chocolate – Kindreds

My Chocolate Chip Cookie Story

Posted on October 17, 2024November 2, 2024 by Ari Johnson

This story is dedicated to my Tahitian Uncle/Cousin Hanny, who taught me how to make Chocolate Chip Cookies, and to Mrs. Fields Cookies No. 2, the greatest Chocolate Chip Cookie recipe in the entire world. Note on the text: I will be capitalizing the words “Chocolate Chip Cookie” because this dessert deserves the respect of…

The Crime Family Brownie Experiment

Posted on August 27, 2024November 2, 2024 by Ari Johnson

To my crime family: Matteo and Sabina you were good parents and taught me how to be a shrewd business owner and baker. To my brothers Marco, Carlos, Vincenzo and Amadeo: your relentless bullying gave me a tough skin which is needed to live in Chicago in the 1950s. I hope you are all proud of me.