Decadent and delicious, cookies, brownies and other items from The Christie Cookie Co., Nashville, Tenn., are practically irresistible. This 30-year-old producer of cookies, brownies and other sweet treats draws inspiration from homemade cookies that the original owner perfected. The cookie business blossomed and now combines a thriving mail-order (and Internet sales) business that provides elegant gift packages and a flourishing foodservice business that distributes the tasty products nationwide.