Café at Line Hotel
3515 Wilshire Blvd – Los Angeles
$2.50
Had a work/fun trip to LA last week for a few days and was put up in this Koreatown hotel for one night. I knew nothing about the place before I showed up so I was bummed that I’d made plans to meet my friends at The Ace for drinks instead of insisting they come there. I mean, The Ace is…
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7290 Beverly Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA
$1.50
I’ve been very fond of the cookies at Milk since my first visit – in 2008 – and I return every time I’m in Los Angeles. (I like L.A.) Four years ago I proclaimed Milk’s iced spice molasses cookie my favorite molasses cookie ever.
Read MoreAuntie Em’s Kitchen
4616 Eagle Rock Blvd – L.A. (Eagle Rock)
$2
It has been said that if you put 10 Jews in a room, you’ll hear 11 different opinions.
I might say the same is true for chocolate chip cookie eaters. In other words, it is a highly divisive topic. Some favor thin and crisp, some swear by thick and doughy. Or thin and chewy. Or thick and biscuity. Some dig walnuts or pecans, others say “hell no” to the nuts. Some ccc bakers misguidedly think they’re doing us a great favor by including butterscotch – or possibly worse – white chocolate chips. Ugh and double ugh. The possibilities are endless – more so than with perhaps any other cookie.
Read MoreProof Bakery
3156 Glendale Blvd
Los Angeles (Atwater Village)
$2
Before visiting L.A. recently, I had read that a brand new bakery called Proof (opened in December ’10) was making a cookie called a zimsterne. I’d somehow never heard of these, which is surprising because it is a cookie that is completely after my own heart. I have a soft spot for anything almond – particularly almond paste, marzipan or almond flour – the latter being a key player in the zimsterne. Also, I love cinnamon. I was sold – enough so to make the somewhat out-of-the-way drive (from where I was) to Atwater Village (not far from Silverlake).
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