Q: Greetings from a former Chicagoan. I grew up in Chicago in the ’40s and ’50s and I recall my mom buying a white pound cake with a silver or white frosting. The cake was prepackaged and sold in ...

I have always been, and will always be, team chocolate. My birthday cake is always chocolate (or at the very least has chocolate frosting) and my favorite cookie is — duh — chocolate chip. But while ...