Hand-Rolled and Wood-Fired -- not sushi and not pizza. Bagels. Montreal meets New York. Bagels that look back to baking as an artisanal craft, achieving perfection in crispness, density and flavor. At Black Seed the art of bread is not dead -- these may be...
A kouign-amann, not to be confused with former United Nations Secretary-General, Kofi Annan, is perhaps the most buttery of bakes ever concocted. While Mr. Annan arrives by way of Ghana, this round breaded wonder traces its origin to the French Bretagne coast. No one's exactly...
There's lots to be said when things are well done. Make that well done in French, as in just right and, so goes the aptly named BIEN CUIT bakery-cafe that you'd expect to find in the countryside of France and not in the film set...
When my parents bought their apartment on Delray Beach in South Florida there wasn't much to this town but for a sleepy stretch of Atlantic Avenue that started at the beach and ran due west - a standard formula for many a seaside Floridian town. In...
CRUMBS BAKE SHOP, is a bakery that ain't. Ain't what you ask? Ain't a bakery because nothing, I repeat, nothing is ever baked at your local Crumbs Bake Shop. In the world of bakery theme park-like attractions there is something very satisfying to the nostalgia-minded Sensurround you...
No trip too long for the real PASTEL DE NATA or, in English speaks, a Portuguese custard filled pastry cup. A ten minute walk past the northern reaches of Portobello Road and you end up at the GOLBORNE Road street market. Among a handful of...