Crunch Time for Pennsylvania (Or Is That Munch Time?)

The Pennsylvania State Senate is wrangling over a bill that would designate the esteemed chocolate-chip cookie as "the official cookie of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania." Among the bill's arguments: "Pennsylvania is the nation's fourth largest producer of milk, which is the perfect partner to the chocolate chip cookie." I can't disagree with that, but I dare say that if the legislators bit into a chocolate-chunk cookie at NYC's Tuscan Square, they might be humbled into retracting their bill, or at least relocating to New York. The Tuscan Square rendition is a satisfying mouthful of butter, brown sugar, and large semi-sweet chocolate chunks. It's even better when you warm it with your cup of coffee so that the chocolate melts in your mouth.

Tuscan Square: 16 W. 51st St., (212) 977-7777.