by Brian | Oct 3, 2012 | Cookie Jar, Recipes
“Best brownie ever,” Suzen smiled. You have no idea what a sense of accomplishment I felt. And debt of gratitude to Maida Heatter. I don’t have a few brownie books. I have a shelf of books dedicated to this delicacy. And then lots of shelves for cookie and dessert...
by Brian | May 2, 2012 | Cookie Jar
It’s spring, which is sufficient excuse to make some macarons. Yes, I can give you a reason from every season for making these delights. But spring, with its spectrum of a thousand shades of green and other noble colors, is a spectacular time for macaron...
by Brian | Apr 24, 2012 | Cookie Jar, Recipes
Ah, lemon bars. No other cookie is so sure to disappoint. Remember that warning song from Peter, Paul, and Mary: “But the fruit of the poor lemon tree is impossible to eat.” If not impossible, then distinctly unpleasant. Lemon bars come to you usually dry to...
by Brian | Apr 13, 2012 | Cookie Jar, Recipes
One hundred years ago, in a factory building on the Lower West Side of Manhattan [16th Street], the first Oreo was created. America’s favorite cookie has spread far and wide across this planet. Rivals do appear in stores, but I’ve never found anything to match an Oreo...
by Brian | Apr 7, 2012 | Cookie Jar, Dessert Digest, Recipes
This blog will be short because Suzen and I are off to a dinner party. Our responsibility: dessert. Our solution: wonderful, wonderful cookies from Flour by Joanne Chang. Joanne has a degree in applied mathematics and string of bakeries in Boston. She’s an most...
by Brian | Feb 28, 2012 | Cookie Jar, Dessert Digest, Recipes
Tuition for my first year of college, at a good private school in Portland, cost $800. You may deduce that I wasn’t born yesterday. By the time I graduated, it cost $1500. I got a great education. I was a physics major who minored in Russian. Look at me now. Tonight,...
