You may have heard that we're now running international culinary tours starting in 2024.

Well, our first four trips sold out in just 15 minutes, so we're adding new departures to the

calendar. Next year, we'll run more tours to Oaxaca, Istanbul, Mexico City, and Greece.

Plus, we've added two new destinations, Venice, and Campagna. Once again, we're partnering with

culinary backstreet to offer unique experiences that take you well off the beaten path.

With a small group of just 11 fellow travelers, you'll leave the tourist traps behind and go with

us to family farms, small-scale producers, and the homes of local chefs who will change the way

you cook. Expect a wander through busy markets, select the best produce with the guidance of

our resident chef, and then, of course, turn all of that into great meals and much more.

So, spots will go fast for these new departures and destinations, and I urge you to visit

177moxtreet.com slash tours.

This is Mr. E. Radio from PRX. I'm your host, Christopher Kimball.

Is there such a thing as the perfect kitchen? Well, one model may have come close. It was called

the Frankfort kitchen. It was designed in the 1920s in Germany. It was sleek. It was supremely

functional, and they even chose a paint color, an unconventional blue on purpose.

That's like the one unappetizing color, right? So, imagine making this beautiful food and then it's

in a blue kitchen, but the reason it's blue is because it was thought to repel flies.

That was Jennifer Comar Olivarez, curator at the Minneapolis Institute of Art.

Later on in the show, we'll get a tour of the Frankfort kitchen.

But first is time for a lesson in apples, the good, the bad, and the just plain, inedible.

Macintosh, the national apple of Canada. This dense curling stone has the refreshing tart kick

of an icy northern winter. Unfortunately, this tumor swollen reindeer nose has perhaps the

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