Fishwives of Paris

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• Catherine de Medici was France’s Medieval Martha Stewart, and a Witch?

  October 6, 2026 · 53 min

  Catherine de Medici gets credit for nearly every French culinary innovation, from macarons to the fork. This episode brings in Florence based food and wine expert Coral Sisk to test those legends one by one. Caroline and Emily trace the…

• Cancoillotte: The Obscure Cheese That Went Viral

  September 29, 2026 · 43 min

  Cancoillotte is gloopy, smelly, difficult to pronounce (CON-KWAH-YOWT), and suddenly all over French TikTok. The centuries-old cheese from Franche-Comté has been reinvented as a low-fat, high-protein fitness food, becoming France’s…

• The Surprisingly Messy History of Mayonnaise

  September 22, 2026 · 34 min

  Mayonnaise is the world's most popular sauce, but nobody agrees on who invented it. This episode traces the history of mayonnaise from a Spanish port battle to a Paris pharmacist's ointment. Caroline and Emily examine the competing French…

• Is French Cheese Doomed? Climate Change Threatens Comté and Beaufort

  September 15, 2026 · 41 min

  Record heat and historic drought are forcing France's most protected cheeses to break their own rules. Caroline and Emily unpack how the AOP charters for Comté, Beaufort, and Abondance have been temporarily loosened after historic drought…

• French Home Baking: Why Nobody Makes Croissants, with Molly Wilkinson

  September 8, 2026 · 37 min

  French people rarely bake elaborate pastries at home, and Versaille-based pastry chef Molly Wilkinson says that is by design. Caroline and Emily talk with Wilkinson, an American pastry chef trained at Le Cordon Bleu, about why French home…

• Macarons: How an Italian Cookie Became France's Famous Pastry

  September 1, 2026 · 25 min

  Macarons may be one of France’s most recognizable culinary exports, but their history is much messier than the pastel boxes suggest. In this episode, Caroline and Emily dig into the Italian origins of the macaron and the role Catherine de’…

• Season 2 Trailer: Fishwives Is Going Weekly

  August 26, 2026 · 2 min

  ishwives of Paris is back for Season 2—and this time, we’re going weekly. Starting September 1, Caroline and Emily will be bringing you a new episode every week. Some will be our full studio productions, some will be more casual webcam…

• Duralex: The Bistro Glass Its Own Workers Saved

  August 18, 2026 · 31 min

  Duralex is the little tempered glass found everywhere from French school cafeterias to Parisian bistros—and once you start looking at its history, it becomes a surprisingly revealing story about modern France. After decades of…