I've Got Mail: Cookies!

I just added a new word today to my treat vocabulary: mondel bread. And I won't soon forget it, either, thanks to a shipment from LuLu's Sweets.

Fourth-generation "Mondel Bread Maven" LuLu (Lauren Harris) of Los Angeles is building quite a tasty business from her Grandma Gussie's and Great-Grandma Frankel's traditional recipes.

Just in case mondel bread is new to you, too, it's a twice-baked bread treat from Eastern Europe. It's less crumbly and crunchy than a biscotti (although they're similar in shape and density), and LuLu's seem to melt in your mouth. Harris uses the original recipe, which calls for almonds and cinnamon, and she has expanded her online business to include a total of 12 enticing flavors, including chocolate chip, mint chocolate chip and pistachio with dried cherries.

Harris also recently expanded her line to include cookies, which she beautifully packages in reusable (and airtight) jars.

I am occasionally skeptical of cookies and sweets that you order online, but these goodies are worth it (prices start at about $18 for the mondel bread). You can also package your mondel with a bag of organic coffee. And Los Angeles residents can even pair their treats with a half-gallon glass bottle of organic milk.

Yum.