Sooner or later, everyone ends up at DCist for a little nookie cookie, even The Washington Post. Our hometown institution recognizes our chops in today’s food section with a shout out to food editor and Eating In author emeritus, Scott Reitz. Scott sat back with all the information on Teaism’s Salty Oat Cookie while Post food writer Leigh Lambert floundered in her quest to reproduce it. She called Teaism and hit a wall, she called the inventor of the recipe and was hit with masterful evasion. Who could help her? That’s right: The DCist: definite article required.

Take a look back to the summer of 2005, when DCist took on the addictive Salty Oat, turning out a recipe so good that the Post used it as the basis for its own version. Major kudos to Scott for his excellent baking (and his willingness to submit himself for seven weeks of experimenting), and thanks to Leigh for highlighting our accomplishments. Why not try out this, or any one of our fabulous Eating In recipes, tonight?