Category Archives: Cookie Takedown

Say what you will about how Boston is awesome. The fact remains: it is also cool and excellent. So many cookies.  So many brilliant, brilliant cookies… And thanks to Great Scott who, in their innocence, provided milk for the attendees … Continue reading →

Picture yourself in a horrible blizzard.  But instead of snow, the blizzard is… COOKIES.  Terrifying… Whelp, that is how you are about to feel at the BOSTON COOKIE TAKEDOWN…  Oh wait, did you not want to be blizzarded by ten … Continue reading →

Like you, I’m not feeling especially fresh this morning. But that’s not the point. Last night, we emerged victorious from the rubble of a billion  cookies. I don’t want to even SEE another cookie ever again!!! Wait ha ha that’s … Continue reading →

Oh phew! The Cookie Takedown is finally here to defend the holidays from Giant Spiders!!!  December 19th 6PM at The Bell House,  so watch out ! The Takedown is always so awesome,you guys!   30 different cookies, all with seriously … Continue reading →

Here’s an update from the day’s Brooklyn Botanic Garden’s Takedown carnage: Contestants brung it. Of course they brung it. This time I invited 6 past winners from takedowns to invent their own beautiful fusion of chocolate and peppers. This was … Continue reading →

The Tofu Takedown got two blasts of recognition from the Grey Lady! (That is slang for the biggest paper of the whole wide world the NY Times, dudes.)  OMG, remember all you naysayers who said tofu stinks and no way … Continue reading →

Thank you to all the 17 cooks who showed up with barrels of tofu food, each one a warrior vying for Takedown Glory! Thank you  Highline Ballroom!!! This takedown was amazing- definitely favoring the sweet over the savory- definitely savoring … Continue reading →

You begged for it!!! For too long, vegetarians have been unhappily doggy paddling  in a sea of comfort food. NO MORE.The most audacious takedown to date features TOFU, meat of the soy gods.  Some may interpret this as a smack … Continue reading →

On March 7-8th, (International Women’s Day) in New York, Women Restaurants Owners Support a Remarkable Nonprofit’s Scholarship Fund (New York, NY) — On March 7-8, (Saturday and Sunday) New York women-owned restaurants and women chefs will celebrate International Women’s Day, … Continue reading →

You had to be there.  If you were, you may never forget that not-so-fresh feeling after eating 20 different cookies. All the beautiful people came out December 13th to The Soft Spot and shared their cookies with throngs of weirdos. … Continue reading →