When your heart is breaking and you have no one to talk to, nothing less than a cookie will do. On the other hand when your heart is breaking, you'll share your story for less than a cookie.
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She swiped them and what was her defense? She lost her cookies.
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Not only did she steal them, she offered them as if she was the big-hearted, generous one. Robin Hood? Maybe. Pilferer, definitely. If it was ok to take them, then why didn't she ask? Swiping them swiped the charm right out of the story for me.
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Great point, theft is theft
Agree w/ Ellen. Great again Freddie. Heath, think it over-those cookies would have gone in the trash.
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What a wonderfully written and delicious (pun intended!) story! Thank you!
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Something new every day; I rode the subways for decades but can honestly say that I never ran into anyone sharing a tower of macaroons. Or any pastries.
Isabel, I likely would have accepted your macaroon offer, knowing the spirit it which it was offered.
Isabel, I likely would have accepted your macaroon offer, knowing the spirit it which it was offered.
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Macarons and macaroons are two different critters. Both tasty but not at all the same.
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Macarons are different from macaroons.
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Once while in Rabaul New Guinea, saw some locals eating what looked like some kind of cookies. Sat down with them and saw the guy running the grill using a scraper like device to scratch some raw coconut out of a freshly harvested coconut. I ordered a couple and some orange drink - it was a Coca-Cola product -Fanta orange. Wow was it good. While sitting down with the locals, there was a size able earth quake - the conversation did not miss a beat - the locals picked up their drinks like nothing was happening.
A couple of months later there was a new volcano that emerged filling the harbor and town with lots of volcanic ash.
My to do list includes making my own fresh Macaroons with real orange juice.
A couple of months later there was a new volcano that emerged filling the harbor and town with lots of volcanic ash.
My to do list includes making my own fresh Macaroons with real orange juice.
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Oh Heath.. do you have any idea how much expensive food is thrown out after corporate events??
Taking leftover delicacies and distributing them to strangers on a train is an act of civic love.
Well done, sweetheart! You were the angel of the underground that night. xx
Taking leftover delicacies and distributing them to strangers on a train is an act of civic love.
Well done, sweetheart! You were the angel of the underground that night. xx
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Taking Cookies
Tune of "Makin' Whoopee"
A lot of chat, a lot of yawns
A lot of fatt’ning macarons
It’s all so tasteful, but somewhat wasteful
So take some cookies
A big soiree, a big dessert
Some Laduree, what could it hurt
So much was spent here, on this event here
So take some cookies
Picture an uptown ride now
You with your fancy sweets
No way that you can hide now
And you opt to share your treats
A lot of thanks, a lot of gab
Station to station, the talk is fab
Great conversation, a motivation
For taking cookies,
And sharing cookies.
Tune of "Makin' Whoopee"
A lot of chat, a lot of yawns
A lot of fatt’ning macarons
It’s all so tasteful, but somewhat wasteful
So take some cookies
A big soiree, a big dessert
Some Laduree, what could it hurt
So much was spent here, on this event here
So take some cookies
Picture an uptown ride now
You with your fancy sweets
No way that you can hide now
And you opt to share your treats
A lot of thanks, a lot of gab
Station to station, the talk is fab
Great conversation, a motivation
For taking cookies,
And sharing cookies.
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Now THAT'S Entertainment! Great job Freddie. Made me chuckle
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You don't need to publish this comment, but I want to get it off my chest: when did it become OK with anyone to "swipe" a lot of expensive food? And what is the NYT saying when it publishes an anecdote where the swiper shows no awareness of wrong, or remorse for her action? At least the story-teller should have been honest and said she stole a tower of macarons. Really!
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Whatever is left on a buffet table gets thrown away. That is the unfortunate part of catered events. The amount of food wasted is awful, unless the hosts have an agreement with City Harvest to come by at the end, which only really pays after large scale events.
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You've obviously never worked in catering then. If you did you'd know exactly how much food is thrown away and how much or what is saved. Desserts were usually the first to go. A chicken dinner could be revived for an endless amount of time.
I'm with you, Heath. Stolen it was.
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