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Chocolate Chip Cookie Championship: The Uptown Edition

I can't wait for round two. Also, you guys have the best job on Earth!

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Apologies Philadelphia! I was confusing you with Chicago.

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From Serious Eats: New York

Chocolate Chip Cookie Championship: The Uptown Edition

I can't wait for round two. Also, you guys have the best job on Earth!

From Serious Eats

Hot Dog of the Week: Philly Dirty Water Dog

Apologies Philadelphia! I was confusing you with Chicago.

From Talk

Brioche For Burgers?

I think that brioche is IDEAL for a burger! English muffins are the worst of cop-outs.

From A Hamburger Today

Five Guys' Fries Make Me Weep with Happiness, Burger Is Not Bad

The fries are wayyyy overrated! They must not cook them twice, or rinse them or soak them or neither. The fries are too starchy (and barely crisp) an end result. The burgers are very good though; bun has good density.

From Talk

Restaurant Naming Problems

Some suggestions:
- Harvest Thyme
- The Periodic Table
- hEarth
- Aliment

Good luck in your endeavours!

From Talk

Restaurant Naming Problems

Some suggestions:
- Harvest Thyme
- The Periodic Table
- Hearth
- Aliment

From Serious Eats

Should Restaurants Charge for Filtered Water?

Is there a non-filtered "free" option at Millennium?

From Serious Eats

Why The Hate For Alice Waters?

To hold Waters' views is a bourgeois luxury. Period.

From Talk

Beef: Grain Fed vs. Grass Fed?

I prefer a combination of grasses, wheats and grains (corn, etc..) like Snake River Farms produces. I am most certainly do not subscribe to Pollan's grass fed only agenda pushing; you can drink that kool-aid all day. I don't argue with my palette.

From Serious Eats

Chewing the Fat: Alton Brown on Donuts

Opening music reminds me a lot of Rush's The Analog Kid!

From Serious Eats

Recession Grocery Shopping: What Are You Doing Differently?

Also buying non-perishables in bulk at those club oriented super stores!

From Serious Eats

Recession Grocery Shopping: What Are You Doing Differently?

Stopped shopping for specific recipes. Now I buy things with recurring meals in mind.

From Serious Eats: New York

Chocolate Chip Cookie Championship: The Uptown Edition

Don't miss either the Fluer de Sel or creme fraiche choc. chip cookies at Marlow and Sons!

From Serious Eats: New York

Chocolate Chip Cookie Championship: The Uptown Edition

For downtown, I urge you to try Chikalicious Dessert Club. If you don't, you will be sorry, in that I will eat all of their cookies. If you do, I may be sorry when you tell everyone how great they are and I have to share.

From Serious Eats: New York

Chocolate Chip Cookie Championship: The Uptown Edition

too bad tastecookies.com wasn;t in the contest. The BEST chocolate chip cookies!!

From Serious Eats: New York

Chocolate Chip Cookie Championship: The Uptown Edition

I have this recent fetish for a type of chocolate chip cookie I know exists but can't find - it's slightly dome-shaped with a rather crisp top and not very chewy inside. I think they must be rather gourmet-ish instead of intended for the supermarket crowd. Anyone know where I can find some of these? Thanks!

From Serious Eats: New York

Chocolate Chip Cookie Championship: The Uptown Edition

Try the "Perfect" at Ruby et Violette's. Its delicious! While you are there, get the sweet potato/white chocolate cookie too!!!

From Serious Eats: New York

Chocolate Chip Cookie Championship: The Uptown Edition

it boggles my mind to think of all these new places that have opened since we left NYC. Fairway and Citarella are the exceptions because I used to walk down Broadway two or three times a week to shop there - that was before the Fairway Restaurant existed and when Citarella was only a fish market. albeit the best around. I've read about Levain's chocolate chip cookie and think I have the recipe somewhere in my clutter - have to try and dig it out and give it a try.

