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Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Radio

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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, and Marcus Samuelsson. And on Milk Street Radio you can always find the unexpected: the comedian who ranks apples using an elaborate 100-point system, the scientists who study if vegetables have souls, and the journalist who reveals the world’s 10 biggest food lies. We also answer our listeners’…

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Christopher Kimball's Milk Street Radio delivers a wide-ranging food history and culture episode centered loosely around margarine's surprisingly contentious American past. The episode's main segment features Chris Berube from 99% Invisible discussing margarine's evolution from industrial product to cultural…

Worth it if you enjoy food history, unexpected cultural narratives, or Milk Street's magazine-style format mixing deep dives with lighter segments.

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