Tuesday
Feb082011
Dorie Greenspan's CookieBarNYC
Tuesday, February 8, 2011 at 9:35PM 
I met a new food hero this week.
Dorie Greenspan has come to NYC with her son, Josh, to open up her pop-up cookie shop, CookieBarNYC. This is the second year in a row for the week-long shop hosted inside Mizu Salon at 505 Park Avenue, between 59th & 60th.
When our friend, Gail of One Tough Cookie, saw that Dorie was coming to town, she volunteered the three of us to organize a blogger gathering to celebrate Dorie and her cookies. A similar meet up happened last year, apparently, but Karen and I weren't in the know about the shindig, so we missed out. Not so this year. This Friday, February 11, from 12-2, bloggers (and the people who love them), should swing by Mizu to meet Dorie and Josh, buy up batches of cookies, and get kisses from Gail (she's not quite the dangerous woman she plays on Twitter).
But here's the thing....so many bloggers gush over Dorie. They love her. They really love her. They love her so much, that our skeptical selves kick into high gear. Can anyone be all that wonderful? Even a prolific, talented cookbook author such as Dorie? Our friend, Mardi, from eat. live. travel. write., is nearly beside herself (in the best way possible) that she can't attend the CookieBarNYC event. How could anyone, even Dorie, deserve those kinds of emotions.
So I walked into Mizu Salon expecting for my skepticism to be confirmed. I waited in line behind a few people who were chatting up Dorie and Josh, who stood smartly behind their cookies. I snapped a few pictures on my iPhone. Dorie caught my eye and said, "Hi!" Like she knew me. The skepticism melted a tiny bit. I stood quietly by, taking a few more pictures, waiting my turn. And suddenly, it was just Dorie and I looking at each other. What to say? "Hi. I'm Chris. Uh. From The Peche" (which sounds ridiculous when spoken). Dorie paused for a moment. Then she took a step toward me. Opened up her arms.
And she gave me a giant hug.
