NY times's quest for the perfect chocolate chip cookie recipe

I had read this long back. The NY times had conducted an elaborate search for the perfect chocolate chip cookie. How cool!

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/09/dining/09chip.html?pagewanted=all
http://www.thekitchn.com/blogging-the-ny-times-the-perf-56529
http://www.kingarthurflour.com/blog/2008/07/10/the-new-york-times-smart-cookies/

I believed that a baker must have a stock of  great recipes for a few items like:

Best vanilla cupcakes
chocolate cupcakes
chocolate cake - 2 varieties whose taste and texture differ.
brownie
chocolate chip cookie

Fruit cake.

blueberry muffin.

mousse

pound cake

cheesecake

Flourless cakes.

Icings - any 2 varieties.

I haven't been baking a lot nowadays. The ingredients are expensive, it's time consuming and most of all - the weight issue :-)

This time around, I could not stop my temptation. I picked a couple of Ghirardelli chocolate chips.
I was also gifted a lovely Valrhona Manjari cooking chocolate :-)

I need to get my oven and beater repaired and bake something for christmas and new year.
Meanwhile, I love how much attention to detail some people give to food.!