Tag: Cookies

How Much for Thin Mints? Some Girl Scouts Raise Cookie Prices.

As if sticker shock in grocery stores hasn’t been enough, inflation has hit another consumer favorite: Girl Scout cookies. When Girl Scouts in New York start their annual cookie sales this week, customers will be paying $7 a box for favorites like Thin Mints, Samoas, and Tagalongs, up from $5 last year. “It has been […]

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What’s Ahead in 2024? The Cookie Cutters May Tell.

Ben Clark may be uniquely qualified to predict the outcome of the next presidential election. He’s not a pollster or political strategist. He makes cookie cutters. The metal baking tools are an uncanny cultural bellwether, said Mr. Clark, who runs Ann Clark, the largest cookie-cutter manufacturer in the United States. Just after the 2016 election, […]

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Cookies for the Holidays

Hi, everyone! I’m Vaughn, a supervising video producer for New York Times Cooking. And today, we’re talking all about cookies. Specifically, what separates the humdrum from the ho-ho-ho, the blasé from the trailblazing, the “just fine” from the “those were the best I’ve ever had.” For the past four years, I, along with my colleagues […]

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Christmas Cookies to Keep Your Holidays Bright

“I love this part because in my mind, I’m like, this is taking forever. And then my hand kind of hurts. But then you guys always edit it to make it look so easy.” [MUSIC PLAYING] “Hi. It’s Eric. I’m a cooking columnist for ‘The New York Times.’ And it’s Cookie Week. Now we’re in […]

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Nom Nom Nom. What’s the Deal With Cookie Monster’s Cookies?

Years ago, a reader wrote probing for details on a mystery that had vexed him: What’s the deal with the cookies that Cookie Monster eats? The email said nothing else. I chuckled and filed the note in the cupboard of my brain where such things go. Until I realized something: Me want cookies. And me […]

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