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Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Radio

Fake Food: The Billion Dollar Business of Food Fraud

Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Radio

Milk Street Radio

Food, Arts

4.23K Ratings

🗓️ 27 December 2019

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

Chris Elliott, who investigated the horsemeat scandal in the United Kingdom, talks about fake oregano, cardboard in parmesan and the multibillion-dollar business of food fraud. Plus, we investigate the curious case of "Q" (a Taiwanese obsession with chewiness); we travel to Milan for risotto; we uncover clever culinary uses for yogurt; and Dr. Aaron Carroll asks whether cow's milk is nature's most nearly perfect food. (Originally aired March 22, 2019.)\

For this week's recipe, Risotto Milanese, visit: https://www.177milkstreet.com/recipes/saffron-risotto-risotto-alla-milanese\

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0:06.6

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0:13.9

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0:17.3

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0:24.9

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0:30.5

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0:37.2

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0:38.8

Enjoy the show.

0:44.6

This is Mill Street Radio from PRX.

0:47.1

I'm your host, Christopher Kimball.

0:49.4

Today we investigate the wild world of food fraud with food detective Chris Elliott.

0:54.5

In 2013, Elliot became well known for investigating the horse meat scandal in the United Kingdom.

1:00.2

Elliot says that fake and adulterated foods are an international business involving hundreds of foods.

1:07.8

One of the surprising statistics is that there is more money made out of fraud and food in the world than there is in narcotics.

1:16.7

What? Really?

1:18.2

That's the scale.

1:19.4

Because if you think about the amount of money that we spend on food every year, it's trillions of dollars.

1:31.4

Also coming up, I share a few unexpected ways to use yogurt. We visit Milan for speedy and creamy risotto. But first food writer Laura Russell is going to

1:37.5

explain a Taiwanese culinary concept called Q. Laura, how are you? I'm doing well. Thank you.

1:45.6

We're going to talk about Q.

1:47.3

So let's start with a definition of Q.

1:51.4

So Q is all about texture.

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