December 24, 2010. One thing is for sure. Scooping mexican wedding cookies sure does build character. I stopped by the dessert section of the Snow Park Lodge at Deer Valley and, amidst the pieces of chocolate silk pie and truffle cake, spotted Chef Letty Flatt and was invited to come check out the kitchen again! It was exactly how I remembered it, and I was immediately put to work scooping cookies and bagging granola and generally soaking in all the hustle and bustle of the Park City pastry kitchen. After a thoroughly delicious meal the night before at the Mariposa, (ending with a chocolate snowball of course) I was so excited to see the inner workings behind the pastry scene of Park City. And what I saw was cookies, cookies, cookies and more cookies. James Taylor was playing, casting a cozy atmosphere about the small workplace. Pastry chefs wearing whites whisked and beaters whirred and wooden spoons stirred pots of melting chocolate with Letty watching over the whole place with the eyes of a hawk. I received my fair share of the “who are you” looks that always accompany a brief stunt in any kitchen. After about two hours in the warm little sugar haven I stepped out back around the dessert case, braved the wind, strapping on my skis and hit the slopes.