Cookies & Booze V

It was indeed hot and sticky last night… and people came.
There were schweaty balls, herbed flat bread crackers, a plethora of cookies, amongst them pine nut, olive oil, fudge-​y bars, lime bars, chocolate chip cookies, home made oreos, shortbread, SSS cupcakes, and on and on.
We drank and caught up on each others’ lives, met some new Unilocalers and ignored old ones (I’m looking at you Janeen) ;P .
We thought of Roddy, who couldn’t attend, but has sworn to be a C&B VI (I’m holding him to that, dammit! :) .
And, more importantly, people opened their wallets and donated generously to the Gulf Coast Oil Spill Fund to help the Greater New Orleans Foundation give grants to those businesses and fishermen affected by the BP oil spill disaster.
Thank you all who came out and we hope to see you at the next event!

There’s nothing better than sugar, alcohol and people you like to share sugar and alcohol with.
Lisa, Cara — awesome event and hooray for charity!
My favorite parts (in no particular order) of the evening were:
— catching up with people I haven’t seen in a while
–stalking Janeen ineffectually
— watching Dave H… be Dave H.
— sweaty (rum) balls
— booking a trip to the zoo
— talking metal
— finding a new beer to like (Bint Bloesom — awesome)
— COOKIES!!!
And i’m glad my crackers-​turned-​flatbread disappeared, I’m posting the recipe on the event page.
LOVE IT!

I still think sweets and alcohol are a dreadful combination*, but toss in good people and I’ll look the other way.
Hugs and kisses and handshakes and arm and fist pounds — with explosions — to all who could make it: Janeen, Oriana, Ki, Madhuri, Lisa, Cara, James, Adam, Elliott, Joy, Peter, Laura, Sara, Nancy, etc. etc., etc. — y’all good people. (Name tags would be useful, especially for newcomers.)
Thanks Lisa and Cara for gathering everyone for a good, tasty cause, thanks d.b.a. for hosting, and thanks BP for causing the requisite ecological disaster for this event.
* Who wants to set up «Thai Food and Booze»?

Another tremendous C&B event.
If anyone wants a copy of my recipes, let me know and I’ll send it to you.
What’s our next baking and drinking event? Another bake-​off, perhaps?

two of my most favorite things in the world: cookies and beer. it doesn’t get much better than that. Especial thanks to our gracious organizers, Lisa and Cara, our host, d.b.a., and the many Unilocalers who sacrificed themselves slaving away in the kitchen with the oven on in this NYC summer heat baking all that goodness! Amen to that!

This was a totes fab way to meet to everyone (now you can kill me for my horrible use of urban lingo). Ate amazing snacks. Met amazing folks. Yep, am obsessed with Unilocalers. Let’s make out.

I drank beer, I ate cookies, isn’t life just wonderful.
Lisa, Cara, and all you amazing people, I love you.

Thank you, Cara and Lisa, for the *AMAZEBALLS* baked goods, buddies, beer, bourbon, and butt grabs.
Ok, maybe I provided the butt grabs (how YOU doing, Dave H.?), but you know what I mean.

Malt-​teasing,
Olive oil green goodness,
Coc (onut cookies) + rum balls,
Salty-​sweet shortbread,
Pine nut (which is a nut, but is also the name of a town) treats,
Savory palate-​cleansing crackers…
Where on earth can you get all of this, and SO much more, in one grand evening?
Cookies & Booze V. Don’t you know it.