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Can You Name The 10 Different Types Of Cookies?

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[1] Why are cookies like these lemon bars called cookies instead of cake? Because they’re finger food, eaten without a fork (photo © King Arthur Baking). [2] Similarly, brownies are also bar cookies (photo © Palmer House). [3] Some of America’s favorite cookies—chocolate chip, oatmeal, and peanut butter—are drop cookies (photo © American Heritage Chocolate).…
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A Golden Accident: The Story Of Blonde Chocolate

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For more than 80 years, you could purchase only three types of chocolate bars: dark chocolate (launched in 1847), milk chocolate (debuted in 1875), and white chocolate (arrived in 1930). Few people realize that in 2012, a fourth chocolate joined the group. Valrhona introduced blonde chocolate (which it trademarked under the name Dulcey®), discovered in…
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Have A Mooncake Tea Party For China’s Mooncake Festival

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[1] A plate of red bean mooncakes (photo © Omnivore’s Cookbook). [2] Traditional mooncakes with a pot of Chinese tea (photo © In Pursuit Of Tea). [3] A stack of mooncakes with both traditional and modern designs (stack adapted from Vogue). [4] A traditional mooncake—lotus seed paste and duck egg yolk—from Hong Kong’s most famous…
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