For the holidays, all the locations of
Financier Patisserie are offering Yule Logs in four different flavors—Coffee, Praline, Chocolate and Grand Marnier. Call me boring, but chocolate is my favorite, a tidy roll polished in buttercream and crisp meringue.
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When Robyn Lee
first wrote about macarons in 2007, there were some, but not many macaron shops in New York; but fast forward to 2011 and they're all over the place. But which macarons are the best in the city? We tasted hundreds to find out.
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The
Le Languedoc ($8.25) is a flavor-packed sandwich, and my go-to item at the French patisserie mini-chain,
Financier.
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Palet Bretons originated in Brittany, and though they're fairly hard to come across in New York, Financier puts out a highly satisfying version.
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A good croissant is hard to find. To turn a butter-based dough into a pastry that's simultaneously soft and flaky, shatter-crisp and mouth-meltingly tender, is a difficult thing indeed. Where is the best in New York City? We found out.
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In this great city of ours, one could eat a different sandwich every day of the year—so that's what we'll do. Here's A Sandwich a Day, our daily look at sandwiches around New York. Got a sandwich we should check...
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[Photo: Kathy YL Chan] Financier has a way with choux pastry. Not necessarily with choux pastry itself, but with the desserts they turn out with choux pastry as the base. First a pistachio éclair, piped full with pistachio pastry...
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[Photo: Kathy Chan] Hot tea and one pistachio éclair ($3.50) at the recently opened Financier, in a space that once occupied Oren's Coffee in Grand Central Terminal. My friend Ray recommended this éclair, and a solid recommendation that was....
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[Photo: Kathy Chan] A fig tart spotted at Financier, one of their seasonal sweets. A buttery shortbread crust, with chopped almonds piled above marzipan and a shiny caramel glaze. Cuts of fresh tender figs and a solitary raspberry. I...
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