This past Saturday afternoon seven bakers threw down at Willie McBrides Bar in Hoboken, NJ to benefit Autism Speaks. I was very impressed with the overall quality and creativeness of the contestants. Some of the other judges, who bake for a living even got some new ideas after eating the…
Last week I had to go to Borders in the Time Warner center which was a perfect excuse to stop by Bouchon to see if they had anything new and interesting. Honestly, I’m not sure if the chocolate brioche was new or not but the flour-less chocolate…
I have been meaning to get down to Locanda Verde to try some of their baked goods (ok, so it took nearly a year, I’m slow). The restaurant itself as well as the bakery has received raves from all over the place. Sometimes this can lead to…
I am hearing reports that Jacques Torres on Amsterdam is out of large dark chocolate covered matzo so I thought I would let readers know that Zabar’s still has Ozem brand dark chocolate matzo in regular and orange flavor. The Ozem product is not in…
Dark chocolate matzo from Jacques Torres I’m not sure exactly what role dark chocolate covered matzo played in the original Passover seder. But if I ever had to flee somewhere, one of the things I would grab on my way out would be the nearest batch of…
Updated: Wednesday, March 24: Bombolini confirmed open! After many false starts Bombolini, the highly anticipated Upper West Side Italian bombolini, gelato and specialty latte cafe is now open. After receiving just slightly less hype than the premiere for Avatar I was concerned that the opening…
