Thursday was National Cookie Day, and Nichole Taylor was baking, as she often is, in the tiny back kitchen at Sister Anne’s Records & Coffee.
“Sorry for all the cookie dust,” Taylor said, brushing flour off her apron. “I feel like I’ve made a billion cookies today.”
She was working late, but it had nothing to do with a holiday promoted by cookie makers. It was because one of the internet’s loudest food critics had just raved about her signature treat.
Earlier in the week, Dave Portnoy — the Barstool Sports founder known for visiting pizzerias across the country and rating slices in his video reviews — stopped by Northeast Pizza, which opened in February at 2203 Lexington Ave. He gave the slice a respectable 7.7. For dessert, he unwrapped a chocolate-chip cookie Northeast Pizza sells and took a bite…