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Spilled Milk
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 go—and, regrettably, sometimes further.
Episodes
Spilled MilkEpisode 120: Icebox Cake
Webster's Dictionary defines Icebox Cake as: (n) Much better than a human centipede. Join our post-apocalyptic adventure where zebras and cannibals abound and…
Spilled MilkEpisode 119: Prunes
Keeping you regular with our weekly episodes, this time we probe everybody's favorite laxative, prunes. This versatile fruit delights whether dried, stewed…
Spilled MilkEpisode 118: Food as Utensils
Celery straws and coconut bras. Here at Spilled Milk, we don't shy away from the deep questions, such as "What actually constitutes a food utensil?" and "Where…
Spilled MilkEpisode 117: English Muffins
Dive deep into the nooks and crannies of that perfect breakfast system delivery mechanism: the English Muffin. Are they English? Are they muffins? Can our…
Spilled MilkEpisode 116: Grilled Cheese
To dip or not to dip? Creating a perfectly crustic grilled cheese sandwich is an art. Butter-brushing, crisp-creating and cheese-selecting takes an expert…
Spilled MilkEpisode 115: Limes
It’s time. It’s lime time. They’re essential to ceviche, Mexican cooking, Thai cooking, and pie. We investigate Persian limes, key limes, rangpur limes, and…
Spilled MilkEpisode 114: Scottish Junk Food
Sons and daughters of Scotland! We are Spilled Milk. And that’s as much of Braveheart as we remember. Listener Gemma kindly sent us a box full of Scottish…
Spilled MilkEpisode 113: Salsa
Fiesta! Molly and Matthew get down with five bowls of spicy goodness and a pound of broken chips, and they learn a lot about salsa, garlic, and life. Take…
Spilled MilkEpisode 112: Mixed Nuts
This week on Mixed Nuts: Matthew admits to a shocking nut-crush. Molly admits she’s never thought much about mixed nuts. And we spend five minutes begging for…
Spilled MilkEpisode 111: Fast Food Frozen Treats
Road trip! Why is our sound quality so lousy this week? It’s because we took the show to our local fast food emporium to enjoy some frozen treats. We talk…
Spilled MilkEpisode 110: Popcorn
Dear Dennis Quaid: We’re really sorry about all the things we did to you on this episode. But really, would you rather Martin Short in there, or us? Love, your…
Spilled MilkEpisode 109: Bacon
Finally, Matthew’s superpower is revealed. Trust us, you didn’t want to know. In the meantime, however, we eat bacon and talk thickness, crispiness, smokiness…
Spilled MilkEpisode 108: Eggplant
Witness the debunking of eggplant sex, the battle of bitter and silky, and the birth of Hobo Ghannoush. NOTE: You know the part where Matthew gets all smug…
Spilled MilkEpisode 107: Pizza Toppings
Welcome back, our friends, to the show that never ends. But how do you stop talking about pizza toppings? I mean, you’ve got cheese, sauce, pepperoni…
Spilled MilkEpisode 106: Sweet Potatoes
Hey, sweetie pies. On this episode we explore the sweet potato/yam divide, ruin Thanksgiving, get arrested for assault and battery, and still have time to…
Spilled MilkEpisode 105: Lemons
From the high-powered world of competitive botany comes this lip-puckering episode. How do you zest? How do you juice? How many hand gestures can we work into…
Spilled MilkEpisode 104: Salami
DIRECTIONS TO THE SPILLED MILK SALAMI DUNGEON Drive 2.8 miles down Lactic Fermentation ParkwayTurn right onto Meat Stick Alley (ignore PRIVATE PROPERTY…
Spilled MilkEpisode 103: Halloween Candy
The things we do to our bodies on this episode should be illegal. Also, our understanding of human biology is primitive. Also, what is nougat? Also, where are…
Spilled MilkEpisode 102: Chocolate Chip Cookies
Padlock your freezer, because we’re coming for your dough! What kind of chocolate makes the best cookie? What’s so great about old dough? Does size matter?…
Spilled MilkEpisode 101: Whipped Cream
