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What's Your Favorite Chocolate Chip Cookie?
Times Square Hot Bagels by far! 44 St./7 Ave. http://www.sugoodsweets.com/blog/2009/06/best-chocolate-chip-cookies-in-new-york/
Sugar Rush: Cookie Plate at 'wichcraft at the Southwest Porch in Bryant Park
I was there last week, and they only offered a cookie of the day (PB). But it was $1! A good deal. I miss their jam bars though.
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Chicken gyro with white sauce from "The Cart" on 53rd/6th.
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Chocolate Chip Cookie Championship: The Midtown(ish) Edition
Thanks for trying Times Square Hot Bagels. Totally unfortunate that they were stale. I admit, they tend to be that way when you get them at the store (which is how most people would think to get them). When they're catered, they're moist and chewy.
What's Your Favorite Chocolate Chip Cookie?
Times Square Hot Bagels by far! 44 St./7 Ave. http://www.sugoodsweets.com/blog/2009/06/best-chocolate-chip-cookies-in-new-york/
Sugar Rush: Cookie Plate at 'wichcraft at the Southwest Porch in Bryant Park
I was there last week, and they only offered a cookie of the day (PB). But it was $1! A good deal. I miss their jam bars though.
Win a $1,200 Street Food Dinner for Two to the Citymeals-on-Wheels Fundraiser
Chicken gyro with white sauce from "The Cart" on 53rd/6th.
Win Tickets to the New Taste of the Upper West Side Event
Ozu-creative macrobiotic food. Like savory carrot pancakes and kabocha gnocchi.
Win Tickets to This Year's 'Village Voice' Choice Eats
Taqueria de la Fonda y Sol by 107 St. Finally, real tacos in NY.
Valentine's Day Giveaway: Macarons from Itzy Bitzy Patisserie
Dulce de leche! Chocolate hazelnut! Green tea with red bean filling.
New School Culinary Arts Program
They shut down their culinary classes.
Cook the Book: 'Baked, New Frontiers in Baking'
Chocolate mousse from Sizzler. Don't know if I'd still like it (haven't been to that restaurant in years).
Harlem Soul Food rec?
Amy Ruth's at 113 W 116 St. I had some chunky grits and a silky egg white omelet.
Mixed Review: Stonewall Kitchen Blueberry Pancake and Waffle Mix
Sturdiwheat is actually very good. The fluffiest pancakes I've ever made. You can get a free sample by calling 800-201-9650.
Sugar Rush: New Soft Serve at Kyotofu
This looks good, but man $3.85 is a lot. Zen Burger also has soy soft serve for $2, but I haven't tried it.
First Taste of the Van Leeuwen Ice Cream Truck
I tried the chocolate-hazelnut and was disappointed. Very heavy cream and egg taste, but hardly any chocolate-hazelnut. It was really stiff too, even when it was hot outside.
Win a $1,200 Dinner for Two at Citymeals-on-Wheels 2008 Fund-Raiser
French food to me is
Chocolate and other sweets
Sorry no foie gras
Barney Greengrass 100th Anniversary Prices: I Couldn't Help Myself
Darn, I didn't go because I thought it would be a mob house. Maybe I'll go tomorrow and pay full price.
James Beard Awards Reflections
Hi Ed, it was nice seeing you at the Who's Who on Sat. (I work at Gourmet.com now.) Hope you had fun!
Artichoke Pizza from Sullivan Street Bakery and Grandaisy: My Favorite Rite of Spring
One time I went to Sullivan St. Bakery at 6:00 PM, and the sandwich was half off! I wonder if they always have stuff on sale when they're close to closing.
Ticket Giveaway: Japanese Food and Drink Demo and Tasting
um, a California roll?
Red Hook Taco Vendors: Sometimes the Good Guys Do Win
Woohoo! My mom visits me in New York once a year, and she insisted that we go to the Red Hook ball fields. BTW, I went to Duane Park Patisserie this weekend and bought an apple turnover, based on your recommendation. While you haven't steered me wrong before, I was disappointed. It was floppy and thin, and the apple filling melded with the pastry. Maybe it's because I ate it that night, but a caveat to eat while fresh would have been helpful. Also, I was tempted to by Koeze's PB at Fairway yesterday.
Pickle Sickle, Anyone?
