Since I’ve gone crazy for caneles recently, I thought it was worth noting that Jacques Torres’ Hudson Street store had a display of caneles on sale a few weeks ago. I asked if they were made by the only MOF pastry chef in New York–Jacques…
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…
This year’s Top 10 event was a real blast. Here’s a short video we made that I feel really captures the vibe. It features some of the awardees (and their desserts!) There are also some surprise celebrity appearances–turn up the volume and enjoy! More videos…
Snapshots from Monday night: This is part II of our coverage. Go here for part I. The awardees yucking it up. They each received engraved stainless steel mixing bowls and monster boxes of chocolate from title sponsor E. Guittard. I believe they also received mixers from sponsor KitchcnAid.
