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Oatmeal Fig at Bakery Nouveau

Posted by on Mar 7, 2011 in Oatmeal | 0 comments

Bakery Nouveau
4737 California Ave. SW – West Seattle
$1.75

Holy shit, ANOTHER  fantastic oatmeal cookie!  They’re comin’ outta the woodwork lately – breaking new oatmeal ground.  And I am not complaining.

I recently declared that the oatmeal cranberry currant at Common Grounds may be the best one around,  but I spoke too soon. Not that I would EVER turn down the Common Grounds cookie (still a fantastic offering worth going out of your way for) – especially in light of the fact that the one I’m about to lay on you is a 3 hour drive from where I live.

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Oatmeal currant & cranberry at Common Grounds Coffee House

Posted by on Feb 12, 2011 in Oatmeal, Whole grain | 0 comments

Common Grounds Coffee House
4321 Se Hawthorne Blvd – Portland
$1

Note: I owe this find entirely to one of my favorite cookie eaters and tipsters. (I was getting ready to write that the above link has nothing to do with cookies, but I then realized: what in the world could have more to do with cookies than…Santa Claus?   It’s all a big circle game,  my friends.)

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Chocolate Chip, Dark Chocolate Chocolate Chip, and Oatmeal Raisin at Levain

Posted by on Oct 24, 2010 in Chocolate, Oatmeal, Chocolate Chip | 2 comments

Levain Bakery
167 West 74th St. – New York City
$4*


A few times over the past few years, I’ve been asked by friends to provide a list of bakeries (i.e.,cookies) worth seeking out while visiting New York City.  Even though (with the exception of one year in the mid-nineties) I have never lived in NYC, I’ve been there a bunch of times.  And I’m sure it comes as no surprise that during these visits, cookie scouting ends up high on my priority list – above, I am simultaneously ashamed and proud to admit, The Guggenheim, MOMA, Broadway performances, shoe shopping, etc.  I will plan entire walking itineraries around strategically-located bakeries; this is how I roll. (OMG: if somebody has not already opened a bakery called “This Is How We Roll”, it needs to happen – stat! Genius.)

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Oatmeal Chocolate Chunk at Ristretto Roasters

Posted by on Oct 5, 2010 in Chocolate, Oatmeal | 2 comments

Ristretto Roasters
3808 N Williams Ave- Portland
3520 NE 42d Ave – Portland
$2

I have nearly a crapload of cookbooks. The truth is, though, that only a handful of these are ones that I use on any kind of consistent basis – or any basis, for that fact. But when my friend Giovanna reviewed  Good to the Grain a couple of months ago, it quickly became one of the few cookbooks I’ve come across lately that I felt the need to add to my collection.

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