404 which starts airing on October 23, I get to sample an extensive Turkish breakfast, cook lamb shanks with orzo at a beautiful inn/restaurant near the ancient ruins of Ephesus and visit a farm/cooking school on the Aegean where we harvest quince…
Cork and Fork – A Weekend Celebrating Women Chefs
Just spent a weekend at the Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island emceeing a culinary festival called “Cork and Fork” which featured 7 stellar chefs from the midwest. Their dishes were off the charts. And it is always a pleasure to visit the Grand Hotel particularly in leaf season. It will…
Milk Street Radio: Steakhouse Secrets
Food writer Tim Hayward shares the juicy history of the steak. We take a peek inside the secret beefsteak societies of England and New York, learn a classic Argentinian salting method, and even try a steak from a 25 year-old-cow in Spain. Plus, Kenji López-Alt goes on a quest for…
Episode 1402: Spice Route from Istanbul to Turkey
The second episode of “Sara’s Weeknight Meals” starts airing on October 8. I get to cook at a Sultan’s Palace turned luxury hotel with the executive chef. We make two dishes with fish freshly caught from the Bosphorus, right in front of the hotel. Then I learn how to prepare…
Milk Street Radio: Granny Smith is Vile and Wretched!
This week, your favorite apples get ranked, mercilessly. Find out which apples comedian Brian Frange deems “horse food” and “indigestible filth,” and which crisp, glorious apples rise to the top of the heap. Plus, reporter Katie Thornton joins us to discuss the history and ingenuity of the Frankfurt Kitchen, the…