http://stamper.uvm.edu/cs/blogs/robrohr/archive/tags/food/default.aspxTags: foodenCommunityServer 2.1 (Build: 60809.935)http://stamper.uvm.edu/cs/blogs/robrohr/archive/2006/02/26/If-you_2700_re-looking-for-a-cookie-in-Burlington_2C00_-VT.aspxMon, 27 Feb 2006 01:34:00 GMT1020705e-5edf-4fca-9e32-69c626e7bac3:672robrohr0http://stamper.uvm.edu/cs/blogs/robrohr/comments/672.aspxhttp://stamper.uvm.edu/cs/blogs/robrohr/commentrss.aspx?PostID=672http://stamper.uvm.edu/cs/blogs/robrohr/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=672<P>Margot and I attended a Knitting gathering at the <A href="http://www.dobratea.com/">Dobra Tea</A> company (<A href="http://www.teamap.com/tearooms/dobra_tea_room_1270.html">review</A>)&nbsp;in Burlington this afternoon.&nbsp; This laid back tea house is a regular venue for this particular knitting group, and is a nice comfy location for sitting, chatting, free wireless networking, and a huge selection of teas served in a Czeck style tea house.</P> <P><A href="http://stamper.uvm.edu/cs/photos/rblog/images/original/DobraCookies.aspx" target=_blank><IMG alt="Map to Dobra Tea and Red Onion" src="http://stamper.uvm.edu/cs/photos/rblog/images/secondarythumb/DobraCookies.aspx" align=left border=0></A>Usually the snacky options on Sundays are pretty darn sketchy/uninspired.&nbsp; Today they had rosemary baklava, which looked good, but I didn't find out about it until I was headed out the door.</P> <P>On the way back to the house, we stopped by Red Onion and got one of their famous Aloha cookies, which are possibly the best cookies in the world.&nbsp; Margot and I took the cookies home and ate them while drinking tea and playing cribbage.&nbsp; By "playing cribbage," I mean that I was happy not to get double skunked.</P> <P>Anyway, no pictures of the cookies as pausing to get the camera for photos might result in the photographer capturing a flurry of crumbs flying from the corners of the mouth of the non-photographer, as both cookies disappear into the vortex.&nbsp; In the absence of the cookie, I will attempt a description of the Aloha cookie.</P> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr><STRONG>Aloha Cookies from Red Onion</STRONG><BR>- as big as a saucer and at least half inch thick<BR>- covered in confectioners sugar<BR>- soft cookie contains big chocolate chunks, shaved coconut, ginger and a nut that is either pecan or macadamia</BLOCKQUOTE> <P>View active map of downtown Burlington, showing <A href="http://local.live.com/?v=2&amp;sp=yp.79763131~yp.63399788">location of the teahouse and cookie emporium</A>.</P><p><img src="http://stamper.uvm.edu/cs/ink/7.ashx?632765840850930000" /></p><p><img src="http://stamper.uvm.edu/cs/ink/7.ashx?632765840850930000" /></p><img src="http://stamper.uvm.edu/cs/aggbug.aspx?PostID=672" width="1" height="1">food