The City Sweet Tooth

Dylan’s Candy Bar Giveaway! (NYC, Style, & a Little Cannoli) Introducing: Cakesicles! (Cupcakes Take the Cake) “Killed By Dessert” Momo Milk Bar Event 1/16! (DessertBuzz) Mark Your Calendars for Choice Eats 2012! (Blondie & Brownie) Sweets in Chinatown! (A Passion for Food) Boozy Desserts! (The Hairpin) Tweet //

Here’s something really nice I had in Osaka at a shop called Ceylon Tea & Bread. They served my Earl Grey tea in a press with a timer and the tart was scrumptious!

Say hello to the pink Himalayan salted caramel ganache-filled chocolate Buddha by Chocolate for the Spirit. This jolly fellow was in the press gift bag I received at the Chocolate Show. I finally got around to eating it, and in addition to being a gorgeous piece of chocolate ( I love his golden shimmer), it [...]

Gig Gay Ice Cream’s Festivus! (Blondie & Brownie) Gingerbread Extravaganza at Parker Meridien! (LPM) Turducken of Cheeseballs! (My Burning Kitchen) Financier’s Yule Logs! (Serious Eats) Midtown Holiday Treats Guide! (Midtown Lunch) Christmas at the Plaza! (NYC, Style, and a Little Cannoli) Tweet !function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=”//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js”;fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document,”script”,”twitter-wjs”);

Traditionally on Chanukah Jews eat fried foods (like Potato Latkes) to represent the miracle of the oil lasting miraculously long. So sweets-wise a traditional food is jelly-filled donuts or Sufganiyot. 

Wow, I love the train bentos in Japan! This is another area where the Japanese just have it way better than we do in the U.S. food-wise.

Looking for some last minute gift ideas for your friends who love food? I’m finally catching up on my book pile and I have some suggestions!

10 Best Eats at Union Square Holiday Market! (Fork in the Road) Thimble Cupcakes! (Cupcakes Take the Cake) Congrats to Blondie & Brownie on Their Book Deal! (Blondie & Brownie) New Egg Nog Pie at Four & Twenty Blackbirds! (Grub St.) Japan’s Banana Vending Machines! (Culture Japan) 10 Great Peppermint Sweets in NY! (Serious Eats) [...]

I received a lovely sample box of goodies from Black Box Dessert Club last week. Now, this is a very cool gift idea for the sweet tooth in your life!

image from Jacques Torres This year Chanukah is observed between Dec. 20-28th, here are some Chanukah sweets tips!

Get Your Chanukah Sufganiyot at Mile End! (Fork in the Road) Babbo Gingerbread House! (Eater) Cartoon Recipe for Greens! (Drawn Butter) Union Square Holiday Market Highlights! (Serious Eats) A Look at Dominique Ansel Bakery! (Blondie & Brownie) Even More Dominique Ansel Bakery! (Dessertbuzz) Meaty Cupcakes! (Jezebel) Tweet //

I just can’t get enough of Japan’s plastic food displays. Especially the monstrous ice cream parfaits (often with a flan-like caramel pudding sitting on top of it all). I still haven’t actually ordered one yet. They are a bit intimidating, and we are talking about $12 or more worth of ice cream and fruit here [...]

Collegiate fave,  Insomnia Cookies, is opening a fourth NYC location on December 14th, and from 12/14-12/18 they are giving a free to cookie to each person bearing a printout of this coupon (click for full size)! This should be welcome news for those in the neighborhood who enjoy warm cookies all through the night. Their hours [...]

Chocolate and Caramel scones with a latte at Cafe de COPAIN in Shibuya When we were staying in Shibuya, we found this cute cafe / pub near our hotel that had an amazing selection of  fresh scones and other baked goods every morning. They were cheap too! (100 yen, which is a little over a [...]

(Kinkaku-ji in Kyoto) Hi Sweet Tooth fans, I’m back from another fantastic trip to Japan! It’s one of my goals to visit Japan every year (as well as France), so hopefully I can keep it up.  This year stood out especially, because Japan is in recovery from the earthquake of March this year. Their tourism [...]

Cupcakes Take the Cake Party and Cookie Takedown are Soon! (Blondie & Brownie) A Schweddy Balls Ice Cream Review! (My Burning Kitchen) Johnny Iuzzini’s Pop-Up Book Dreams! (Grub St.) Burger Doughnuts in Japan! (Topless Robot) Macarons at Chikalicious! (DessertBuzz) Tweet