Category Archives: bakeries
really cross buns
I was tempted to hold back on the awarding of the best Easter buns in NYC for 2013 when I saw the potential of pecan and green peppercorn hot cross buns at Bien Cuit on Christopher Street. The buns were … Continue reading
Back to school
There is something very delightful about a classroom that you enter voluntarily and find a menu on the board instead of lessons. R G Martin would be proud – although I’m a long way from the Ungarra Primary School, and … Continue reading
Breads Bakery
After today I can relax. The quest to find great coffee in NYC has been met. Australians can come to Manhattan without fear – you will not only not be flat-white deprived, but you will have the culinary advantage that … Continue reading
Downunder delights
I have to seriously rethink the whole definition of good coffee after being completely spoilt by the perfection of rich creamy flat whites in my recent (too) fast and fabulous trip DownUnder. Maybe it’s the water, maybe it’s the milk, … Continue reading
God Jul
I heard about the Swedish Church in New York because of it’s reputation for having the best cinnamon buns in the city. This seemed an unusual claim to fame for a church, but for the Scandis the church is as … Continue reading
Pumpkin and Pecan
Amy’s Bread on Bleeker Street is a good place to be especially on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays when they bake their cinnamon and raisin twists. But on Saturday after a sunny ride downtown via Washington Square, there was even … Continue reading
Pardon my french…
We love Paris, but if you are tossing up between that fabulous place and this fabulous place, choose New York and have the best of both worlds. The reason is Maison Kayser, a French patisserie of culinary superiority even by … Continue reading
Bavarian bakery
Diners are a classic American institution that have been gradually disappearing in NYC. The all day menus of everything meant you could have burgers at 10am or bacon & eggs at 3pm, reflecting the non-stop, around the clock activity of … Continue reading
Manhattan Special in Brooklyn
Brooklyn has a completely different atmosphere than Manhattan, it’s more laid back, suburban even, without the intensity and energetic evolution of the city. So last week when we explored the old Italian neighborhood around Carroll Gardens and Cobble Hill we … Continue reading
Little Brown
If you needed a reason to be an uptown girl, Little Brown is it. On 85th and Lexington the bald man has opened a fabulous new cafe / bakery in the family tradition of rich quality chocolate. Little Brown is … Continue reading
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