Costello’s Travel Caffé
2222 NE Broadway – Portland
$1.75
I’m on the fence about this cookie.
On one hand, I’m mad at it for being neither brown buttery or salty in any profound way.
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Tabor Bread
5051 SE Hawthorne Blvd – Portland
$1.75
I love buckwheat.
And I love that Tabor Bread embraces the many, many flours other than (but also including) wheat that exist in the world and uses them – to great effect – on classics like oatmeal raisin, shortbread, etc. Not to mention a compelling array of beautiful yeasted breads.
Read MoreChocolate Chip Cookie at Comet Coffee – St. Louis
Comet Coffee
5708 Oakland Ave – St. Louis, MO
$2.50
The following is the first ever GUEST POST on carpe-cookie. Here’s what’s true: I know very few, if any, cookie eaters who put as much time, planning, consideration and reflection into cookies as I do. Chris W. is one of these people.
Chris is currently visiting St. Louis; this afternoon he sent me texts (yes, plural) about a fantastic-sounding chocolate chip cookie that he was eating – in real time. In his words:
CW: Messy cc cookie just out of the oven. Comet Coffee in St. Louis, MO. I’m usually not into the
Read MoreBrowned Butter Oatmeal with Cranberries and Pecans at Bluebird Bakers
Bluebird Bakers
2390 NW Thurman – Portland
$2
I’ve been seeing cookies from Bluebird Bakers in stores like New Seasons and Zupans for the past year or two- and was lucky enough to happen upon a free sample or two (or four) once or twice.
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