UPDATED: Last night Dessert Professional Magazine hosted the 19th annual Top 10 Pasty Chefs in America awards. Ten chefs from around the country (five from New York City) were honored. After the awards, they served up some spectacular plated deserts. Here’s what the chefs served last…
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…
This year’s Great Gathering of Chefs takes place this coming Tuesday, June 5. And you can expect some great savory dishes from some of the best chefs in NYC–all offering their unique take on this year’s theme, “Street Food”. Each dish will also be paired with…
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…
Over the last few months we’ve received some great, pastry-centric books here at DessertBuzz worldwide headquarters. I thought I’d start with my favorite of the bunch–Plating For Gold: A Decade of Desserts from the World and National Pastry Team Championships by Tish Boyle, published by…
