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Christopher Kimball's Milk Street Radio (Series)
Produced by Christopher Kimball's Milk Street Radio
Most recent piece in this series:
811: The Woman Who Discovered Julia Child: The Secret Life of Judith Jones, 5/16/2024
From Christopher Kimball's Milk Street Radio | Part of the Christopher Kimball's Milk Street Radio series | 54:01
Sara Franklin shares the life story of Judith Jones, the legendary editor behind some of the greatest cookbooks of the 20th century. We hear how she discovered Julia Child, why Edna Lewis sent her a box of squirrels and what happened when she was told to reject the Diary of Anne Frank. Plus, historian Stephen Puleo recounts the sticky disaster that was the Boston Molasses Flood of 1919 and we head to Paris for the world’s greatest ham and cheese sandwich.
Sidedoor (Series)
Produced by Smithsonian
Most recent piece in this series:
Wild Orchid Mystery
From Smithsonian | Part of the Sidedoor series | 22:47
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You probably know orchids as the big, colorful flowers found in grocery stores and given as housewarming gifts. But those tropical beauties represent only a fraction of the estimated 25,000 orchid species worldwide. While their showy relatives fly off the shelves, North America’s more understated native orchids are disappearing in the wild. Scientists at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center are working to protect these orchids and their habitats, but first they need solve a surprisingly difficult problem: how to grow one.