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America's Best Comfort Foods
Chocolate Chip Cookies
The Restaurant: Jacques Torres, various locations in New York and New Jersey
The Skinny: The genius of this bread plate–size cookie is that it tacitly acknowledges the need to not mess with perfection while subtly upping the ante of what a chocolate chip cookie can be. The secret of the addictively rich chunks running through the outrageously buttery, slightly chewy round is layers of melted couverture chocolate, the kind used to coat truffles. The chocolate, manufactured by Belgian company Belcolade, is distributed so liberally throughout the cookie you’re guaranteed to get chocolate in every bite…along with a fairly pricey food addiction. Ask for one straight from the oven. —Emma Sloley