The City Sweet Tooth

Tonight I had the pleasure of attending the launch party for a new cookbook, The Craft of Baking by Karen DeMasco. It was an elegant event at Locanda Verde with sample versions of the recipes inside the book.  Everything was delicious but here are a few of my favorites.

The Dolltopia Cupcake Tour was kicked off this weekend at Small Press Expo in North Bethesda, Maryland! After researching I found only one nearby bakery that would deliver, which was a necessity at this tour stop. So Cake Love it was!

  Small Press Expo is finally upon us and Dolltopia is debuting there tomorrow! Here are the necessary details: it’s September, 26-27 @ Bethesda North Marriott Hotel & Conference Center, I’ll be at table # B10B. See you there!

Dark chocolate specialty line Pure Dark has a shop at 350 Bleecker St. which is pretty much a heaven of samples and dark chocolatey products. They’ve now launched their online store and are offering a discount for City Sweet Tooth readers! You get a 15%  discount when you order through www.puredark.com and use promotional code [...]

You may or may not already know that I have a new graphic novel coming out called Dolltopia. It’s a fun and quirky tale about dolls who are tired of being controlled by humans, so they start their own society, and you can read a preview here! It’s not exactly food related, BUT, my publisher, [...]

That’s right! The latest City Sweet Tooth comic is now up at The L Magazine! Enjoy your last warm weather ice cream days at the Brooklyn Ice Cream Factory!

Tablet has posted a really fun apples and honey taste test for Rosh Hashanah. Check it out! Also Shake Shack is getting into the spirit with Apple & Honey concretes! Bond Street chocolates has a chocolate Moses! 

  Swirl’s Dessert & Wine Tasting looks like a can’t miss event! Roni-Sue’s Chocolates, Sweet Muse, Gotham Cookies, Liddabits, WannaHavaCookie, and Gourmetibles will all be participating in the event held at AVEvenue (15 W. 28th St. btn Broadway & 5th Ave). Liz of Liddabit Sweets and Michelle of Gotham Cookies are Roni-Sue’s assistants, so you [...]

So I’ve been meaning to try Jacques Torres ice cream all summer and I did today (finally)! As expected, I adored the Wicked ice cream, just like I love the Wicked hot chocolate. That spicy ancho really compliments Jacques’ fine chocolate. Yum! It went well with the Hazelnut ice cream too. Get some before summer [...]

 Oh! Nuts just posted about their sweet Rosh Hashanah gift ideas. Click here for the honey! This year the holiday will begin at sundown on Friday September 18 and end at nightfall on Sunday September 20.