Fake Food: The Billion Dollar Business of Food Fraud

Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Radio

Chris Elliott, who investigated the horse meat 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.

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

This week’s sponsor: Go to butcherbox.com/milkstreet for $20 off your first box plus 2lbs of free 100% grass-fed ground beef in every ButcherBox you order for the lifetime of your subscription.


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Chris Elliott, who investigated the horse meat 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.

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

This week’s sponsor: Go to butcherbox.com/milkstreet for $20 off your first box plus 2lbs of free 100% grass-fed ground beef in every ButcherBox you order for the lifetime of your subscription.


Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

2019-03-22 50 min
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