Eater's Digest

Alison Roman, author of Dining In, explains her chocolate chip short bread cookie's meteoric rise to stardom and how it affected her cookbook's success (3:00). Eater senior editor, Daniela Galarza, reminds us of the stakes of passing on dessert (15:00) and coughs up a sneak peek of her fast food dessert rankings (25:00). Finally, Joe House of The Ringer's House of Carbs judges a bracket to determine Manhattan's best chocolate chip cookie (29:00). Hosted by: Amanda Kludt and Daniel Geneen Email us! [email protected]

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Lucas Peterson, NYT's Frugal Traveler and host of Eater's longest running youtube program, 'Dining on a Dime'; stops by to explain the schlep that goes in to putting together his Times column and what it's like being the cheap eats guy. Oh, and the explosive reaction he had to some spicy food during his last visit to China. Hosted by: Amanda Kludt and Daniel Geneen Email us! [email protected]

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Amanda and Dan run down the biggest food stories of the month. The creator of Everybody Loves Raymond, Phil Rosenthal, has created a food travel show for 'the everyman' called 'Somebody Feed Phil', which Amanda likes and Dan does not (3:20). Unfortunately, people are actually eating Tide Pods (6:40). An East Village bar has banned guests from saying literally (9:00). One of Barbara Lynch's restaurant investors is whining to the press (12:00). Dave Chang's delivery only restaurant Ando is done just as Momofuku is opening their first LA restaurant (15:55). The original celebrity chef, Paul Bocuse, has died at the age of 91 (19:55). Bangkok's only Michelin starred street vendor wants to give back her Michelin star (21:30). #Saltbae, the hugely famous Turkish butcher known for his dramatic salt sprinkling (original video here) has opened a steakhouse in NYC and our critic Robert Sietsema went to check it out (24:40). Thanks for listening! Please rate and subscribe, email us literally anything [email protected], and subscribe to Kludt's weekly newsletter here.

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Zach Stafford of Grindr's INTO magazine explains why America has seen a steady decline in gay bars and queer spaces over the last decade. (24:00) Eater's special correspondent Meghan McCarron talks about the disappearance of lesbian spaces and bars. Hosted by: Eater's EIC Amanda Kludt and Daniel Geneen 

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Ever wonder how all that crazy food ends up on your news feed? These days, there's usually someone being paid to get it there. Is this just marketing in 2018, or is this new influencer marketing shady business? Eater's data visualization reporter Vince Dixon found out all about these transactions. Check out the original piece, Going Viral, and the accompanying four-part video series The Business of Going Viral. Clips provided by Eater's video department. Special thanks to Ellie Kirn, Ian Stroud, Clifford Endo, @losangelese_eats and Front of House. Hosted by Amanda Kludt and Daniel Geneen

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In the middle of August, approximately one month after ISIS lost control of Mosul, photojournalist Gary He travelled around Mosul to different restaurants to get a sense of the city's war-torn restaurant scene. Read Gary's piece on Eater.com Hosted by Amanda Kludt and Daniel Geneen 

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Eater editors Serena Dai and Stefanie Tuder pop in to talk food and design trends, in NY and beyond. Then, Eater's national critic Bill Addison faces a lightning round of trendy ingredients and determines whether or not they're here to stay. Finally, the wizard behind Eater's instagram, Adam Moussa, reflects on 2017 in food pics and where he thinks we're heading in 2018. Email us! [email protected] Hosted by Amanda Kludt and Daniel Geneen

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Eater's pop culture editor and former upsell host, Greg Morabito, stops by to rank some food scenes in favorite holiday movies. 

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On December 11th, Eater NY released a huge story called Mario Batali Steps Away From Restaurant Empire Following Sexual Misconduct Allegations. Serena Dai, editor of Eater NY and co-editor of the story (with Matt Buchanan), dropped by to talk about the months of work that went into the story and what has happened since its publication. hosted by: Amanda Kludt and Daniel Geneen

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Here at the upsell, we want you to be the coolest person at your holiday parties. So, we brought in wine and spirits expert Tammie Teclemariam, to tell us what the cool kids are buying at the liquor store (1:50) and Daniela Galarza, to share some show-stopping holiday food hacks (13:00). Tammie's picks: Vermouth: Routin Cool Aperol: http://www.forthavespirits.com/ Sake: Tanuki Daniela's cookbooks: Brunch is Hell - Rico Gagliano and Brendan Francis Newnam Dining In - Allison Roman Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner... Life: Recipes and Adventures from My Home Kitchen - Missy Robbins Hosted by: Amanda Kludt and Daniel Geneen 

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