EP 44 Look to the Cookie! Black & White Cookies, Racial Harmony, and the Impact of Food In Media

<p><span>Did Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson nibble on Black &amp; White cookies while composing their famous “Ebony &amp; Ivory” duet? We may never know the answer to that question, but As We Eat can tell you about the origins of the Black &amp; White cookie (and its Half Moon cookie cousin) which became a well known metaphor for racial harmony thanks to an episode of Seinfeld. Kudos to Abby Lamb for the episode topic suggestion!</span></p><h2><span>Can a Cookie Solve our Woes</span></h2><p><span>“Look to the cookie,” Jerry Seinfeld exclaimed in 1994 and suddenly a cookie went viral.</span></p><p><span>Thanks to a suggestion from As We Eat friend Abby Lamb, we are taking a long look into the Black &amp; White Cookie, a sweet treat made world famous as a metaphor for racial harmony by the popular Seinfeld sitcom of the early 1990s. </span></p><p><span>In this episode, we discuss The Dinner Party episode of Seinfeld that launched the not well known black &amp; white cookie into notoriety (without the help of social media). Leigh rounds up the history of the half chocolate / half vanilla cookie and its purported cousin, the halfmoon cookie and Kim surveys other foods that hit the mainstream with a little boost from media - brown cows, cheesecake, White Russians, and more.</span></p><h2><span>Sources We Found Helpful for this Episode </span></h2><ul><li><a href="https://www.foodtimeline.org/foodcookies.html#black&white" rel="nofollow"><strong>Food Timeline Website</strong></a></li><li><a href="https://www.vice.com/en/article/pax7gg/the-real-history-of-black-and-white-cookies" rel="nofollow"><strong>Vice Website</strong></a><strong>, </strong><span>The Real History of Black and White Cookies,</span><a href="https://www.vice.com/en/contributor/joanne-spataro" rel="nofollow"><strong> </strong></a><a href="https://www.vice.com/en/contributor/joanne-spataro" rel="nofollow"><strong>Joanne Spataro</strong></a></li><li><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/1998/05/13/dining/look-to-the-cookie-an-ode-in-black-and-white.html" r