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  • Barbara Fairchild’s Chocolate-Toffee Cookies

    Behold, the chocolate-toffee cookie. Isn't it a darling? All creviced and cracked and filled with nubby surprises? There are 26 more of those at home and I'm finding it very difficult to share them with anyone. Anyone at all. The structure of this cookie is pretty amazing: just a half cup of flour to an…

  • Amanda Hesser’s Flat-and-Chewy Chocolate-Chip Cookies

    The first summer weekend – it feels impossibly new and yet so familiar all over again. Empty avenues, packed parks, the scent of a hundred backyard barbecues wafting through the city. We did our patriotic duty and had our own barbecue this weekend – with a dubious grill that needs a scrubbing like nobody's business,…

  • Nigella Lawson’s Chocolate Banana Cake

    No matter how rhapsodic I wax about my city, there are times when it's imperative to just get out. The apartment walls feel like they're inching closer every day, the city's patina looks more like filth than age-old wisdom, and my ability to deal with a full workload, dates with friends and Ben, and the…

  • Le Pain Quotidien’s Belgian Brownies

    Just who, exactly, was I kidding when I thought it was a good idea to go easy on the sugar in the waning days of winter and a most stressful time at work? I have seen the light, my friends, and it comes in the form of individual chocolate brownies that when eaten for breakfast…

  • Grand Casino’s San Andreas Cookies

    I've got a bit of a sweet tooth. It's not out of control; sometimes I'm happy to reach for a ripe piece of fruit instead. But I'd be lying if I said that an afternoon chocolate fix isn't something I look forward to on most days. It has to be dark and not too sweet.…