For the last few months I’ve been keeping tabs on all the Manhattan bakeries that sell caneles. This spring I became a bit obsessed with the little French pastry from Bordeaux. Then, I received a timely tip that Canele by Celine was offering multiple flavors…
I usually hate getting scooped. But in this case it meant big-time publicity for a pastry chef I admire, Andrea Jarosh at Donatella. And, it made for a good pun since the item I was “scooped” on was an ice cream sandwich.
I’ll be doing a deeper dive on some of these vendors soon but I wanted to post some snapshots as a preview. All of the shops featured below are worth a special trip for at least one of their desserts or baked goods. The Plaza’s…
I had dinner at Locanda Verde on Saturday and after a few awesome savory dishes we had three of Karen DeMasco’s comfort-style desserts. The “masterful” Lemon Tart has been on the menu for at least two years and as I have said before it has no…
I’ll be doing a NYC canele round-up in the coming weeks but for now here’s an update from Dominique Ansel Bakery. What’s better than a fresh baked canele? How about a whole sleeve of them in a glossy yellow box? A large box of nine is…
Last Saturday team DessertBuzz made a long overdue trip to the food festival of skinny jeans Smorgasburg to check out their latest sweet offerings. Overall, I was really impressed by the quality of everything at this food market. Everything was quite good. Even some of…