It’s light vs heavy vs canned vs Peter Gabriel vs Prince in this no-holds-barred cream-o-rama. Wait, that didn’t sound right at all. What can you say about…
Spilled MilkEpisode 100: Salt
It’s our centennial episode! Remember when Spilled Milk got its start, back in 1913? All we remember is, we probably didn’t have access to the variety of…
Spilled MilkEpisode 99: Instant Coffee
Hey does it seem like we’re talking really fast? It seems to us likewe’retalkingreallyfast. Molly and Matthew celebrate the moments of their lives with a…
Spilled MilkEpisode 98: Radishes
Join your masked hosts El Rábano and Le Radis for a classic Spilled Milk heirloom produce variety quiz and a discussion of French breakfasts, little pinkies…
Spilled MilkEpisode 97: East Coast Chips
Listeners Rachel and Max from Pittsburgh sent us the greatest gift: a big box of potato chips. Grandma Utz, for example, fries her chips in lard. Whatever…
Spilled MilkEpisode 96: Pasta Shapes
This is the show that you’ve been waiting for, in which we determine, once and for all, the best pasta shape. Or not. Along the way, Matthew continues his love…
Spilled MilkEpisode 95: Salmon
It’s July in Seattle, and that means one thing: salmon. We’ve been noodlin' around in the river with Brad Pitt, losing fingers and catching dinner, and now…
Spilled MilkEpisode 94: Croissants
In this flaky, buttery episode, Molly and Matthew pull apart the culinary conundrum that is a croissant. How did the croissant conquer the world when it's so…
Spilled MilkEpisode 93: Jam
What's your jam? Our jam is jam. Strawberry, gooseberry, tayberry, damson...but grape? Not so much. We taste a bunch of jams on toast and have a Smucking good…
Spilled MilkEpisode 92: Buckwheat
Surprisingly little talk of Eddie Murphy on this buckwheat-centric episode. Buckwheat for dinner? Yes! For dessert? Yes! As a hearty, toasted breakfast cereal?…
Spilled MilkEpisode 91: Airplane Food
Ever since airlines stopped serving meals on domestic flights, comedians have had nothing to talk about. That didn't stop us from having a rollicking…
Spilled MilkEpisode 90: Milk
Finally, an episode about our namesake. Molly and Matthew mustache their way through quarts of milk. We sidestep the raw milk debate and cow vs goat, but we…
Spilled MilkEpisode 89: Onions
If there are no onions involved, is it really cooking? Molly's Polish grandmother says no. If you don't have a Polish grandmother, this episode makes a good…
Spilled MilkEpisode 88: Bitter Greens
How does a chicory root become a bunch of tightie whities? What can broccoli rabe teach us about Matthew’s masculinity? And if you close your eyes, can you…
Spilled MilkEpisode 87: Potato Chips
Molly and Matthew taste four classic chips, with surprising results. As you might expect, this episode consists entirely of crunching and made-up potato chip…
Spilled MilkEpisode 86: Bananas
Do you dare to touch the frozen banana? We did, and we lived to tell you about it in excruciating detail. You are going to be so proud of how many monkey and…
Spilled MilkEpisode 85: Garlic
What's that smell, you ask? Why, it's Molly and Matthew, and we've just eaten enough garlic bread to ward off all vampires (and humans with functioning…
Spilled MilkEpisode 84: Canned Fruit
Why do some fruits get better when you put them in a can and others turn into clammy eyeballs? We have no idea, but we keep opening cans of peaches, pears…
Spilled MilkEpisode 83: Shrimp
Any episode that includes the question “do you prefer head-on or headless?” has got to be pretty good, right? We dive into the undersea world of shrimp and…
Spilled MilkEpisode 82: Marshmallows
Gather round the campfire, children, because we have ghost stories from darkest Florida that'll scare you boneless! Meanwhile, Molly's marshmallow catches fire…
Spilled MilkEpisode 81: Cornbread
A band of renegade and not-too-smart historians argues that the Civil War was fought over cornbread. Should it be sweet, cakey, and yellow? Or savory, white…