From Serious Eats: New York

Chocolate Chip Cookie Championship: The Uptown Edition

I agree with the assessment on Levain. I've been there a number of times and while I love the quality of ingredients and the flavor, I've twice gotten what I feel is undercooked dough in the middle. If I want THAT, I'll make my own at home and lick the spoon! Bigger isn't always better. I do go back from time to time, hoping that I'll get one that is crispy on the outside and cooked through just enough inside. Occasionally, I am delighted.

From Serious Eats: New York

Chocolate Chip Cookie Championship: The Uptown Edition

@shelby I live in Brooklyn too and I don't blame you for being slightly defensive :)

From Serious Eats: New York

Chocolate Chip Cookie Championship: The Uptown Edition

Nicely done, guys. Looking forward to the next write up.

Anyone up for an actual cookie bakeoff? I'd be up for that as well!!

From Serious Eats: New York

Chocolate Chip Cookie Championship: The Uptown Edition

@bobbob - I suspected as much, but you never know; we Brooklyn-bred girls are pretty defensive (especially with respect to claims that we and Long Island are one and the same).

From Serious Eats: New York

Chocolate Chip Cookie Championship: The Uptown Edition

@Koreanita: Yes, per the footnote, JT will appear in a future round.

From Serious Eats: New York

Chocolate Chip Cookie Championship: The Uptown Edition

you should try whole foods cookies the smaller ones that come in big circular packages. not exactly sexy but darn good....but i have a feeling that city bakery /bird bath is ultimately going to take the cake!

From Serious Eats: New York

Chocolate Chip Cookie Championship: The Uptown Edition

No Jacques Torres representing the UWS? It better show up in the BK or West Village showdown!!

From Serious Eats: New York

Chocolate Chip Cookie Championship: The Uptown Edition

jacques torres cookie beats levain's too buttery, heavy and doughy cookie in any competition. Perfect combination of crispy exterior, soft interior, and balance of chocolate chips with cookie.

From Serious Eats: New York

Chocolate Chip Cookie Championship: The Uptown Edition

@HeartofGlass: Well, these are six-ounce cookies, whereas the standard Toll House size—say, the cookie that one of those break-apart refrigerated doughs will give you—is more like one ounce. Basically, unless it's your birthday and you're skipping the cake, I wouldn't advise eating a Levain cookie alone. Even half a cookie leaves you with that unpleasant "Wow, I just ate an enormous cookie" feeling.

From Serious Eats: New York

Chocolate Chip Cookie Championship: The Uptown Edition

I've never had the Levain but many bloggers I respect have deemed them unmissable--I have one really neurotic question for the SE staff before I order one though--about how many 'single servings' are in one cookie (portion control of deliciousness being something officially endorsed by SE, right ;)

From Serious Eats: New York

Chocolate Chip Cookie Championship: The Uptown Edition

If Jacques Torres chocolate chip cookies don't win this whole shebang, everything I know is wrong.

From Serious Eats: New York

Chocolate Chip Cookie Championship: The Uptown Edition

@ bobbob - Long Island isn't technically part of Brooklyn at all. If anything it would be the other way around, since Brooklyn resides on Long Island, but it is a completely distinct entity for all intents and purposes other than geography.

From Serious Eats: New York

Chocolate Chip Cookie Championship: The Uptown Edition

Levain...absolutely...hands down. It will change your mind as to what you thought a cookie should be!

From Serious Eats: New York

Chocolate Chip Cookie Championship: The Uptown Edition

levain FTW! yesss. something to be said for a cookie that redefines your ideal cookie criteria. my birthday is at the end of the month and i can't wait to go uptown and treat myself to some levain!

From Serious Eats: New York

Chocolate Chip Cookie Championship: The Uptown Edition

I guess it's time to make cookies. Thanks I'm really craving a good homemade cookie now. I love the Nieman Marcus cookie recipe.

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