For this stunning collection, the editors of
''Gourmet'' delved deep into their archives and selected
the most delicious cookie for each year of the
magazine's sixty-eight-year existence. After marathon
testing sessions and winnowing from thousands of
recipes--many sent in by readers--they chose an amazing
array, from the almond-scented French-style Cajun
Macaroons, from the magazine's beginnings in 1941,
through Mocha Toffee Bars (1971), to the contemporary
Glittering Lemon Sandwich Cookies. The enticing
assortment includes Cookies of every type and
description, from the homey (Aunt Sis's Strawberry Tart
Cookies) to the exotic (Grand Marnier-Glazed Pain
d'Epice Cookies), including balls, bars, refrigerator
cookies, drop cookies, even deep-fried cookie
confections. Cookies from around the world from Dutch
Jan Hagels to Irish oatmeal sandwich cookies filled with
cream and Irish whiskey, to Scandinavian Rosettes.
Dozens of Christmas cookies: Old-Fashioned Christmas
Butter Cookies, star-shaped Moravian White Cookies,
Chocolate Peppermint Bar Cookies. Printed exactly as
they originally appeared in the magazine, with abundant
tips and recipe notes from ''Gourmet'''s test kitchen,
and with headnotes describing their cultural context,
the recipes present a fascinating bite-by-bite history
of how our appetites evolved. |
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