It’s time for our Salad Spinner Year In Review! On today’s show, we discuss the strangest and most surprising food stories from the past year with Joe Yonan from The Washington Post and Nikita Richardson from The New York Times. We share some of the biggest food trends of 2024—the ones we want to see more of, and the ones we wish would go away—and later, the best things we ate this year.
People who bring ice are the foundation of celebrations.
All right, it seems like such a small job, but it is the job that keeps the party going.
Because you know what?
People in America love cold drinks.
We're obsessed with it.
Americans love ice more than like any other country in the world.
This is a fact.
Yeah, and the worst thing is when you assign the ice to somebody who's never on time.
Exactly.
This is the sporkful.
Hey, all, it's not for foodies.
It's for eaters.
I'm Dan Pashman.
Each week on our show, we obsess about food to learn more about people.
And welcome to our salad Spinner Year in review edition.
Get ready for a rapid fire roundtable discussion of the biggest, strangest, and most surprising food stories from this past year.
2024 was the year when Japanese sake was added to UNESCO's list of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.
And NFL players consumed an estimated 80,000 uncrustables, a treat that, if you ask me, should also be on that UNESCO list.
In politics, Donald Trump had a photo op slinging French fries at McDonald's, and Rudy Giuliani announced he would start hocking his own brand of coffee.
Then on social media, we saw the rise of dirty soda, the TikTok cucumber salad, and much more.