Chocolate Chip Cookies

Hi All,

Quite possibly one of the best foods of childhood is the chocolate chip cookie.  Yum.  Just thinking about them makes me hungry - and don't forget the milk.

Click on this link from SeriousEats.com for a serious article on the 'Science of the Best Chocolate Chip Cookies'.  OMG, I'm hungry already! This is a very comprehensive article about exactly what happens when a chocolate chip cookies is made - complete with what happens to various ingredients (milk, egg, chocolate chip, batter and more).  The pictures are fantastic and make the cookies look delicious!

For an 'off-the-wall' article titled, '23 Life-Changing Ways to Eat Chocolate Chip Cookies' click on this article from Buzzfeed.com.  Silly, but fun - and you might like to try one of these ideas. Or not.

Click on any of these three links to find scrumptious recipes for great chocolate chip cookies.

Hershey's Kitchens - Perfect Chocolate Chip Cookies`
Ultimate Chocolate Chip Cookies - from, believe it or not, Crisco.
Best Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe EVER! - SavorySweetLife
AllRecipes.com -  Another list of 'Best Chocolate Chip Cookies Ever'

Back in early March of this year, the New York Times reported on Chips Ahoy! Bringing Back the Familiar (Chocolate-Chip) Face in its advertising.  Click here for the article - and the reason why I'm writing this blog post.

For more timely information on Chips Ahoy! click on this link - you'll go to the Chips Ahoy! Facebook page.

Readers might want to click on this link to go to the Chips Ahoy! webpage from Nabisco.  At the bottom of the page is product information and at the top of the page you can play games (kids)...

Finally, readers might get a kick out of this page - a link from PopularCookieRecipes.com - which goes to National Chocolate Chip Day!!! Woohoo!

Enjoy the links, and more importantly, don't forget to stock up on the milk!

Regards,
Stu

Everything Chocolate Entry!

Hi All,

Need I say more about this delectable topic? Forthwith, lots of yummy links dealing with chocolate and everything related to it! Got milk?

Click here for a narrative on how chocolate is made! Click here for a video on how chocolate is made - yum!

And chocolate - dark chocolate at least - is healthy! It might not be as good as a vegetable for fruit, but click on this link and you might not feel as guilty when you eat your next bar of chocolate! Click on this second link for more health benefits of chocolate! Also, click on this link for a tongue-in-cheek look at the health benefits of chocolate.

Want to make your mouth water? Click on this link for pictures of chocolate - OMG - care of Google Images!!!

For a brief history of chocolate, click on this yummy link!

Click on this link for the rankings of the best chocolate rankings in the world! Note that the link is from Food and Wine - a noted expert magazine on well, food and wine. It is a very unbiased and good source of information on food and wine!

For more 'Best Chocolate in the World', click on this link - oh, I am in chocolate heaven now! Direct from the Guardian - a UK newspaper, similar in stature to the New York Times or the Washington Post in the United States - comes this link on 'Best Chocolate in the World'.

Has this entry inspired you to make your own chocolate? Well, click on this link and you'll find a site that explains how to make chocolate in 7 steps. I'm in love!!!!

Also, click here for a link to the Farmingdale PL card catalog - the subject that I linked to is ' chocolate' and then I organized the search so that the newest titles are listed first!

Finally, click here for links to various chocolate manufacturers!

Hersheys.com
M&M's

P.S. Sorry, click on this link to Wikipedia for this really good list of chocolate manufacturers. Companies can be clicked on for links!

Enjoy these links and more importantly, enjoy the chocolate!

Regards,
Stu

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CCC Recipes....Read on For More!

Hi All,

I don't know about you, but one of the single best things in the world is a chocolate chip cookie (hence the aforementioned acronym 'ccc' = chocolate chip cookie). I don't care if it 95 degrees outside or if it 25 degrees outside. Any time is a good time for a chocolate chip cookie. They are one of the better things in life.

Combine with a glass of cold milk and well, it takes many people back to their youth and after school snacks. Ah yes...the good old days.

So...I've search the web and found a few good sites for CCC's! Enjoy!


Click on this link for Food.com's version of the world's best chocolate chip cookie. Note that the ingredients are simple and the user comments are really, really special. Yum.

Click here for a really good book that the library owns on chocolate chip cookies. The title is '101 Perfect Chocolate Chip Cookies'! Double yum. Click here for a few reviews from Amazon.com of this book.

You also might want to click here for a link to the library card catalog where I did the search, 'chocolate chip cookies'. From 'The Well.com' comes this entry entitled, 'What Makes a Great Chocolate Chip cookie? Indeed -I'll be the taste tester!!!

Finally, click here for another link to 'How to Make Chocolate Chip Cookies' link from Mahalo.com....

Enjoy the cookies and don't forget the milk!

Stu

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Holidays Cookies For Everyone!

Hi All,

Do you like cookies? Do you also like the holiday season? What would happen if I could combine these two interests into one great event? Yep, I bet your mouth is watering and you just can't wait!
Well, click here and you'll be rewarded with the 12 Days of Cookies Countdown from the Food Network! Woohoo! FYI, you can get the whole series emailed to your email inbox.

Oh, and by the way, click here for a link to the library card catalog. What's the subject of the link you ask? It is a list of holiday cookie recipes that the Farmingdale PL has in its collection! And remember that the library is under renovation...so if you don't find a book, ask a librarian and we'll be sure to look upstairs for the book you are interested in!

Happy munching.

Stu

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