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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
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Episode 654: The Nerds Culinary Universe
WTF is happening here? you may be thinking. We would also like to know. We're drooling and dry swallowing over the taste of sleep-away camp as we devour all…
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Episode 653: Enameled Cast Iron
Today we're on assignment from Michele Norris to keep talking cast iron skillets. Molly goes to confession and we're not interested as we talk pots, lies and…
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Episode 652: Bran
Today Matthew channels his inner NPR persona and we get prissy about cereal. Since we are not skeptical about this format we plant, mill, refine, thresh and…
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Episode 651: Cast Iron Skillet with Michele Norris
Get behind us soap! Today we are discussing Big Black Skillets but, of course, are not experts so don't @ us. After we discover the worst thing that could…
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Episode 650: Butterscotch
What the hell is butterscotch? What about molasses? And caramel!? Why can't Matthew ever remember? Today we introduce a new, extremely rare segment and go down…
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Episode 649: Quiche
Travel back to a time when quiches were all the rage, when tomes were written about sauces and the phrase "bucket list" made no sense. Today we're using all…
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Episode 648: Potato Salad
Today we're smooth, chunky, painful and transformative as we blame other countries for this salad and debate horror movie villains. Scared of potato salad…
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Episode 647: Feeding Babies
Today we've got the Midas touch as we recollect and recount past and present experiences with feeding our kids. We share dos and don'ts, philosophies of eating…
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Episode 646: Proxy Wines
We're back at these wine doppelgängers and still trying to decide when and where and why we'd drink these. We wonder about ships in bottles, definitions of…
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Episode 645: Girl Scout Cookies
Today we enter rabbit holes upon rabbit holes as we try to grasp time and a whole lot of history. We endure fat in cans, word problems, quizzes and deep…
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Episode 644: N/A Wines
Join us on our expedition through the uncanny valley that is this beverage tasting experience. Listen as we google things. Imagine as we discuss freshly…
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Episode 643: Horseradish
Today we confess that we just aren't that into it as we debate who is the student and who is the teacher. What kind of school is this!? Matthew puts on his NPR…
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Episode 642: Menus
Today we're covered in faux leather, QR codes and chalk dust as we try to remember why we are doing this. We share our turn ons and turn offs, why we enjoy the…
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Episode 641: Fast Food Tacos
Today we're under the banner of taco as we eat delicious bags of garbage with while fondly remembering Colonel Mustard. Matthew plays Columbo and Molly gets…
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Episode 640: Tiramisu
Today we are sinful, decadent and irritating Molly as we talk tasty gloop desserts and boudoirs. We discuss mayoral duties, friar juice and the right…
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Episode 639: Tomatillos
While talking tomatillos we blow minds and shatter worlds as we conclude that it's all about the journey, not the destination. (But really, what is at the end…
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Episode 638: Mustard
Today we open up the encyclopedia to learn some "fun" facts about hot seeds as Molly goes deep into mustard territory while Matthew warily observes from afar…
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Episode 637: Carrot Cake
Apparently Matthew and Molly accept vegetable cakes as a concept so they immediately dive right into a cheesecakecarrotcakechuckanutbayslice with conical rasps…
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Episode 636: Meringue
Close your windows and put on your mechanical gumshoes because we're talking Meringue today! We're totally stable as we recount the meringues of our youth…
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Episode 635: Steamed Food
Today we confront our taste memories of steaming food to see if they deserve their bad reputation. We provide invisible jokes, fragrant scents and forgotten…
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Episode 634: Hot Honey
Today we're sticky like Pooh Bear as we engage in some Christmas foreplay and hop on the swicy train. We like to bring about taste solutions through…
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Episode 633: Advent Calendars
Welcome to the Advent of Love! We are coping with our nostalgia for the holidays by eating Santa's face and recounting thinly veiled Christmas "miracles". We…
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Episode 632: Corn Muffins
Today we confront painful memories and our mixed feelings about mixes as nail our 95 theses of corn muffins to your headphones. We love having our own personal…
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Episode 631: Spaghetti
Grab some socks and listen up because we're finally doing it. Slick Spaghetti and Dick Trickle are here with Marco Polo and Goldilocks to discuss the memories…
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Episode 630: Food Packaging
Today we present our picks and our anti-picks, our rants and our raves as we discuss our highs and our lows of food packaging. As we encounter bags that blow…
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Episode 629: Ritz Crackers
We're doing it right now as we continue apace learning everything there is to know about Ritz crackers and some things that maybe we wish we didn't. Through…
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Episode 628: Ferrero Rocher
Happy 14th Birthday to us! Today we celebrate by rolling back the rocher as we discuss these luxurious hollow spheres of chocolate. Our party is full of…
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Episode 627: Loaded Fries
Today your Loaded Hosts discuss soup dupes, shiny toast and the problem with cloning as they learn about this new fry format. They teeter at the edge of…
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Episode 626: Pecans
Today we go back to the playground and are drawn awry by peanuts, almonds and oh yeah, pecans. We discuss these smooth, handsome husks before droops show up…
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Episode 625: Gyros
Listen as we google things and cry while discussing meat stacks, gyroscopes and diphthongs before encountering Conair confusions and delicious babies. We…
