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We\u2019re wrapping up this pandemic year and our pandemic podcast in a carefully-sealed bag, so as not to let the flavors intermingle with other flavors in your podcast cookie tin. For our cookie-themed episode, we\u2018ve got chocolate chip cookies, no-bake cookies, and smart cookie Helen Zaltzman (@HelenZaltzman<\/a>), who tells us about her gingerbread creations. Plus, a Chef Detective mystery about a lost family favorite from an out-of-print magazine.<\/p>\n

For a transcript of this episode,\u00a0click here.<\/a> <\/p>\n

For more info about Samin\u2019s jam auction, click here<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Food ideas discussed in this episode:<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Baby Boo
<\/strong>Make the tiniest chocolate chip cookie.<\/p>\n

From Emily Weinstein<\/span><\/a>, Distinguished Deputy Food Editor at The New York Times:<\/p>\n

\u201cI just went on a whole journey to try to capture the size of an idea baby boo in a photo and not sure I did it. To my mind the perfect boo contains a single chip, is bigger than a penny and smaller than a guitar pick. Also my father-in-law has labels he puts on that my sister-in-law designed a million years ago to put on his boo tins.\u00a0<\/p>\n

There\u2019s a thousand-word document with pointers on the recipe, but I can\u2019t find it right now.\u00a0 I do know that thinks the ideal scooping implement is a grapefruit spoon and that you should be able to get at least 50 boos on a cookie sheet. He cools them on brown paper supermarket bags (though I don\u2019t know why). \u201c<\/p>\n<\/div>\n