Swiss Family Sprüngli
I am in Zurich, Switzerland right now, listening to the bells of the clocktower outside ring 5:00am. I am supposed to be sound asleep, but whether it is the time change or the massive amount of...
View ArticleSecret Cookie Shop
While walking through the East Village this evening I saw a new store with stacks of cookies in the window. There was no sign out front, so I went in to check it out. I asked the clerk behind the...
View ArticleDessert Week ’06: Baked
Almost a month ago I set out to discover new bakeries in New York City. It took me awhile, but I was finally able to visit several great places that I hadn’t been to before. I started my journey in...
View ArticleDessert Week ’06: Sweet Melissa
After eating cake, scones, and peanut butter bars at Baked, we needed to work up an appetite for our next stop on the Brooklyn Bakery tour, Sweet Melissa Patisserie. We walked 1.6 miles between the...
View ArticleAfter Dinner Dessert
I usually eat my sweets around 3pm, but four new dessert bars scheduled to open at the end of April may encourage me to wait until after dinner. Three are from trendy, famous pastry chefs and one is by...
View ArticleAnother Year
Hello again and Happy New Year! My 2 month absence from Lovescool has been due to long days spent making tea and cookies, counting cash registers and cleaning floors at the new store. I have been...
View ArticleBatch
Batch is a new asian-inspired bakery by pastry chef Pichet Ong, owner of P*ONG, the more upscale dessert establishment located next door. I have heard rumors about Batch floating around for awhile, and...
View ArticleIt Really is Sweet
Just a quick note to share my new favorite bakery in New York City, How Sweet it Is. This bakery opened their retail store around the same time as Amai (October 2007), and I finally had a chance to...
View ArticleOrwasher’s
My new favorite breakfast is the cinnamon raisin bread from Orwasher’s. I first passed this Upper East Side bakery on my way to a gym class, and even though I was trying to be good, I walked out with...
View ArticleDessert Spot
Pichet Ong’s latest venture, Dessert Spot, opened last Wednesday on St. Marks in the East Village. I had a chance to stop in yesterday, and luckily I was hungry. I should start by saying that I was...
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