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Milk Street Radio · 576 episodes with transcripts

Every week, Milk Street Radio travels the world to find the most fascinating stories about food—a detective who tracks down food thieves and a look inside the most famous (and often scandalous) restaurant kitchens—and interviews with culinary icons such as José Andrés, Padma Lakshmi, Jacques Pépin,...

Spoken has transcripts of 576 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Radio episodes, with the speakers named. The newest listed here is from October 9, 2026.

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  | while IFS=' ' read -r id title; do
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        -o "${id}-${slug}.md" \
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      sleep 0.34
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Latest Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Radio transcripts

Welcome to The Hong Kong Diner! Black Pepper Spaghetti and Deep-Fried French Toast

October 9, 2026

Christopher Kimball (0:00)

Many culinary techniques start out as a means for preserving food, and fermentation is a great example. Whether it's kimchi or cheese or fermented drinks, cooks from around the world still use fermentation as a key part of their cuisine. Award winner Ken Albala has just authored the World Atlas of Fermented Foods…

One more time, butcherbox.com/milkstreet.

Lucas Sin (2:31)

The fastest I'd ever eaten there was 6 minutes and 40 seconds. This is lining up, walking inside the restaurant, sitting down, eating your three courses, right? Your scrambled eggs with your meat on the side, your toast and your bowl of macaroni and soup, paying in cash, walking out.

Christopher Kimball (2:46)

The light speed meal that's coming up later in the show.

But first, I'm joined by Jessica Sidman, a food editor for Washingtonian Magazine. If you walk through the National Mall in Washington, you'll find dozens of food trucks. After all, it is one of the most popular tourist destinations in the country. But if you look a bit more carefully, you'll notice that something…

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