How do restaurants decide who gets the worst tables? Why are Americans obsessed with the German supermarket chain Aldi? And should iced coffee only be consumed in hot weather? We get into all that and more in our Salad Spinner! Dan is joined by Deena Shanker, who covers food and health for Bloomberg Businessweek, and Elazar Sontag, food critic at The Washington Post. They discuss why Diet Coke’s biggest rival may be Coke Zero, and weigh in on the latest wellness product: cookies.   

This episode contains explicit language.

The Sporkful production team includes Dan Pashman, Emma Morgenstern, Andres O'Hara, Kameel Stanley, and Jared O'Connell.

Interstitial music in this episode by Black Label Music:

• "Party Hop" by Jack Ventimiglia
• "Dreamin" by Erick Anderson
• "Trippin" by Erick Anderson
• "Stay For The Summer" by Will Van De Crommert
• "Get In The Back" by Kenneth J. Brahmstedt
• "Intrepid Stratagem" by Stephen Sullivan
• "All Of These" by Carl White and Kenneth J. Brahmstedt
• "Soul Good" by Lance Conrad

Photo courtesy of he who would be lost/flickr licensed under CC BY-ND 2.0.

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