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Episode 624: Pineapple Juice
Today we get out our church keys as we wade through slag tanks and a variety of varieties before getting some screw action. We share memories of Hollywood…
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Episode 623: Nutella
Today we're extra remote as we encounter breakfast situations, Oktoberfest memories and brown flavors. Part of this complete episode: spreadable spreads, fancy…
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Episode 622: Cranberry Juice
What is going on? Did we grow up? What is does it mean to "get juiced"? These questions and more remain unanswered as we taste crankberry juice, confront our…
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Episode 621: Tonic Water
We get off to a rocky start as we treat a fever and wish listeners a Happy American Thanksgiving! We praise, then eventually blame, Producer Abby as we taste…
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Episode 620: Cranberries
Today we cement our legacy with an update on The Fruit on The Bottom Yogurt Challenge as we mark the perimeter of this episode. We chase trailing vines, bog…
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Episode 619: Upside Down Foods
Today we're keeping it real and wondering why are we doing this topic. After excessive hypotheticals, cake stands and keg stands, we (of course) bring up…
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Episode 618: Mozzarella
Hey! Today we're punchy as we debate moisture levels and encounter water buffalos, naked chefs and bears. Hey! We have errands to run and whey baths to avoid…
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Episode 617: Tamales with Marcela Valladolid
Today we wonder if we can kick it and are immediately ambushed by Mr. Etymology and back-formations before chatting with Special Guest Marcela Valladolid about…
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Episode 616: Senbei
It is finally Mr. Etymology's time to shine as we crunch through our conversation on these Japanese rice crackers. We're deliberately smashed as we encounter…
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Episode 615: Powdered Sugar
Today we step away from our seaside houses and tables to bring you Food Related Anecdotes (the original title of the show). We're a bunch of glaze heads as we…
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Episode 614: Condiments on Tables
We recorded this on Matthew's birthday so give him a break as he and Molly McButter discuss mating ketchup bottles, caddy love and what makes a condiment a…
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Episode 613: Vending Machines
We're on our annual corporate retreat, vending podcasts and paddling boards to bring you more thoughts and history than you could ever want. We learn about…
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Episode 612: Oysters
We're addressing some childhood fears as we put on our shucking gloves and gather our boppers to chew our oysters. We get a visitor from the 14th century as we…
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Episode 611: Blackberries
Today we're long, strong and invasive as we chat about highway berries and blackberries. We get into some complicated botany as we learn about prickles…
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Episode 610: Celebration Food
This whole episode is a segment and gets quite philosophical. Celebrate us (but don't look at us!) as we describe how we eat on birthdays and holidays. We are…
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Episode 609: Martinis
Cheers to the 3 martini lunch! Listen as we (barely) sip cold ones, talk Twilight and google stuff. We are negative vermouth as we meet sparkly boys and…
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Episode 608: Sweet Cherries
We begin with pregnant pauses and delicious babies before moving on to geans and slot machines. As we debate Chekhov's Cherries we learn some alternate…
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Episode 607: Gumbo with Durand Jones
Today we look behind the curtain and discuss how much we hate martinis and if we are actually koalas. Matthew tries to stay cool as we talk to Durand Jones…
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Episode 606: Chef Techniques
We're inviting you into our kitchens today as we confess all the cheffy techniques we do (and don't do) from plating to spherification, from velveting to…
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Episode 605: Falafel with Yumna Jawad
Today we recount some adventures in democracy and our thoughts on the NordicTrack as we learn all about Falafel from our special guest. Yumna Jawad gives us…
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Episode 604: Supermarket Cake
Today we taste the flavor of nostalgia and Matthew doesn't get it. We reject the Cold Case and take a long, meandering path towards Memory Lane as we pay…
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Episode 603: French Dips
We start off strong as we attempt to become natural dippers and wonder "why hot?". After encountering grammar mistakes, sore gums, electric buffets and an…
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Episode 602: Prosecco
Today we potentially break up, citing fundamental differences and hamburger hoarding. We encounter sub villains, uncircumcised diamonds and another Pliny the…
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Episode 601: Pizza Rolls
Today we pair pizza rolls with champagne as we peddle old bread cubes and learn way more than expected from the obituary section. Please come to the podcast…
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Episode 600: Champagne
Cheers! We've made it to episode 600! After some false starts, we grow up and party our way through the history, production and consumption of Champagne while…
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Episode 599: Sprouts
Today it's all the sprouts, all the time except we can't have any. We learn what makes these so dangerous and a childhood promise Matthew made to himself…
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Episode 598: Edibles with Ivy Le
Today we share our memories of edibles past and internal delights before throwing Producer Abby under the bus and inventing some alternative facts. Special…
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Episode 597: Focaccia
We ruin WOTSL's day as we traverse Memory Lane River towards our geography and etymology lessons, crunching on dimpled focaccia along the way. Then, we…
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Episode 596: Extruded Corn Snacks
Today we present Hot Topics and the wrong content warnings as we discuss these finger hats. Matthew quizzes Molly as we put multiple things on blast all before…
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Episode 595: Hot Dogs 2 with Jamie Loftus
Today we are channeling Marmee as we realize that one just isn't enough. We applaud civic efforts, second families and boards as Matthew attempts to get it…