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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