The Baker Who Made Julia Child Cry: Nancy Silverton's Recipes Will Change Your Life
Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Radio
Milk Street Radio
4.2 • 3K Ratings
🗓️ 14 November 2025
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Nancy Silverton is here to make you a better baker. She tells the story about the time she made Julia Child cry on TV and the very best way to make cornbread, angel food cake and more classic desserts. Plus, Joan De Jesus explains the wine world’s biggest trend right now, natural wines; J. Kenji López-Alt shares his secrets for cooking salmon at home; and we make Korean Stir-Fried Chicken with Rice.
Get this week’s recipe for Korean Stir-Fried Chicken with Rice here.
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| 0:00.0 | Did you ever wonder what it's like to live alone, hidden in the woods not speaking to a single soul for 30 years? |
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| 0:45.5 | Which brand of chocolate should I buy for my kitchen? |
| 0:49.7 | Well, I've been asked that a million times over the years, and here's my answer, Gattard. |
| 0:53.1 | It's been around since 1868 and it's family owned. |
| 0:56.3 | They have over 150 years experience in making chocolate for pastry chefs, artisan bakers, chocolatiers, and of course home bakers. Gattard |
| 1:01.8 | prioritizes flavor and quality. Now, what does that look like? Well, preserving the uniqueness of each |
| 1:07.5 | origin from which they source, Gartard invests in flavor preservation on cocoa farms |
| 1:12.3 | through local partnerships, as well as in the gentle ways in which they craft the chocolate from |
| 1:17.1 | bean to bar. Now, what's left is chocolate in its purest form, delivering flavor and quality. |
| 1:23.3 | Plus, they are always innovating, as with their coconut sugar sweetened baking chips. |
| 1:45.6 | And by the way, I love their wafers. You don't need to chop them. And the added cocoa butter means they melt evenly and consistently. And I also love their milk chocolate chips and chocolate chip chunks. So here at Milk Street, we use Gattard for all the same reasons I love it. It's our go-to brand. So please check out Guitar Chocolate. You can find guitar at most specialty and local retailers or on Gattard.com. Which brand of chocolate should I buy |
| 1:52.5 | for my kitchen? Well, I've been asked that a million times over the years, and here's my answer, |
| 1:57.0 | Gattard. It's been around since 1868 and it's family owned. They have over 150 years experience in making |
| 2:04.0 | chocolate for pastry chefs, artisan bakers, chocolatiers, and of course home bakers. Gattard |
| 2:09.4 | prioritizes flavor and quality. Now, what does that look like? Well, preserving the uniqueness of |
| 2:15.0 | each origin from which they source, Gattard invests in flavor preservation |
| 2:19.0 | on cocoa farms through local partnerships, as well as in the gentle ways in which they craft the |
| 2:24.3 | chocolate from bean to bar. Now, what's left is chocolate in its purest form, delivering flavor and |
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