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Extra Chocolaty Chocolate Cookie* at Mother’s Bistro & Bar

Posted by on Feb 5, 2011 in Chocolate, Chocolate Chip | 0 comments

Mother’s Bistro & Bar
212 SW Stark St – Portland
$1.50

Not that it should be surprising that you would find a great cookie at Mother’s. I mean, this is a place that is known and loved in Portland for it’s top notch comfort food. Also,  I’m pretty sure a place that calls itself “Mother’s” is legally obliged to provide not just cookies, but super awesome, homemade-y gems like the ones goin’ on here. The thing is, Mother’s is a full-fledged, (quite lovely) sit-down restaurant –  not a bakery, per se – or a coffee shop where you might think to pop in and grab a cookie to go. But you can.  You totally CAN!

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Big Macaroon at Red Fox Bakery

Posted by on Aug 2, 2010 in Macaroon/Macaron | 1 comment

Red Fox Bakery
328 NE Evans St, McMinnville, OR
$1.75

My nephew, Ben (age eight) and I took a little day trip to McMinnville last week  to visit the Evergreen Air and Space Museum (home of the famous Spruce Goose).  After the hour-long drive, we wanted bit of  lunch before embarking on our (much more compelling than I had been expecting) tour.  Even though the museum proved to be very worthwhile,  I was, frankly, more excited about revisiting Red Fox Bakery* than I was at the prospect of seeing vintage airplanes.

(*Not to be confused with Redd Foxx.  Sadly, Fred Sanford is not the proprieter of this business.)

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