@ kobetobiko: I agree with you somewhat, but I must say, I love ViVi's and Quickly's (on Grand St.) Bubble Tea equally. If you haven't tried Quickly's, you gotta get over there! My fave: Bubble Milk Green Tea

My favorite restaurant on the planet. Thanks for giving it props!

@ Sigilum, I found the recipe in a Pillsbury Holiday Cookies magazine that I got last year. My family liked them so much that I'm going to keep making them. Here's the recipe: (all the spices are ground and lower case "t" is for teaspoon)

1 cup butter softened
1/2 cup powdered sugar
2 cups all purpose flour
1 1/2 t cardamom
1 1/2 t allspice
1 t cinnamon
1 t nutmeg
1/2 t ginger
1/2 t cloves
1/2 t salt
4 t vanilla extract
2 egg yolks

Cookie coating: 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar, 1/2 t cardamom, 1/2 t cinnamon

* Preheat your oven to 350.
* Cream your butter and p. sugar. Add your yolks, vanilla extract, and your dry ingredients until incorporated.
* Shape dough by Tablespoons into balls, then place them on an ungreased cookie sheet, about 1 1/2 inches apart.
* Bake for 12-15 minutes, until very lightly browned, then place on cooling rack and allow to cool for 5 min.
* Mix up coating ingredients in a medium size bowl, roll warm cookies into the mixture
* Allow cookies to cool another 5 minutes, then roll in mixture again.

Enjoy and Happy Holidays!

Absolutely 100% WAY! But only with butter and cheese. I've never had it with anything sweet.