Christopher Kimball's Milk Street


Christopher Kimball's Milk Street is a multimedia, instructional food preparation organization created by Christopher Kimball. The organization comprises a magazine called Christopher Kimball's Milk Street, a cooking school, Milk Street Radio, a website for video podcasts. as well as Milk Street Live! broadcasting live events..

Name and location

The organization is named after Milk Street in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. It is headquartered in the Flour and Grain Exchange Building on Milk Street, which is in the Custom House District near Boston Harborwalk.

History

America's Test Kitchen Lawsuit

When Kimball left America's Test Kitchen and began Milk Street, he was sued by ATK for copying the concept and style of ATK.
October 31, 2016, Boston Commons Press sued Kimball. The then-Brookline based company, which owns America’s Test Kitchen and Cook’s Country, filed a lawsuit in Suffolk Superior Court against Kimball that accuses him of "literally and conceptually ripped off America’s Test Kitchen".
Boston Commons Press claims that Kimball was in breach of trust when he built his new business while still employed by ATK. They also claim that he used their company's recipes and databases to enable Milk Street to be in direct competition with ATK.
Jack Bishop, the chief creative officer at ATK, stated that the Milk Street magazine was very similar to Boston Commons Press-owned Cook's Illustrated. Kimball founded that magazine and was editor until November 2015 when he left over a contract dispute.
The lawsuit was settled in 2019.

Milk Street Cafe Lawsuit

Kimball's Milk Street Organization was also sued by Milk Street Cafe, owned by Marc Epstein, for trademark infringement. Epstein's Milk Street Cafe, established 35 years ago, is located nearby at 50 Milk Street. The lawsuit was decided in Kimball's favor.

Television

The first season will include 40 recipes.

Season 1

Season 2

''Milk Street Radio''

Milk Street also produces a weekly hourly radio program titled Milk Street Radio, distributed by the Public Radio Exchange to a number of public radio stations and networks for weekend airing, which premiered on October 20, 2016. Milk Street Radio is also distributed as a podcast.

Magazine

Each issue of the magazine is 30 to 40 pages and is published 6 times each year.