Event Recap: Geoff & Drew's Cookies & Brownies Tasting

Elizabeth of Free Food Boston visited Geoff and Drew's Malden headquarters last month - that's a gourmet cookie and brownie company if you haven't heard of it yet - and liked it so much that she organized a small blogger tasting so more of us could get a taste. Clover (the new Harvard Square location) was nice enough to let us convene there and taste someone else's food. Pretty sweet.

President and Chief Cookie Girl (best title ever, yes?) Carol talked to us about the history of the company and shared a whole lot of cookies and brownies with us. Yum!

Some photos follow, and be sure to check out all the other wonderful recaps of the event, linked at the bottom of this post!

Back row, left to right: Kathy (Kathy Can Cook), Fiona (A Boston Food Diary), Meghan (Travel, Wine, and Dine), Emily (A Cambridge Story), Rachel (Fork it over, Boston!); front row, left to right: Megan (Delicious Dishings), Jen (Beantown Baker), Katie (The Small Boston Kitchen), Elizabeth (Free Food Boston), Daisy (Indulge Inspire Imbibe)

Katie photographs some cookies as Jen looks on.

Daisy and Meghan live-tweet from the event!

Katie has her camera at the ready!

Clover has a gigantic Christmas tree.

Clover has a bright, clean two-level set-up.

Cookies cover the table...yum!

This M+M brownie was rich and delicious.

One of several cookies that I devoured...

I think I ate this one, too...

Megan and Jen examine the cookies.

Megan takes a picture.

Recaps

• Baking People Happy by Daisy (Indulge Inspire Imbibe) - "I am about to proclaim a bold statement, but just take my word for it...Geoff & Drew's a local gourmet cookie & brownie company bakes hands down the best chocolate chip cookies I have ever tasted."
• Blogger Events and a Cookie Swap! by Kathy (Kathy Can Cook) - "There were ten of us and I think we ate 20 or 25 cookies before most had had dinner.  I'm just saying these were delicious. WORTH IT."
• Cocktails, Clover, and Cookies by Meghan (Travel, Wine, and Dine) - "I was especially enamored with the peppermint chocolate brownie which married fudgey chocolate with cool peppermint, a flavor combo that I can’t get enough of. The chocolate chunk cookies were also delicious with big chunks of chocolate and chewy cookie."
• Cookies at Clover by Elizabeth (Free Food Boston) - "Clover has the most wonderful holiday decorations right now. We got to enjoy our treats alongside Clover’s massive Christmas tree, accompanied by an electric toy train."
• Geoff and Drew's Cookies (+ a special offer!) by Katie (The Small Boston Kitchen) - "It's the type of cookie you wish you could make all the time.  Heck, it's the type of cookie that you wish you could eat all the time.  This is the way cookies should taste."
• Geoff and Drew's cookies and a bite at Noir by Emily (A Cambridge Story) - "By far, my favorites were the cranberry oatmeal - chewy, buttery, with a burst of tartness - and the peppermint brownie - decadent fudge laced with a peppermint patty that cools your mouth."
• Geoff and Drews, Gourmet Cookies and Brownies- Perfect for the holidays! by Fiona (A Boston Food Diary) - "Cooookies... They are everywhere right now. Everywhere I look there seems to be a plate of cookies just waiting to be devoured- it must be the holidays huh?"

Restaurant Reviews of the Week

Got any plans to dine out this weekend? Here are some fun reviews from this past week to give you ideas!

(Use this form to nominate posts (your own or other bloggers') for any of these weekly features, and use this other form to give me permission, in advance, to use your photos in future features.)

This week's winners:


Q Restaurant Preview Party
Forays of a Finance Foodie 

The Finance Foodie gives us a glimpse of Q Restaurant (formerly Little Q Hot Pot) with a recap of the preview party, where the mai tai was "waaay aggressively strong" and the sushi was "pretty good but very standard." The hot pots, though, are "THE (affordable) way to go for warming up those chilly winter nights."


Boston Bloggers Who Brunch: East Coast Grill
Fun and Fearless in Beantown 

East Coast Grill is pretty much my favorite restaurant ever, so I was excited (ok, a bit jealous) to see all the mouth-watering recaps of a recent blogger brunch held there. Fun and Fearless has a wonderful recap with photos that are totally making me drool all over my keyboard.


New Find: Rami's, Coolidge Corner, Brookline
Katie ~ The Small Boston Kitchen 

"It's rare when you stumble upon a Boston restaurant with a huge cult following that you've never heard of and it's somewhat of an exhilarating experience when it happens," writes Katie.  "I hope I'm not throwing my "street cred" out the window when I embarrassingly admit that I've walked by Rami's in Coolidge Corner hundreds, heck, thousands of times and had yet to venture in.  Shame on me and lesson learned.  If a place has been around for 20+ years, they're probably worth checking out."


Chez Henri, s’il vous plaît 
Emily O'Donnell ~ A Cambridge Story

One look at that chorizo and mojito and I was sold. "Chez Henri is a Cambridge favorite for Cuban food and many of the dishes incorporate a French twist," writes Emily. "The dining room prices are a bit steep but the bar is the perfect place for a cozy date night or evening out with friends!"


Jacky's Table
Katie ~ Happy Hour Honeys 

"Oh, Jacky's Table. I so wanted to like you," writes Katie. "I know it's not your fault that you're not living up to the funky French bistro I wanted you to be." Ah, the disappointment of excitedly watching a restaurant get ready to open...and then it's nowhere near as awesome as you'd hoped. Sigh.


Have a great weekend! And don't forget: you can use this form to nominate posts (your own or other bloggers') for any of these weekly features, and use this other form to give me permission, in advance, to use your photos in future features.

Restaurant Reviews of the Week

Another inaugural weekly feature! Restaurant Reviews of the Week will be posted every Friday. Use this form to nominate posts (your own or other bloggers') for any of these features, and use this other form to give me permission, in advance, to use your photos in future features (with proper linkage/credit of course). This week's winners:


Clover (sans wheels) – First Look
Penny Cherubino ~ BostonZest 

You may have heard of Clover Food Lab, which has been operating two popular trucks near MIT and South Station for awhile. Well, they just opened up their first brick-and-mortar location, and BostonZest has a video sneak peek! 


Mike & Patty's | Breakfast Sandwich Award | Bacon & Egg, Fancy
Meesh and Jacki ~ Just Add Cheese 

"I can’t believe it has taken me this long to write a post on Mike & Patty’s," writes Jacki. "They are quite literally the best breakfast sandwich place EVER."


Taiwanese Food in Allston (Jo Jo Taipei)
Christine Li ~ More Than Just Dim Sum

Christine's review explores a variety of dishes at Jo Jo Tapei, a "really good Taiwanese restaurant." Pig kidneys, crabs, and a really interesting dessert, oh my!


New on Newbury: The Met Back Bay
Katie ~ The Small Boston Kitchen 

"Anytime a restaurant goes out leaving an empty gap, I can't help but get excited about what could be going in next," writes Katie. This location of the Metropolitan Club/Met Bar and Grill recently took over the old Newbury St. Joe's American. Despite a disappointing meal at another Met location, Katie decided to give the new one a try, and it fared better.


The Haven 
Christine Liu ~ The Discreet Hedonist

christine's haiku makes
this "shell of seasoned meat" sound
appetizing...ish


That's it for this week! Come back Monday for the first ever Photos of the Week feature, and don't forget to fill out this form to nominate posts and this other form to give me permission, in advance, to use your photos in future features like this.