It began in the Roaring Twenties and went on for decades, at least into the Forties. The world’s best cookie had boys lined up every Christmas season. The location: 96 Clay Street, Greenpoint, Brooklyn, New York. The fact that there were four – count ‘em – pretty girls of different ages inside the modest wooden-framed house where the baking was
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[This article first appeared in 2004 when my daughter and I had a website together. I hope that new desktodirt readers will enjoy it, and that long-time followers will appreciate it as a classic. This piece will appear each year at Christmas and the holiday season.] Ah, the yearly ritual! The family would pack into the sedan and off we
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[This article first appeared in 2004, and yearly thereafter, when my daughter and I had a writer’s e-zine. But it is just as fresh and valid today as it was then. And I don’t think that the location – New York – makes any difference to people who grew up in Texas or anywhere else. Once you start to read you
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