{"podcast":{"title":"Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Radio","slug":"christopher-kimball-s-milk-street-radio-960955","podcast_index_feed_id":960955,"rss_url":"https://publicfeeds.net/f/9135/feed-rss.xml","website_url":"http://www.177milkstreet.com/radio/about","image_url":"https://f.prxu.org/9135/images/a256505c-f95c-4f1f-a898-a71a522c0f78/show-cover.jpg","author":"Milk Street Radio (feeds@cpkkitchen.com)","episode_count":534,"summary":"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’ cooking questions, find out how to make the perfect cup of coffee, and share how to eat your way through Italy.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/christopher-kimball-s-milk-street-radio-960955"},"episode":{"title":"The Mystery of Taste: Beyond Sweet, Sour, Salty & Bitter","slug":"the-mystery-of-taste-beyond-sweet-sour-salty-bitter","published_at":"2026-01-16T08:30:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/christopher-kimball-s-milk-street-radio-960955/the-mystery-of-taste-beyond-sweet-sour-salty-bitter","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/christopher-kimball-s-milk-street-radio-960955","url":"https://play.prx.org/listen?ge=prx_9135_965cbf53-4495-47c6-b804-5a3d14117201&uf=https%3A%2F%2Fpublicfeeds.net%2Ff%2F9135%2Ffeed-rss.xml","audio_url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/sblTq32fyWAjsHzze2LG/dovetail.prxu.org/9135/965cbf53-4495-47c6-b804-5a3d14117201/MSR707RR_Podcast.mp3","summary":"Are humans the only species that loves sour? Does everyone taste bitter the same way? And could there be flavors we can’t even comprehend yet? Emily Kwong and Aaron Scott from NPR’s “Short Wave” join us to explore the amazing science of taste, from the mysteries of salt to why dolphins can’t taste sweet. Plus, chef Khánh-Ly Huynh shares Vietnamese street food from Paris; Adam Gopnik investigates what it takes to become a culinary maestro; and we go to Bangkok for Thai Cashew Chicken. (Originally aired March 23rd, 2023.) Get the recipe for Thai Cashew Chicken here . Listen to Milk Street Radio on: Apple Podcasts | Spotify","meta_description":"Are humans the only species that loves sour? Does everyone taste bitter the same way? And could there be flavors we can’t even comprehend yet? Emily Kwong…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3033,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/christopher-kimball-s-milk-street-radio-960955/episodes/the-mystery-of-taste-beyond-sweet-sour-salty-bitter/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/christopher-kimball-s-milk-street-radio-960955/the-mystery-of-taste-beyond-sweet-sour-salty-bitter.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}