Holiday Bonanza! Cookie Q&A and A Very Dickens Christmas

Dec 19, 2025
52 mins

Episode Description

Enjoy this episode from our friends at Milk Street Radio!

We answer your calls with Vaughn Vreeland (of New York Times Cookie Week fame) to help you bake the best cookies of the season; historian Pen Vogler breaks down classic Christmas dishes featured in Charles Dickens’ stories, from turkey to plum pudding; author Kat Lieu shares her recipe for Old-Fashioned Cantonese Shortbread; and reporter Mackenzie Martin shares the true story of a Wisconsin holiday tradition, the wildcat sandwich.

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