Spilled Milk

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, and crisp-crusted? Is it true that the bes...

27 Dec 201214min

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, and it’s nice and soft and gooey over here....

13 Dec 201213min

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 our youth, and hey, would you look at th...

29 Nov 201216min

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 lie around listening to the show for days ...

15 Nov 201215min

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 dose of heavy cream and hot metal. (Just k...

1 Nov 201215min

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 we're feasting this week on beef with sno...

18 Okt 201215min

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 discuss texture, mix-ins, and made-up yogur...

4 Okt 201219min

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. www.spilledmilkpodcast.com Roasted chestnuts Mountain Mushroom coo...

20 Sep 201212min