Hey, Mil Street listeners, we're taking our show on the road. Please join us for a special live taping of Melk Street Radio at the Art of Cheese Festival in Madison, Wisconsin.

We'll be at the landmark Orphium Theater on Saturday, September 27th. I'll be hosting cheese trivia, taking your cooking questions with chef Tori Miller, handing out samples of some of the best cheese in the state,

and my favorite part, even get my fortune read with a block of cheese. You will not want to miss

that. Tickets are on sale now at artofcheasefestival.com one more time,

art of cheesefestival.com, and we'll see you there.

This is Mill Street Radio from PRX. I'm your host, Christopher Kimball.

And this is how you throw a Halloween party in Victorian America.

Victorian hostesses would cut strips of newspaper and hang them from the ceiling so you could just

feel them go across your face or like, you know, nailing a piece of liver to the wall.

So you feel that in the dark.

By contrast, this is how Halloween is celebrated at Dan Pashman's house.

I put a scary mask on top of a stuffed animal and it would like swing on a rope and kind of like swing into the faces of the kids while they're at the front door.

But it only worked a little bit.

We're balancing both tricks and treats today, starting with a treat.

Up first is food writer Alex Beggs.

She's the author of the New York Times article on gumdrop grapes and other fruits designed to taste like candy.

Alex, welcome to Milk Street.

Thanks for having me.

So we're talking about superstar fruits.

Yes.

But this is a very different world than coming up with a slightly better version of the Red Delicious.

This is creating something with a taste profile that is actually profoundly different.

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