{"podcast":{"title":"In the Test Kitchen","slug":"in-the-test-kitchen-7277837","podcast_index_feed_id":7277837,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/inthetestkitchen","website_url":"https://www.americastestkitchen.com/browse","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/25cd7580-050c-11f0-92e5-03dd434f425e/image/2f5b75407b164404438b561a4b6d318f.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"America's Test Kitchen","episode_count":31,"summary":"This video podcast from America’s Test Kitchen takes you behind the scenes of a bustling test kitchen. Our test cook hosts dive deep into their favorite dishes, taste recipes, and talk about how culture, history, and science influence the foods we love to eat. Discover the messy, fun, and (mostly) delicious work that goes into creating America’s favorite recipes.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-02T16:17:28.866039+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/in-the-test-kitchen-7277837"},"episode":{"title":"Episode 5: What Makes the Best Muffins?","slug":"episode-5-what-makes-the-best-muffins","published_at":"2026-04-23T07:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/in-the-test-kitchen-7277837/episode-5-what-makes-the-best-muffins","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/in-the-test-kitchen-7277837","url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/YfZO4tERxneauNcW9Fgn/mgln.ai/e/211/traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML8528375690.mp3?updated=1776891220","audio_url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/YfZO4tERxneauNcW9Fgn/mgln.ai/e/211/traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML8528375690.mp3?updated=1776891220","summary":"Making muffins used to be a rite of passage for test cooks and applicants who applied to work at America’s Test Kitchen. So we’ve eaten a lot of them; sweet, savory, and everything in between. In this episode, Lan, Bryan, Nik, and Lidey take on the debate: What is a muffin, and what makes it great? Recipes and reviews mentioned: Best Blueberry Muffins Brown Butter Chocolate Chunk Muffins Sausage-Herb Stuffing Muffin Achieving generously sized bakery-style muffins Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices","meta_description":"Making muffins used to be a rite of passage for test cooks and applicants who applied to work at America’s Test Kitchen. So we’ve eaten a lot of them; swe…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1834,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/in-the-test-kitchen-7277837/episodes/episode-5-what-makes-the-best-muffins/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/in-the-test-kitchen-7277837/episode-5-what-makes-the-best-muffins.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}