Dan and Mark explore ideal chocolate chip cookie size, grip, chip structure, dunking and even grilling cookies. Dan tells the story of a long-running cookie mystery that ends in about eight visits to a bakery in two days, delicious chocolate chip cookies, and a stomach ache. Photo: Flickr CC / jarrodlombardo
Sculptor Judith Klausner is working in the medium of Oreo. Somewhere in her studio is a giant pile of the other halves of the chocolate cookies. /dan via Buzzfeed
A great pic (and great concept) from listener Catherine! /dan
Since we were working on a Girl Scout Cookie video at the time, we brought a fistful of cookies to our New York meetup . Everyone there tried some and several of the American women attending shared their insight as past Scouts. But it was Camie, a Canadian, who exploded all of our worlds. We get a fair amount
When Marc Maron joined us for a show on coffee it happened to be during the Jewish holiday of Purim, when it's customary to eat hamentaschen cookies. So before we got to talking coffee, I shared some of the ones my wife had baked. Here's what happened next.
Dan explains why he thinks Thin Mints are overrated and takes issue with Girl Scout Cookie nomenclature, while Mark holds forth on the best serving temperature for Thin Mints, and both hosts debate the strengths and weaknesses of Peanut Butter Patties (a.k.a. Tagalongs) and Peanut Butter Sandwiches (a.k.a. Do-si-dos or Savannahs).