Cookie Time

I'm crazy for cookies

especially when they are colorful

and bursting with

sweet noms like raspberry & ice cream

here are some of my favorite

rainbow cookies from Rocco's on Bleecker

& cookie sandwiches from Milk & Cookies on Commerce Street

why are the best treats born in the West Village?

under the canopy of fire escapes, quaint buildings, and brick-face

Milk & Cookies is my favorite

because of the cute, warmth of the place, tucked in between old brownstones

the glass, communal water pitcher,

the cups full of brown sugar cubes and thick golden honey,

the happy array of flowers that greet passerbys,

but most of all, I love the cookie sandwiches and the love with which they are made

the perfect way that a scoop of creamy, dense ice cream is placed between

two huge, soft, cookies

and pressed to perfection, to make that ice cream spread all over the cookies

just 5 bucks of pure lusciousness

my particular ice cream sandwich love letter

was strawberry ice cream & macadamia nut cookies

it was a delicious masterpiece.

Prisoners Love Pastries Too.

In the library basement

I feel quite queer,

almost like a prisoner because I'm underground

and the windows are way above my head

and I can only see the clouds

moving really slowly across the sky behind some tree branches,

no buildings, no sidewalks, nothing in sight

just the ugly foliage print on the library carpet, 

and the steam rising from my tea

I'm trying to load up on brain food

like peppermint tea, almonds, and chocolate raspberry truffles

the truffles I deemed brain food by my own scientific study

so eat up all the raspberry flavored chocolate you want

and I bet you'll have the will to finish any paper

I gave up pastries for Lent

but I'm not really religious

I just like giving stuff up for Lent,

something must be empowering about the sense of communal sacrifice or something

who knows, 

either which way I died in Stop & Shop yesterday in the

Yesterday's Baked Goods section:

a small slice of heaven

what's better than sweets and a sale?

nothing besides a sweet sale on shoes

but the low priced chocolate cakes, raspberry danishes, sweet bread, lady fingers, and 

other nomlicious treats were off limits for me

even though I could have bought an entire birthday cake

complete with sprinkles for just $2.98

I settled for some 100 calorie packs of chocolate covered pretzels,

mixed berry english muffins (sent from heaven, sadly they are seasonal), and strawberries

but I still cannot get those cheap treats out of my head

so here is my little homage to all things buttery, sugary, floury and delish that my

poor little heart is craving in the prison of the library

Yes folks, a chocolate cupcake with raspberry buttercream and raspberry preserve filling

this is my ideal dessert, dainty & dangerous

I'm nuts for anything raspberry

its my anti-drug

Thumbprint cookies,

two words: I DIE

these happen to be a Christmas tradition in my family

I always get a small tin of them from my uncle & aunt, better than a typical gift any day

white chocolate raspberry cheesecake

this is the most romantic dessert I could ever think of

Lent is so anti-romance

oh little luscious berries, you are quite tart and bumpy naturally

but you produce the best peanut butter and jelly sandwiches 

cupcakes, chocolates and other sweet treats of my life

thanks for making everything more nom

for now, in my new life free from pastries

I'll just have to settle on saltines

one cracker with a touch of peanut butter, the other with a glop of jelly

a little bit of vanilla fro-yo in the middle

and I almost feel like I'm eating a cookie sandwich(from Milk&Cookies in the West Village)

I must be delusional.