when i was in college, my dear friend and roommate liz let me in on one of the tastiest pleasures in this life. she had discovered the levain bakery, a tiny bakery on the upper west side of manhattan that makes the most delicious cookies i have ever tasted! her parents sent us some as a gift, and we savored those cookies for a week!
since then, i have passed on the delectable delights to jenna. i went with her to the bakery when i visited her in nyc a couple years ago and then she brought me a big bag of them when she came to visit last year! brett now loves the monstrous cookies almost as much as i do.
last week my co-worker lisa headed off to new york for a conference for our cooperating collection. she had not been to nyc in nearly 20 years and coming from small town steamboat was a bit nervous to say the least. i did my best to prep her with directions, activity suggestions, and a map. needless to say, i marked levain bakery on the map and told her to go eat the best cookie of her life.
today she returned from the big apple with a little white bag in her hand for me! she brought me two cookies- a dark chocolate choc-chip cookie and a dark chocolate pb-chip cookie. she knew the pb chip was my fave. it was the most wonderful and delicious treat.
and so while my mouth and mind is filled with this piece of chocolaty heaven, i wanted to share the secret of levain bakery with all of you! the website is www.levainbakery.com and it can be located at 167 west 74th street in manhattan. i highly recommend a journey to this spot to any of you visiting or living in the city.
each cookie weighs six ounces and there are four flavors:
chocolate chip walnut
oatmeal raisin
dark chocolate pb chip
dark chocolate choc chip
enjoy!
2 comments:
oh man this post made me want to high tail it out of work and head right there... so yummy! glad your coworker brought some back for you!
wow. I may have my nyc native send me some!!
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