Sometimes they're topped with chocolate, other times with a crisp shatter of caramel. Often they're filled with vanilla pastry cream, but on other occasions you can score caramel or chocolate cream. More

The scent, especially when warmed in the oven, is borderline intoxicating. Very holiday appropriate. More

[Photo: Kathy YL Chan] Boasting both black raisins and itty bitty currants, the crescent shaped Raisin-Walnut Loaf ($5) from François Payard Bakery makes frequent appearances on my cheese plate. The crust is crisp and thin, well-browned, making for a... More

The cooked prosciutto was perhaps the most elegant sandwich meat I've ever encountered, while anchovy and tomato is one of those combinations I eat all the time at home, standing over the cutting board with drippy fingers, but never think to put in a sandwich. More

We're back at Café Kristall for lunch today, and we're taking the lighter, but no less flavor-rich route, where paper-thin slicing is a theme. More

"Mm, tastes like Italy," said Kenji as we tore into the Modena's ($10) crusty roll. More

Berkshires-based SoCo Creamery has created a new line of tea ice creams exclusively for the new Harney & Sons in Soho. More

Just around the corner from In Pursuit of Tea on Crosby Street, the newly opened Harney & Sons in Soho may be yet another destination for tea aficionados, but it's also a spot ideal for delicate lunches. More

It's a ladies-who-lunch scene, but just as perfect for a lone diner looking for a quiet, classic oasis away from the chaos of Broadway. More

In the space that held Matcha Box pop-up this past summer now stands the recently opened In Pursuit of Tea. More