Archives » August 2010
Wine Sorbet from Gourmet Guild!
Craving some wine sorbet to cool you down? You’re in luck, because Gourmet Guild cart, currently set up by the New York Film Academy Cafe at 51 Astor Place is offering yummy sorbets made of rose, champagne, bordeaux, as well as more traditional lemon, chocolate, and mango flavors! You can check them out on Twitter [...]
Sweet Links of the Week – 8/27!
Bacon and Banana on a Donut! (link and image from Pop Candy) Blue Smoke’s New Bakeshop! (Serious Eats) New Softserves at Momofuku Milk Bar! (Fork in the Road) Eton to Open New Location! (Grub Street) NYC’s Top 5 Challahs! (Serious Eats) Marvel’s Daredevil Cake! (The Beat) Japanese Ice Cream Robot! (Serious Eats)
We Love Food! Comic Collaboration from ’98!
Lately I’ve been thinking a lot about Japan since I’ll be going there in November and visiting my cartoonist friend Yuuko Koyama. We have been pen pals since about 1996 and have collaborated on two comics together during my previous stays in Japan. We’ll be collaborating again this year and it made me want to [...]
New York Culinary Experience Oct. 2nd and 3rd!
You know we adore Jacques Torres here at City Sweet Tooth, so I was really excited to see that he’ll be taking part in The New York Culinary Experience this October! Imagine taking classes with Jacques, Pichet Ong, David Bouley and many more! Click below for all the details!
Tofu and Ice Cream at the Japanese Fair!
Despite the sporadic rain I made it out to the Japanese Healthy Food & Green Festival!
Japanese Healthy Food & Green Festival Sunday!
Just a reminder that the NY Japan Town Healthy Food & Green Festival is tomorrow! Madison Avenue between 43rd and 45th Streets (Map) starting at 11am. Johnny Tofu’s tofu cutting demo starts at 11am too!
Sweet Links of the Week – 8/20!
Cakesicle! (Grub Street) Champs – Vegan Bklyn Bakery! (Discerning Brute) 10 Best Cookies in NY! (Fork in the Road) French Macaron Taste Test! (Sweet Freak) Fruizo Soft Serve at Simple Peeled! (Grub St.) Ice Cream Festival at New Amsterdam Market this Weekend! Fancy Shaved Ice! (Eater) New Clinton Hill Pastry Shop! (Fork in the Road) [...]
City Sweet Tooth Comic – Shakes on Saint Marks!
Baoguette – 37 Saint Marks Place, NYC – http://www.baoguette.com/ Mark Burger – 33 Saint Marks Place, NYC – http://www.stmarksburger.com/ Tkettle – 26 Saint Marks Place, NYC – http://www.tkettlebubblet.com Gem Spa – 131 2nd Avenue, NYC Buy an 11×14 signed high quality giclee print of this comic for $29 (plus $6.50 shipping)!
Sweet Links of the Week – 8/13!
Cake wallpaper for your computer! (The Feed) Pop Bar vs. People’s Pops! (Village Voice) Fashion Week Bon Appetit pop-up at Lincoln Center ‘s sweets! (Eater) TONY’s NYC’s best dessert guide! (The Feed) Pie Bakeoff 8/15 in Prospect Park! (Pie in the Park’s FB) Wicked Spoon’s Wild Froyo Toppings! (Brooklyn Paper) In depth review of Pop-Tarts [...]
Grand Central Terminal Dining Week 8/20-29!
Grand Central Terminal (host to branches of sweets places like Magnolia Bakery, Junior’s, Financier, Murray’s Cheese, and more) is holding a dining week with prix fixe menus and other specials 8/20-29. Full press release below!
Special Comic – Johnny Tofu!
Johnny Tofu can be found at Sunrise Mart locations in NYC (4 Stuyvesant St. and 494 Broome Street.), but it sells out quickly! Otokomae’s wild Japanese site is here. They are on facebook! They will be at Japan Town Healthy Food & Green Festival, on Sunday, August 22nd in Midtown, Manhattan (Madison Ave. bet. 43rd-45th) [...]
Sweets and Wine of the UWS With City Food Tours!
I was invited to check out City Food tours’ Chocolate, Desserts & Wine Tour of the Upper West Side and it was a really fun experience!
Sweet Links of the Week – 8/6!
(photo from Blondie & Brownie) Pretzel Cones at Uncle Louie G’s! (Blondie & Brownie) Macarons at Almondine! (Broke-ass Stuart) A Look at Artisanal Ice Cream Prices! (NY Times) Food iphone Covers from japan! (Serious Eats) Brooklyn Foodie’s Sweets Tour 3rd Best in US! (NY Daily News) Japanese Kit-Kat Reviews! (Eataku) Eco-friendliness and coffee pods! (NY [...]
Baking Classes at International Culinary Center!
Normally I’m all about trying the sweets as opposed to baking them, but these classes at the International Culinary Center look really fun for the baking inclined! Baguettes, croissants, Italian pastries, Jewish holiday pastries, macaroons, and more! Check out the list below the cut! Even if you don’t bake, you can give classes as gifts!
City Sweet Tooth Comic – Pop Bar!
Buy an 11×14 signed high quality giclee print of this comic for $29 (plus $6.50 shipping)! Pop Bar 5 Carmine Street New York, NY 10014 (212) 255-4874 http://www.pop-bar.com/
Something Sweet in San Diego!
Here’s a quick shot from Heavenly Cupcake where we got to make a quick stop before leaving San Diego Comic Con. Also Darlene of My Burning Kitchen gave me some yummy Jer’s candy bars (based in the San Diego area), which both feature peanut butter! I just love chocolate and peanut butter together. The pretzel [...]