Christophe Adam of Fauchon continues his “club cake” tradition and this autumn he proposes the classical “forêt noir” cake in a not so classical form. I love this cake so much that last week, despite all the strikes, I went to Fauchon (place de la Madeleine) three times just for…

Visiting San Francisco wouldn’t be as good without eating the creamy clam chowder in Fisherman’s Wharf!

Apart from the most incredible steaks, Buenos Aires has the most fantastic artisanal ice cream. Yesterday I was walking in the trendy Palermo area and you can see “heladeria” on almost every corner. Above is the picture of my copious portion of “dulce de leche” and fresh melon ice cream.…

Berthillon ice cream is simply the best in Paris, and, maybe even in the world. Once you try it, you don’t want any other kind of ice cream. Trust me. The image of three Berthillon ice cream scoops- strawberry sorbet, caramel and coconut ice cream. There are multiple spots in…

Just back from the Pierre Herme shop in rue Bonaparte and I could not help but notice (and to buy of course) these seasons macarons novelties. Finally, the French dessert genius created a macaron inspired by his most popular dessert – Ispahan. As you can see in the image below,…

The new Fauchon boulangerie is my new favourite boulangerie in Paris. Its been a long time I’ve been waiting for a place that doesn’t limit itself with “jambon- beurre” sandwiches and boring “tarte aux fraises” cakes. And Fauchon has done it… Recently they have opened a contemporary boulangerie ( on…

Blue Ribbon restaurants in Manhattan and Brooklyn is like a little empire. There are 5 restaurants in total : 3 American-International and two sushi. Despite the rapid expansion, food and quality of products are the centres for this company and that is the reason why the restaurants are always full.…

To be honest, I have always had “something personal” against cupcakes. For me, a cupcake is rather a boring dessert that is made of dry cake and “too sweet”, even vulgar frosting. And, frankly, I have passed by the Magnolia bakery (401 Bleecker Street (cross street: 11th street)) dozens of…

The Berthillon Ice Cream is probably as mythical as La Duree macaroons. And you don’t need to go far to make sure of that – any nice day or late evening there will be always people queuing outside one of the Berthillon resellers on the Île Saint-Louis. (The list of…

There are two great places in Paris that ARE NOT closed on Sundays which is quite an exception :). They are both in St Germain, just steps from each other, and they are both world-famous. The first is Gérard Mulot (76 Rue de Seine, 75006), a boulangerie and “trateur” where…