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Elegantly Retro with Lucas Candies

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It’s all the rage with desserts. Chocolate covered Twinkies (I heard they started making them again!), Cherry Cola cakes, Vanilla Wafer sandwich cookies, you name it. The sad thing about trends is that most of them are hype. Not Lucas Candies. Creating vintage inspired chocolates and candies this fourth generation candy shop is the oldest [...]

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Divine Chocolate

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Farmer’s are the future of our food system. Without being really political or high fluent about food, I always appreciate a company trying to give back. It doesn’t hurt that the company makes chocolate. Or, that the chocolate is ridiculously good. As with all artisanal food, the more attention to detail (usually) equals a better [...]

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Three Cheers for Three Tarts

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As classmates in culinary school, at the Institute of Culinary Education in New York City, these baking geniuses earned the nickname “Three Tarts.” The moniker stuck even after graduation, and when Marla D’Urso decided to open her Chelsea bakery + boutique in 2006, she knew there were no better pastry chefs to call upon than [...]

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Nudo Lemon Olive Oil – Ooh La La!

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I’m an oil-in-cake kind of person. Not that there’s anything wrong with butter but strictly speaking from a taste (and baker!) prospective an “oil” cake outweighs (in my opinion) to that of the French butter. No clue what I’m talking about? That’s okay too. All you need to know is this, Nudo makes a great [...]

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Creme Delicious is Gorgeous {NYC}

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My first word was gorgeous, no joke. I used to walk around saying everything was “gorgeous” from our family dog, to church songs, to pretty much anything you could imagine. After tailoring the use of the word a bit in the last 25 years I’ve come to realize it’s reserved for those items that are [...]

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Ice Cream Sandwiches and French Macaroons

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We all know I’m a junky for sugar. Dessert is my calling and I’d forgo any meal for a bowl of ice cream … and I have plenty of friends who’d agree with my sentiment. That being said, when I was invited to a private tasting at Francois Payard‘s newest location in Columbus Circle (58th [...]

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Pie Face {NYC}

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I’ve been called a “pie face” before, but I’m pretty sure it wasn’t a compliment. But with the installment of its first State-side location, the Australian bakery cafe, Pie Face I don’t think I’ll ever mind being called “pie face” again. Lamington Cake Traditional Australian Cake with Raspberry Filling Located in the heart of the [...]

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