These were disgusting. Way too salty.
The Best Gelato in New York Is Being Served in a Tanning Salon
I'm with you. It's never too cold for ice cream! I just made pumpkin pie ice cream. A couple years ago, I walked all along 4th Ave. looking for Bussola, not realizing it was closed. This new place looks good, but it's so far.
Cook the Book: Milk Chocolate with Burnt Caramel Drink
I actually prefer to eat dark chocolate all by itself. Favorite recipes include hot chocolate, chocolate ice cream and truffles (couldn't narrow it down).
Chocolate Chip Cookie Championship: The Midtown(ish) Edition
Given that half the cookies in NYC seem to be baked below Union Sq, good luck!
I have no idea if it's the BEST, but you have to include Insomnia Cookies.
This bastion of cookies for the NYU crowd (and anyone else in a 3 mile radius), are delectable. And (I think) it's the only purveyor that does nothing BUT cookies. Whenever I brought them into work, it caused a scene like the bridal gown sale at Filene's.
Chocolate Chip Cookie Championship: The Midtown(ish) Edition
Ditto on Jack's. My daughter used to work there and couldn't get the recipe. Top secret. But I'm sure they have lots of coffee. I think they might actually contain ground coffee beans. Sometimes they're too raw (because the staff bakes them in a toaster oven and lack consistent timing) but they're usually very good. Jacques Torres is still the winner.
Chocolate Chip Cookie Championship: The Midtown(ish) Edition
When you get to the downtown edition, the chocolate chip cookies from Jack's Stir Brew coffee are a must-try. I go to the location on Front Street by the Seaport. They are crisp on the edges, have a ton of chocolate, are slightly underbaked to ensure a gooey center, and have a deep, almost, caramel-like, burnt suger / brown butter bass note to them. I keep begging the staff to give me the recipe, but rumor has it that only Jack's aunt knows the recipe. She makes the batter, delivers it to the store, and the staff only bakes off the cookies to keep the recipe secret.
Chocolate Chip Cookie Championship: The Midtown(ish) Edition
City Bakery's cookies aren't for the serious cookie lover. They're mealy, the chocolate isn't good, they're burnt and thin, there's really just not much to like about them.
FYI, Pret at Maiden Lane sold out of cookies this afternoon.
Chocolate Chip Cookie Championship: The Midtown(ish) Edition
I am eating a Pret cookie right now and it is good but needs some more salt. I think the success of this cookie resides on the fact it is in a heated case (though that doesn't explain that it is still good when it cools down after being brought to the SE office). CURSES! What have they done to this cooooooooooookie to make it good. And this thing is 300 calories too. I wish they hadn't told me.
Chocolate Chip Cookie Championship: The Midtown(ish) Edition
Yeah, you know lately i've been noticing the city bakery cookie going downhill. Along with other things..the food is getting old and tired. I hear this place has dodgy management..As far as i've been able to tell lately, the rumors are proving true..coming to the surface in the form of an overpriced, overhyped, pretentious product. :(
Chocolate Chip Cookie Championship: The Midtown(ish) Edition
Mmmm... just had a Pret Cookie, lush chocolate and slightly soft dough. It is durned good. Just slightly sweet and a crisp "crust."
On to City Bakery!
Chocolate Chip Cookie Championship: The Midtown(ish) Edition
wow, lotta CB haters. i'm still a fan, maybe your burnt is my crunchy.
petrossian has a good one too though, i have to agree with that.
Chocolate Chip Cookie Championship: The Midtown(ish) Edition
Not to be too harsh but I always thought City Bakery Chocolate Chip cookies tasted like stinky feet smell.
Chocolate Chip Cookie Championship: The Midtown(ish) Edition
@hightemp: Interesting. For the record, ours came from 37th and 7th.
That's part of the reason we wanted a two-round taste test. If a cookie isn't consistent, multiple tastings put them at a disadvantage. The best cookie is not only fantastic on first tasting, but fantastic on a return visit. We'll see how Pret fares in the finals!
Chocolate Chip Cookie Championship: The Midtown(ish) Edition
SO... against my better judgement...but following your lead.... I went over to Pret today. There must me some location specific magic happening because the cookie I got tasted no better than the toll house cookie rolls you buy at Gristedes and cook at home....right down to the slightly artificial preservative taste.
