From a tempura-battered deep-fried banana pudding to a more classic version, from ridiculously moist banana bread to animal cracked-studded banana gelato, the variations on bananas in desserts are seemingly endless. More

Why start your day with the ordinary cereal and milk when you can mix it up with sweet breakfast breads? Portable, discreet at the office, and easy to eat on the go, they're a much more delicious way to start the morning. Here are five of our favorites. From a soft chocolate-cherry loaf, to a supremely moist banana bread and sugar bread accompanied with a house-made chocolate-hazelnut spread, it's a sweet start for each day of the work week. More

Coffee brings the crowds, but it's the soups and sandwiches that earn my loyalty at El Beit in Williamsburg. More

Some say breakfast is the most important meal of the day, and I wholeheartedly agree. A hot cup of tea with a sweet (but not too sweet!) baked good always ensures an excellent start to the day. Here we give you our Top 5 Breakfast Sweets of 2010. More

[Photo: Kathy YL Chan] A slice of Banana Bread ($3) from El Beit, a coffee shop in Williamsburg, is the stuff of dreams—dense, superbly moist, and gently spiced. Mashed bananas and big chunks of ripe bananas make their way... More