Locanda Verde is one of my favorite restaurants in New York City for many reasons. Their savory dishes are always excellent, it’s not that expensive for how great the food is, and their desserts, by pastry chef Karen DeMasco, are always off the hook.
Here’s the thing with cookies: Even the not-so-special ones are pretty damn good. If a bakery has high turnover even pedestrian cookies are often really good. After all, the main ingredients are butter, sugar, flour and perhaps some type of chocolate, peanut butter or other type…
Like muffins, New York City scones are a great excuse to eat cake for breakfast. Or, depending on where you get them, to eat cookies in the morning. Or, basically, to have dessert any damn time of day you want. We have an especially wide array of different types…
City bakery is holding their hot chocolate festival right now and you can go here to see what flavors they’ll be featuring in the coming days. But surprisingly, that’s not why I think you should head down there. It’s not a bad reason but the…
