Sinopsis
Every week on Spilled Milk, writers/comedians Molly Wizenberg and Matthew Amster-Burton start with a food-related topic, from apples to winter squash, and run with it as far as they can goand, regrettably, sometimes further.
Episodios
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Episode 506: Steak Sauce
09/09/2021 Duración: 35minWelcome to Fear and Prejudice, where we discuss English Brown Sauce and Matthew makes Molly cry but they eventually work it out. We throw up some ideas about marginalized sauces that taste like cabinets and wonder if we are all 40+ people. Transcript The Duke Who Didn't by Courtney Milan Why Doesn't Anyone Use Steak Sauce Anymore? by Dan Gentile All Fantasy Everything with Roxane Gay
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Episode 505: Apricots
02/09/2021 Duración: 48minToday we wonder what to do with Apricots while debating generational sexcapades, the invention of dried pineapple, and when exactly were the ancient times. We get down and dirty with some fertile crescent situations and lots of geography and etymology. Probably too much. Rated NSFJ. Transcript Lexicon Valley Podcast Molly's Jam Molly's Apricot Tart Samin Nosrat's Apricot-Noyaux Jam In Bibi's Kitchen by Hawa Hassan In the Company of Women edited by Grace Bonney
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Episode 504: Bay Leaves
26/08/2021 Duración: 27minGet out your cherry pickers and chainsaws, we're talking Bay Leaves. Through caverns and taverns we encounter graduation memories and doppelgängers while we learn a lot and feel weird about it. Whose fault is this episode? Transcript Are Bay Leaves worth the Trouble? Bay Leaf, The Herb that Thinks its a Spice The Linda Lindas Live Stream The Linda Lindas on Spotify
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Episode 503: Waffle Cones
19/08/2021 Duración: 38minWe're here to talk about the things you can't talk about with your parents: sex, squabbles and waffle cones. After discussions of bed post nachos, broad flat bottoms and lotion tips we eventually learn that Matthew has no chill and Molly hates bathing. Transcript How to Make Waffle Cones by Stella Parks Frankie & Jo's libro.fm How the Word Is Passed by Clint Smith
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Episode 502: Slumps
12/08/2021 Duración: 27minToday we are trying really hard to take slumps seriously. Listen as we play the Nope Card and discuss discreet biscuits and Caravaggio paintings before debating clumps vs slumps vs slobblers. Transcript Blueberry Slump Simply Recipes Blueberry Slump From Little Tokyo, with Love, by Sarah Kuhn Penny Novelettes You're Immortal Montero
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Episode 501: Cobblers
05/08/2021 Duración: 37minToday there are too many Brandons and not enough headphones as we discuss Cobblers and Boy Bait. As we encounter discreet lumps and loose dollops, we learn about the thorax of our lives and hope we aren't losers. Cobble Yourself. Transcript Chez Panisse Berry Cobbler Classic German Baking by Luisa Weiss Filthy Animals by Brandon Taylor
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Episode 500: Perfectly Engineered Food Products
29/07/2021 Duración: 01h01minIt's our 500th episode! This episode has everything: Jon Bon Jovi! Biochemistry! Carrie Underwood! Cheetahs! Baby rabbits! Predatory owls! Sex and the City! Love Island! Threesomes! Metaphors! Moms! A few mentions of food! Transcript PEFP Products Is Kichijoji the Only Place to Live? series by Makihirochi
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Episode 499: Calzones
22/07/2021 Duración: 35minWell, we're back in studio but let's call the whole thing off. Today we wonder how to say this and why do this as we learn about funky rims and a diffusion of innovations. A warning that there is too much Ernest, lots of chewing and some bitterness inside this one. Transcript The Best Slow-Cooked Tomato Sauce Recipe on Serious Eats Memorial Drive, by Natasha Trethewey
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Episode 498: Sunflower Seeds
15/07/2021 Duración: 40minWelcome to the Discomfort Zone where we are just trying to keep our hands and mouths busy to distract us from the heat dome. Today we discuss one of the top seeds and learn what David Duchovny and salad bars have in common. As we encounter colonels, grain inflation and hull confusion we become more and more overwhelmed. Send help. Transcript How to Eat Sunflower Seeds Like a Baseball Player My Sphynx Cat does not recognize my dog We Are Lady Parts on Peacock Producer Abby's website
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Episode 497: Gatorade
08/07/2021 Duración: 43minWe're back in the studio! Today we replenish electrolytes and discuss our athletic memories as we navigate the wide world of Gatorade. Through muscles, debunkings and instant urination, we learn about Molly's history as a horse realtor before giving in to our passive thirst. No excuses! Transcript HOW TO THROW NASTY WIFFLE BALL PITCHES Sea otter One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston Simmer Down by Sarah Smith
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Episode 496: What Cheeses are in your Fridge?
