{"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 8: What makes the perfect meatball?","slug":"episode-8-what-makes-the-perfect-meatball","published_at":"2026-06-04T07:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/in-the-test-kitchen-7277837/episode-8-what-makes-the-perfect-meatball","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/ARML5062979984.mp3","audio_url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/YfZO4tERxneauNcW9Fgn/mgln.ai/e/211/traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML5062979984.mp3","summary":"Meatballs span cultures and come in all shapes, sizes, and sauces. Lan, Bryan, Nik, and Lidey try three recipes from around the world and ask: What makes the perfect meatball? Recipes eaten in episode: Meatballs and Marinara Lion’s Head Meatballs Albóndigas (Spanish-Style Meatballs in Almond Sauce) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices","meta_description":"Meatballs span cultures and come in all shapes, sizes, and sauces. Lan, Bryan, Nik, and Lidey try three recipes from around the world and ask: What makes…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1580,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/in-the-test-kitchen-7277837/episodes/episode-8-what-makes-the-perfect-meatball/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-8-what-makes-the-perfect-meatball.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}