Grownup cookie recipes
What?
Political campaigns advocate for candidates and change. We promote cookies as cultural icons and significant players in our social makeup.
National political advertising builds or slams candidate reputation depending on party affiliation, issues at hand, and money available. At Cookie Campaign we strive to retain a positive and upbeat attitude. However, a few rants can no longer be ignored.
WHY?
We question why cookies have not taken their rightful place on the food chain. This lack of recognition has become particularly troublesome due to current trends of:
- Restaurants offering a Tapas-themed menu. Hello? Cookies were small foods first
- The resurgence of martini bars stealing the identity of cookies with names such as Lemon Drop or Appletini
- Blatant and tasteless plagiarism existing on dessert menus across the country. Really, how many molten lava cakes can a person eat?
We are offended to see restaurant menus with entire sections detailing salad dressings, side orders, sauces, wines, and beers, with no mention of cookies. We respect the role of appetizer, salad, entrée, and dessert. We are stunned that restaurateurs do not see the flavor and profit in cookies as a meal course.
The senses and cookies: Sight, Smell, Taste, and Touch
HOW?
Let's be practical. You go to a restaurant with family or a few friends. The dessert menu looks great. By the time you finish your meal you are pretty full. At that moment, a rich mousse is too much, a brownie sundae is silly, bread pudding styles vary and you don't want too dry or too sweet, and crème Brule can be shared but trying something different sounds nice. In that moment everyone at the table wants a sweet or savory bite, a wonderful taste or two. Not 1,000 calories that tips the meal to feeling stuffed tonight and weighing two pounds heavier tomorrow. A plate of wonderful, fresh, unique cookies sounds perfect.
A person can be "One Smart Cookie". A person can also be a "Meat Head", a "Bad Egg", "An Old Sack of Potatoes", "A Bad Apple", or (ouch) "A Porker". There are no bad cookies.
Need proof? Bake one batch of fresh, homemade cookies with a quick note that says, "Enjoy!" Leave said cookies on the break room table at work, send them to a classroom, surprise a friend with a cookie drop, or deposit them at a nearby firehouse or police station. Something shifts. People feel remembered and, in turn, they are reminded of other cookie moments with family and friends. The day is a little better, a little brighter.
