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Tate’s Bakeshop in Southampton, NY

Exterior and Interior

Last weekend when I attended Dan’s Taste of Two Forks in the Hamptons, I planned my visit around the Forks of Long Island by hitting the best stops whenever possible. One of them was Tate’s Bakeshop in Southampton. Why? I am a fan of Kathleen King’s (the owner/founder of [...]

Simply Divine Brownies

A dozen brownies in two boxes

My chocoholic sweet tooth made me crave brownies and I’m too lazy to whip up a batch of this simple, dark, and not too sweet fudgy goodness at home I looked over to Simply Divine Brownies. As their name states it’s pretty self explanatory. Yes it [...]

Sneak Preview: Amorino Gelato in Greenwich Village

Interior of Amorino

If you remembered my first day in Paris post (seen here), Amorino’s gelati (gelati = plural of gelato) were awesome. Creamy, dreamy, intensely flavorful and dense, like gelato should be. I was lucky to get a sneak preview of Amorino and its offerings earlier this afternoon.

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The Good Batch – Great Handmade Stroopwafels & Cookies from Brooklyn, NY

Mmmm… Cookies

As a person who love baked goods of any kind, especially cookies, I was curious when I read about stroopwafels around the food blogs as of recent. Stroopwafels are Dutch cookies that are made of thin spiced waffles and filled with caramel. As my intrigue gets the best of me, I [...]

Blissful Brownies

Blissful Brownies: Outside and inside the box

Going along with my chocolate obsession due to Valentine’s Day (they should consider naming this holiday as Chocolate Day, instead…), I was craving for a good, fudgy brownie and discovered Blissful Brownies from Hood River, Oregon. They use the best, all natural ingredients with no [...]

Tapioca Passion fruit Coconut Parfaits & Passion Fruit Ice Cream

Perfect Puree: Passion Fruit and Meyer Lemon

This year’s harsh winter season made me either stay curled up in bed in my pajamas and not leave home or bound to St. Barts. Since the latter couldn’t happen at all because of graduate school, I could do is make something tropical-inspired. Earlier the [...]

Cookies from Cookie Panache

Cute on the outside…and sweet on the inside

Recently, I acquired a box of cookies from Cookie Panache by Between the Bread. This new cookie spinoff from the catering company, Between the Bread in Midtown West gotten me piqued with interest since I love a good cookie (or should I say, a [...]

A Babka to Consider: Aunt Ida’s

Editorial post

Babkas of deliciousness

I love babkas. Frankly, I wanted to try something different from what I can try in New York City and I stumbled upon Aunt Ida’s all-natural babkas. I found them very worthy of your time (and stomach).

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Jacques Genin: French Caramels and Millefeuille Heaven

This is a continuation from my Parisian vacation that took place in late May 2010.

Menu on the window

Monsieur Jacques Genin, how I have read so many good things about you. I have read you have ruined people after they ate your made-to-order millefeuilles and your exquisite caramels. Oh, the temptation…and [...]