Entries tagged with 'pastries'
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[Photos: Robyn Lee] 'Tis the season for sweets, and no one does them like Bouchon Bakery. This year, Thomas Keller's bakeries are packing in the pumpkin, with breakfast pastries, cookies, and more. A few of the goodies, after the...
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The indecisive sweet tooth will have a hard time at Trois Pommes Patisserie, the small Park Slope bakery whose displays gleam with croissants and cookies, cakes and pies, and so much more. And though I'd rarely opt for a...
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The plush, raisin-studded cinnamon buns at Two Little Red Hens are far from the warm, ooey-gooey creations you dream about. I grew up associating cinnamon rolls with the national chain Cinnabon, where the buns are always warm, doused in...
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The financier at La Bergamote in Chelsea, with its apricot-glazed top and line of studded blueberries, is far from plain and simple. But when you're craving that classic French almond flour-based sweet but looking for something a little different,...
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I've never considered the marriage of blueberries and pistachio before, but Bouchon Bakery definitely made it work in this turnover ($3.50). At first you don't even notice the blueberries—which are whole and pop in your mouth, unlike the usual...
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At Patisserie Claude, the anatomy of an apple tart includes a crackly butter crust, thin sliced apples, fruit glaze, and a sugar dusted rim. I'm still a firm believer that the patisserie churned our higher-quality products when Claude was...
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This might be the best $1 your sweet tooth could ever spend on Bleecker Street. One cannoli, filled to order at Rocco's Pastry Shop. My favorite cannolis come from Villabate in Bensonhurst, Salvatore Brooklyn Ricotta at the Brooklyn Flea...
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Ed has been on a little turnover kick lately. Some apple ones found their way into the office, and then along came a cherry from Duane Park Patisserie. There's really nothing bad to say about this one. It has...
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We dipped into Alison Nelson's Chocolate Bar, which opened yesterday. The new West Village location is directly across the street from the former shop, only this one is roomier and more inviting. The Chocolate Bar's classic pastries and sweets...
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My single favorite Korean pastry, chal sook hoduk, is plentiful and easy to find throughout pockets of Los Angeles. Here in New York City, however, we are sorely deprived of this blessing. It encompasses mochi, pastry, and red bean...
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