01/07/2021 Duración: 29minToday we celebrate the multitude of CHeeses in our fridges without any malice of forethought. We learn about Matthew's dextrous past and Molly's mozzarella ripping technique as we debate astral projection and the future of segments. Transcript Owl's Legs WE HEREBY REFUSE: Japanese American Resistance to Wartime Incarceration by Frank Abe and Tamiko Nimura, illustrated by Ross Ishikawa and Matt Sasaki
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Episode 495: Snacking Cakes
24/06/2021 Duración: 37minToday we get to the tough questions; What exactly is a snacking cake? How essential are fingers? Do painters collaborate? Join our geometry lesson as we dive into art, herpetology and yeomen and finally realize that snacking cakes are just a state of mind. Transcript Spilled Milk Live! Recording Yossy Arefi's website Amanda Hesser’s almond cake from Cooking for Mr. Latte Snacking Cakes by Yossy Arefi Spilled Milk Coffee Cake episode Yossy Arefi’s pumpkin bundt cake with maple-brown butter glaze Butter cake with rhubarb compote from The Hedgebrook Cookbook Winning Hearts and Minds Cake, and sweet potato pound cake from Southern Cakes by Nancie McDermott The Taste of Country Cooking by Edna Lewis Golden Snub-Nosed Monkey Eating Berries Saeed Jones, How We Fight for Our Lives Saeed Jones' Twitter - @theferocity
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Episode 494: Pho with Andrea Nguyen
17/06/2021 Duración: 01h30sToday we embrace our late adopter identities and narrowly avoid time travel shenanigans as we take a deep dive in pho with our special guest, Andrea Nguyen. Through slap echoes and overnight simmers, we debate how to get bones and the existence of electric eels. Spoilers: baby head = meatball. Transcript Stop AAPI Hate The Black and Brown Podcast Collective Spilled Milk Live! Recording The Pho Cookbook by Andrea Nguyen Viet World Kitchen Eating Viet Nam: Dispatches from a Blue Plastic Table by Graham Holliday Mediterranean Moray Eel! The All Fantasy Everything podcast
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Episode 493: Onion Rings
10/06/2021 Duración: 56minToday we reflect on mortality and geography with bowls of onion rings. While we ponder keg stands, The Pull Out Problem and copyrighted material, Molly demands Matthew's resignation. So get ready for our new spin-off, Spilled Vamp! Transcript Onion Loaf The Food Lab's Foolproof Onion Rings Recipe Scientific American Boston Baroque — "The Trumpet Shall Sound" from Handel's Messiah with Dashon Burton Scottish Highland Cattle John Denver & Plácido Domingo - Perhaps Love (1981)
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Episode 492: Sumac with Anas Atassi
03/06/2021 Duración: 38minToday we are coming to you from Toni Negroni's house! We discuss ill conceived childhood shenanigans, human show jumping and sumac-ade before learning real things from our guest, Anas Atassi. Mr. Botany also makes an appearance along with more rodent adjacent creatures than Producer Abby is comfortable with. Transcript Sumac: Recipes and Stories by Anas Atassi Chuck the Prairie Dog Christine Mari Patreon
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Episode 491: Biscotti
27/05/2021 Duración: 34minWelcome to The Biscotti Suggestion where we encounter colorful memories, surprise cameos and completist bakers all in attempt to find out how to say this word. After wondering about The World's Fair, we finally abandon the sea and go full land shark with undertones of diesel. Transcript blobfish-shaped Chewy Gooey Crispy Crunchy by Alice Medrich Red Panda Meets With Raccoon Friend, Wanders Freely Around Zoo There's No Such Thing as an Easy Job by Kikuko Tsumura
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Episode 490: Chili
20/05/2021 Duración: 48minWelcome to Chili Chat, the non-definitive episode where we go deep and give up talking about chili very quickly. With a bit of help from Good Times and Great Oldies, we learn Viking hairstyling tips, celebrate Jane Fonda and discover Matthew's petting preferences. CH. Transcript We Are Magic Podcast Good Times, Great Oldies from Spotify Chili Madness cookbook Maggi Fix Chili con Carne NPR Kitchen Sisters story - The Chili Queens of San Antonio Penzeys Spices If you sit on the cat island, you will be surrounded by cats in no time. Hanif Abdurraqib on On Being Object of Sound podcast
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Episode 489: Colanders
13/05/2021 Duración: 46minToday our brains are off and we've got 3 pages of "information" to get through, or "panning for gold" as we like to call it. We declare our allegiances, tease a sequel and discover a palimpsest until eventually veering into toilet paper territory. Be very careful not to scuff your noodles on the way out. Transcript Spilled Milk Live! Simply Julia by Julia Turshen A beaver eats cabbage at its desk The Address Book, Deirdre Mask
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Episode 488: Congee / Jook with Hetty McKinnon
06/05/2021 Duración: 50minToday we meet cute and crush you with love as we extol the wisdom of Harold McGee and discover what is controlling Molly's congee consumption. Our very special guest, Hetty McKinnon "The Rogue Cook", shares her stories of jook past and encourages us to break kitchen rules. Transcript Spilled Milk Live! Congee Character Hetty McKinnon Peddler Journal The House Specials Podcasts To Asia with Love cookbook Brown rice and quinoa congee with shiitake and ginger Hetty McKinnon's brown rice congee with chilli oil and crispy kale Fiona the baby hippo Steady Holiday’s Tiny Desk Concert Min Jin Lee in NYT
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Episode 487: Mozzarella Sticks
29/04/2021 Duración: 42minToday we wander the halls of depressing cuisine and end up in the dungeons. As we wander, we wonder: What is a snack? Are The Great Lakes actually great? Where did all the elephant ears go? Then we finally we discuss stretchable fried dough, pastry coffins and much more. This episode is stamped: Seasoned Breadcrumbs! Transcript Spilled Milk Live! Dio - Holy Diver (Official Music Video) Food.com recipe Giada de Laurentiis recipe Bon Appetit’s recipe Sugar gliders Black Mountain Radio Podcast