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Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Radio

The 40,000-Year-Old Diet: Bill Schindler Goes Caveman and (Barely) Survives

Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Radio

Milk Street Radio

Food, Arts

4.23K Ratings

🗓️ 31 January 2020

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Bill Schindler has experienced firsthand how our ancestors survived the unknown. This week, he shares with us the perils of life 40,000 years ago—from confronting hyenas in the night to eating cold bone marrow. Plus, we chat with Ron Faiola about the nostalgic charm of Wisconsin supper clubs; Alex Aïnouz makes instant ramen noodles from scratch; and we travel to Italy to bake an authentic tomato and olive focaccia.


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Transcript

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0:00.0

Hi, this is Chris Kimble from Milk Street.

0:03.0

You know, when I travel for work, I come across home cooking.

0:06.9

It's not really exotic per se.

0:08.6

It's what folks are cooking and eating every day.

0:11.4

But it's true, the flavors and ingredients techniques

0:13.6

are new, at least to me.

0:15.8

But I also relearn many of the basics.

0:18.1

For example, in Paris, I learned to boil an egg.

0:20.5

In Mexico City, I learned how to make a cake in a blender

0:23.8

and chang my Thailand.

0:25.2

I learned how to grill a chicken.

0:27.4

It turns out that you are, in fact, a much better cook

0:30.1

than you think.

0:31.1

You just need a little bit of inspiration.

0:33.2

So if you want to learn something old and something new,

0:36.3

please join us at Milk Street Member dot com.

0:40.0

For just $1, you get immediate access

0:42.2

to everything Milk Street, from recipes to videos,

0:45.1

from podcasts to TV shows, from online classes,

0:48.7

to our online store with over 2,000 unique products

0:52.2

from pantry to cookware to tools.

0:55.2

Once again, please join us at Milk Street Member dot com

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