This episode is all about French-inspired desserts. Milk Street cook Erika Bruce shows Christopher Kimball how to make an easy French apple cake. Milk Street cook Bianca Borges demonstrates how to bake a rich, yet light chocolate-orange tart. The show ends with a visit from pastry chef and cookbook author David Lebovitz, who shares his recipe for salted butter caramel-chocolate mousse.

In this episode, Christopher Kimball travels to Chiang Mai, Thailand, where he learns how to transform a simple bowl of broth and rice into an explosion of flavors and textures. Back in the kitchen, Chris and Milk Street cook Catherine Smart draw on that flavorful palette as they make Thai rice soup (khao tom). Next, Milk Street cook Matthew Card shows how to make Thai stir-fried spinach with just a few simple ingredients. To end the show, Milk Street cook Rayna Jhaveri makes an easy Thai beef salad (yam neua).

This episode features Italian-inspired recipes with a Milk Street twist. Milk Street cook Erika Bruce shows the tricks to making perfect pizza at home with a recipe for roasted mushroom pizza with fontina and scallions. Milk Street cook Catherine Smart teaches Christopher Kimball how to make a weeknight cacio e pepe, and finally, Chris demonstrates how to make a simple shaved zucchini and herb salad with parmesan.

In this episode, Christopher Kimball and Milk Street cook Lynn Clark cook up a vibrant and hearty North African chicken couscous. Milk Street cook Bianca Borges prepares one of the most delicious and versatile soups in the world, chickpea and harissa soup (lablabi). To round out the show, Chris teaches how to whip up harissa, a pantry staple that is used in countless Milk Street recipes.

In this episode, Milk Street cook Matthew Card breaks down the steps for preparing a moist and flavorful carne adovada. Then, Milk Street cook Bianca Borges shows Christopher Kimball how to make Mexican chicken soup with tomatillos and hominy, a staple with a twist. Finally, Milk Street cook Lynn Clark shows how to bake a rich and moist cake without an oven with a recipe for stovetop chocolate cake.

In this episode, Christopher Kimball travels to Taipei, Taiwan, where he meets Qin Jia Bing Dian, who teaches him her secret to making the flakiest scallion pancakes. Back at Milk Street, Milk Street cook Lynn Clark shows Chris how to make Taiwanese flaky scallion pancakes at home, and viewers learn how to make Taiwanese five-spice pork with rice (Lu rou fan) with Milk Street cook Matthew Card.

In this episode, the team explores the various colors, flavors and textures of South African cooking. Christopher Kimball and Milk Street cook Lynn Clark prepare a bright red piri piri chicken, packed with heat from crushed chilies and slightly sweet undertones. Milk Street cook Matthew Card makes Cape Malay chicken curry, a uniquely South African one-pot dish consisting of a chicken and vibrant vegetables and spices.

In this episode, Milk Street highlights the perfect recipes for a wintertime meal. Milk Street cook Matthew Card prepares a hearty fennel-rosemary porchetta, consisting of aromatic herbs and peppery spices. Milk Street cook Erika Bruce shows Christopher Kimball how to make a simple, yet decadent chocolate-hazelnut (gianduja) crostata. Finally, Milk Street cook Catherine Smart prepares mashed potatoes with caraway-mustard butter using an Indian flavoring technique known as tarka, in which herbs and spices are added to hot butter.

In this episode, the team learns how to elevate simple chicken recipes by using techniques and flavors from around the world. Milk Street cook Matthew Card shows Christopher Kimball the best technique to spatchcock a chicken. Nimco Mahamud-Hassan stops by Milk Street to teach how to make chicken soup the Somali way-layering flavors, textures and colors. Later, Matthew shows Chris an easy recipe for za'atar-roasted chicken, and finally, they borrow a technique from France to make chicken en cocotte with Milk Street cook Catherine Smart.

In this episode, Christopher Kimball continues his travels through Japan. Back at Milk Street, Chris and Milk Street cook Lynn Clark prepare Japanese-style rice with flaked salmon and shiitake mushrooms (sake to kinoko takikomi gohan). To go along with the rice dish, Milk Street cook Catherine Smart whips up Japanese-style salt-pickled radish and red onion (yasai no sokuseki-zuke). And finally, Milk Street cook Rayna Jhaveri shows Chris how to prepare a Tuesday night dinner: yakiudon with pickled ginger.

This episode showcases light and bright recipes of the Middle East. Milk Street cook Catherine Smart teaches how to make a vibrant salmon chraimeh that comes together in less than 30 minutes. Chris learns how to make a bulgur-tomato salad with herbs and pomegranate molasses (eetch) from Milk Street cook Josh Mamaclay. And finally, Milk Street cook Erika Bruce shares a recipe for tangerine-almond cake with bay-citrus syrup inspired by a technique used in the eastern Mediterranean.