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Our Morning Roundup

*Is this really so shocking? A local resident says she prefers D.C. to her native California. Also, she had her car stolen three times…in California. Slate.com has the video

*Chocolate Chip Cookies! So few ingredients, yet so many ways to mess up. “Like the omelet, which many believe to be the true test of a chef, the humble chocolate chip cookie is the baker’s crucible.” If you’re hungry, open this web link at your own risk.

*Note to Metro Transit Police: you have to report your own incidents, just like you’d report others.

*And in other food news, former Top Chefer Spike Mendelsohn is set to open his burger joint this week and host his famous pals–you know, “Colicchio, Padma Lakshmi, and a bunch of Mendelsohn’s New York buds”–next week, according to Seriouseats.com.

*What to do when your rowhouse doesn’t provide enough lawn space to meet your gardening needs: see photo here.

2 Responses to “Our Morning Roundup”

  1. Jule Banville Says:

    Ruth,
    Thanks for the link on that NYT cookie piece, but now I’ve gone and read it and I am not hungry, I’m vexed. Why… Why must people yuppify the classic chocolate chip cookie? Sea salt? Really? Cake flour AND bread flour? They’re not any good unless they’re as big as a bike tire? When I finally get around to opening my cookie bakery it’s going to buck all these ridiculous “gourmet” trends. You want a Toll House cookie, you get a perfectly made (according to the recipe on the bag) Toll House cookie, of human size. Peanut butter cookies made with Jif, snickerdoodles that do not require Chinese cinnamon. Cookies like mom makes. This article just makes me want to quit and finally open the thing. So thanks.

  2. Mike Licht Says:

    Actually, Spike has been flipping burgers for about a week now, shaking down the facilities and training the staff.

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