Spilled MilkEpisode 80: Brownies
A note to fans of cakey brownies, if you even exist: you can skip this episode. Here at Spilled Milk, we fall on the fudgy side of the Great Brownie Divide…
Spilled MilkEpisode 79: Canned Childhood
We're strolling down memory lane again, and this time, we're checking out cans. From SpaghettiOs to tiny burgers in soup, we're revisiting the canned foods of…
Spilled MilkEpisode 78: Gum
Five out of five dentists recommend listening to this episode, because there is as of yet no known mechanism for sound waves to cause tooth decay. Unless you…
Spilled MilkEpisode 77: Brussels Sprouts
Do you still have nightmares about stinky little green heads on your childhood dinner plate? We're here for a grownup look at Brussels sprouts, with a hearty…
Spilled MilkEpisode 76: Chinese Takeout
Yes, we love the real Chinese food you can get in major Western cities today. But we've never lost our taste for the gloopy takeout we ate as kids. That's why…
Spilled MilkEpisode 75: Yogurt
Gather round, friends. We have a special treat for you: plain yogurt. Yeah, we said it. This week we climb into a metaphorical vat of probiotic goodness and…
Spilled MilkEpisode 74: Japanese Junk Food
We’ve got mail, and it’s a box full of tiny brains, mini mushrooms, little fish, and Pocky. Tune in, Tokyo: it’s Japanese snack time…
Spilled MilkEpisode 73: Mushrooms
This week, we're lacing up our boots, buying a truffle pig, and going foraging in the Safeway produce section. From criminis to shiitakes, Matthew and Molly…
Spilled MilkEpisode 72: Day of Perfect Meals
If you could have one day of unlimited travel, cash, and stomach capacity, plus the power to raise dead breakfast cooks, what would you eat? (Hmm, that makes…
Spilled MilkEpisode 71: Granola Bars
When we were in grade school, bringing a granola bar in your lunch box was a key factor in the daily struggle to avoid ostracism. But you had to pledge to one…
Spilled MilkEpisode 70: Honey
Greetings from Spilled Milk University. First, the zoology department weighs in on how bees make honey (we have no idea). Next, to the law school, where the…
Spilled MilkEpisode 69: Meatballs
What makes a meatball tender and juicy? The Filler Man knows. We discuss how to make them, how to cook them, and then things get a little bulgur. Recipes…
Spilled MilkEpisode 68: Energy Drinks
Molly and Matthew get wings, fly high like a starfruit, unleash the beast, and get in touch with our inner rockstars. We're here to answer one question: do…
Spilled MilkEpisode 67: Hard Tacos
Hoo boy, we've cranked the juvenile up to 11 (years old). We're talking about American-style hard tacos, and if the phrase "American-style hard tacos" is…
Spilled MilkEpisode 66: Spinach
It’s green. It’s leafy. It makes your teeth feel like you’ve been slimed, Ghostbusters-style. Join us as we savor an all-spinach lunch, straight from President…
Spilled MilkEpisode 65: Sour Candy
This episode is dedicated to those among you who, like us, spent your youth sucking on Sour Patch Kids until your tongue was raw and bleeding. We'll see you in…
Spilled MilkEpisode 64: Asparagus
Everyone knows that size doesn't matter, except when it comes to asparagus. This week on Spilled Milk, we're discussing the finer points of our favorite spring…
Spilled MilkEpisode 63: Packaged Cookies
The world's best cookie would consist of a layer of marshmallow sandwiched between two Oreos, in the shape of a peanut, with fudge stripes painted on it, plus…
Spilled MilkEpisode 62: Utensils II
BONUS EPISODE! We just couldn't leave it alone. We're back with a few words on can openers, oven mitts, side towels, and...a dream sequence?…
Spilled MilkEpisode 61: Utensils
Forget the sexy, expensive stuff like knives and skillets. We're debating the best spatulas, peelers, and spoons. With one saucepan thrown in just because we…