[Sca-cooks] Re: Sca-cooks Digest, Vol 17, Issue 39

[Christiane]

Michael Gunter wrote:
>I went to the bakery and got a huge chocolate 
> chip cookie, put it
> on a plate with a little doily and presented it to him with a flourish 
> and the proclamation of "Free cookie to the Mr. Grumpypants". The man 
> just laughed, gave his order and munched his
> cookie. Every time I saw the gentleman after that in the dining room 
> he seemed much more
> relaxed. I'm sure his problems were still there but I think he 
> realized that life wasn't too bad
> when a complete stranger will give him a cookie just because he was 
> having a bad day.
>
> And that's why I love my job.

It's amazing what the power of a cookie is. I usually bake chocolate chip cookiesor brownies for the bands I cater for (both feature Ghiradhelli chips and 100% butter — shortening is evil). One band's leader was known for his rather, uh, sharp temper. Things weren't helped that day when their tour van broke down a block away from the venue, and the band members had to roll their Marshall stacks up the street. He was tired, he was hot, he was mad —  and he smiled so warmly when I presented a giant slab of rich chocolatey brownie, studded with chocolate chips, after he got off the phone with the rental car place. And he thanked me afterward for the care the band had received.

Gianotta