New York - April 18, 2005

C Is for Cookie

Milk & Cookies Bakery Opens

Take a moment to contemplate the divine.

Like cookies.

Nighttime escape. Midday treat. Staple of life. Versatility makes them a universal delight.

There may be no better place to pay homage to the dollop of dough than Milk & Cookies, which just opened in the West Village. Make room in your heart (and on your hips) for chocolate chip, peanut butter, snicker doodle, and oatmeal — all magnificently bountiful at the counter, glasses of milk at the ready.

Got eight minutes (and creationist urges)? Pick your own mix-ins and have a batch baked while you wait.

Your love handles will quiver at the taste of homemade ice cream sandwiches, decadent brownies, and organic milk shakes. Delivery service is coming, but there’s no substitute for a pilgrimage.

The shop itself is an Americana dream: colonial furnishings, cranberry-colored walls, fresh flowers, china on the mantel. It’s so charming you’ll want to grow roots at the sunny window seats.

If this is the way the cookie crumbles, then consider us the happy faithful.

Milk & Cookies, 19 Commerce Street, at Seventh Avenue (212-243-1640).