Milk Street's My Family Recipe
In Milk Street's My Family Recipe, Christopher Kimball and baker Cheryl Day use historical culinary context and modern kitchen know-how to help home cooks recreate lost or forgotten cherished family recipes. More than a cooking show, My Family Recipe shows how food can connect history, community, family and memories. Kimball and Day help families recreate treasured recipes, including a Southern-style coconut cake, an Italian-American calzone with onions and raisins, and New England popovers.
- 2022-2022
- 1 season
- The Roku Channel
- Reality
In Milk Street's My Family Recipe, Christopher Kimball and baker Cheryl Day use historical culinary context and modern kitchen know-how to help home cooks recreate lost or forgotten cherished family recipes. More than a cooking show, My Family Recipe shows how food can connect history, community, family and memories. Kimball and Day help families recreate treasured recipes, including a Southern-style coconut cake, an Italian-American calzone with onions and raisins, and New England popovers.
Season 1 Episode Guide
10 Episodes 2022
Episode 1
Grandma Erna's Kugel
Fri, Oct 28, 2022
Fairlight de Michele remembers her Grandma Erna's noodle kugel on most holiday tables. With no recipe, she experimented on her own with no success. So she asked Milk Street to help her out.
Episode 2
Grandma Margaret's Coconut Cake
Fri, Oct 28, 2022
Karen Clay has fond memories of Grandma Margaret's coconut cake: a beautiful, towering creation she describes simply as "dreamy." Clay has been unable to recreate the cake. Can Milk Street help?
Episode 3
My Grandmother's Gorton
Fri, Oct 28, 2022
When Marie Griffin was growing up, Marie's grandmother, and later her mother, prepared gorton, a rich spiced pork spread. After losing the recipe during a move, she contacted Milk Street for help.
Episode 4
Adena's Hot Milk Sponge
Fri, Oct 28, 2022
Linda White remembers a cake named Adena's Hot Milk Sponge from her Grandmother's recipe collection. The vague instructions left her unable to recreate it, so Linda contacted Milk Street for help.
Episode 5
My Grandfather's Butter Rolls
Fri, Oct 28, 2022
When Royce Tanaka was growing up in Hawaii, his grandfather owned and operated a bakery that sold popular butter rolls. Royce turned to Milk Street to help recreate them.
Episode 6
Baa's Crunchy Pooris
Fri, Oct 28, 2022
Growing up, Sapna Pandya's grandmother often made a round, crisp snack called "crunchy pooris." Her grandmother didn't leave behind a recipe, so Pandya turned to Milk Street for assistance.
Episode 7
My Mother's Pernil
Fri, Oct 28, 2022
When feeding a crowd, Teryluz Andreu's mother would make pérnil al caldero: a Puerto Rican staple of juicy slow-cooked pork with shatteringly crisp skin. She asked Milk Street to help recreate it.
Episode 8
Tatiana's Sauerkraut Soup
Fri, Oct 28, 2022
Melissa Long's Czech friend Tatiana sometimes prepared a rustic pork, sausage and sauerkraut soup. Milk Street wants to add their own spin on it. Which version will she choose?
Episode 9
My Mother's Calzone
Fri, Oct 28, 2022
Tim Donovan has fond memories of calzone, a stuffed bread that his Italian mother and grandmother made. With no written recipe, he asked Milk Street for assistance.
Episode 10
My Grandmother's Christmas Popovers
Fri, Oct 28, 2022
Jessica Costantini misses her grandmother's popovers. When Jessica attempted to replicate them, hers ended up burned on the outside, and doughy or dry on the inside. Can Milk Street help her out?