I'm still waiting for Jacques Torres to show up (Outer Borough I guess) and Le Pain Quotidien.
Chocolate Chip Cookie Championship: The Midtown(ish) Edition
Stone, this tasting is Midtown down to 14th street, I expect a Downtown installment soon!
Chocolate Chip Cookie Championship: The Midtown(ish) Edition
whoa this is a total scandal. i will have to try this pret cookie because i really can't believe that it would be particularly great.
Chocolate Chip Cookie Championship: The Midtown(ish) Edition
City Bakery will always own a piece of my heart. But they suffer from major inconsistency.
But Petrossian, there's a whopper that never disappoints.
Does Anyone Really Love Pumpkin Pie?
I love pumpkin pie, sweet potato pie, and I will eat butternut squash right out of the rind once it's roasted. I bake pumpkin bread and pumpkin pie in autumn, not really for the holidays so much. I generally love squash. I once made pies from a squash in Peru just because it was a novelty. These squashes/gourds are so big it takes two people to carry one. It's important to remember that pies aren't just a desert - they are often the main course, filled with meats, vegetables, and spices. My family usually has pumpkin pie around Thanksgiving and Christmas, but we also get tired of traditional holiday foods. Frequently, for Thanksgiving or Christmas, we will decide to have something different at the table. Last year we had an incredible Italian dish that my father prepared for Christmas, and I smoked chicken and baby back ribs for Thanksgiving. It didn't change the spirit of the holidays at all for us. So, I guess the important thing is that you enjoy what you cook and eat during the holidays.
What's Your Favorite Chocolate Chip Cookie?
Birdbath (which, I guess is City Bakery) and Amy's Bread.
In any case, I'm actually partial to oatmeal or else an "everything" cookie.
Oh, also Bread Alone at Union Sq Green market.
What's Your Favorite Chocolate Chip Cookie?
Say it with Flour in Midtown East. Amazing!
What's Your Favorite Chocolate Chip Cookie?
Ah, I love that this debate never gets old.
Levain's walnut chocolate chip, followed closely by Momofuku's cornflake marshmallow chocolate chip, followed by Petrossian's ridiculously large and gooey walnut chocolate chip.
What's Your Favorite Chocolate Chip Cookie?
Two Little Red Hens has the best chocolate chunk cookie for only $1.60! I think Levain is way too "raw" inside.
What's Your Favorite Chocolate Chip Cookie?
Just look at this photo and tell me it's not the best looking chocolate chip cookie you've ever seen:
http://nycfoodguy.com/2008/02/05/levain-bakery-the-best-chocolate-chip-walnut-cookie-on-the-planet/
Don't get me wrong, Jacques Torres is delicious too, but in a high class chocolate way, because thin, buttery cookie is all about the shards of chocolate:
http://nycfoodguy.com/2008/05/30/jacques-torres-dark-chocolate-chip-cookie-rivals-levain/
City Bakery is fairly similar to Jacques in that it's thin and loaded with gooey shards of chocolate. The only thing I didn't love about City is that it's so buttery, the cookie doesn't have that delicious, home-baked, reminds us of Mom's cookie flavor that Levain has. It's that characteristic that makes Levain the best.
NYCFoodGuy
What's Your Favorite Chocolate Chip Cookie?
CITY BAKERY! Why the hell would you go anywhere else??? Oh my god, I can taste it now . . . (for the record, their peanut butter cookie is like a gift from the peanut butter gods. Now if I could just finally wrangle the recipe from Maury Rubin, I'd be a much happier - and fatter! - girl.
What's Your Favorite Chocolate Chip Cookie?
It's not even close -- CITY BAKERY. CITY BAKERY. CITY BAKERY. and the CITY BAKERY ginger cookie is the SECOND-BEST chocolate-chip cookie, even thought it's not chocolate chip. It's like Chuck Norris that way.
What's Your Favorite Chocolate Chip Cookie?
Oh and Chocolate Room was pretty damn good too if recollection serves me.
What's Your Favorite Chocolate Chip Cookie?
Baked, Petrossian's, Chocolate Bar, Jacques Torres
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Thanks for trying Times Square Hot Bagels. Totally unfortunate that they were stale. I admit, they tend to be that way when you get them at the store (which is how most people would think to get them). When they're catered, they're moist and chewy.