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Mahira Rivers, a restaurant critic, is on a quest to find New York's sweeter side. Subscribe for reviews, guides, and essays about dessert culture in New York.
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Back at It (opens the original)
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Hello! The weather where I live is beginning to chill, which means that fall, NYC’s best season, is almost upon us. I dusted off my bento supplies last week and started making lunch again for my daughter, who just started fourth grade. I definitely remember fourth grade, which means that she’ll also probably remember this time in her life. No pressure! … Read more
Take Note of These Egg Tarts (Repost) (opens the original)
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Hello from Hong Kong! As I’m “out East” this week, please enjoy this timely repost from the Sweet City archives. August Gatherings has since relocated to 102 Bowery, but the egg tarts are still on the menu. Read more
Sweet City Roundtable: Morgan Carter (opens the original)
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My daughter knows better than to say the words “I’m bored” around me. She knows that I’ll just dole out one of those annoying parenting isms in return: “Only boring people get bored.” Especially here in New York City, the most un-boring place in the universe.I get dozens of emails a week telling me how to take advantage of all the stuff there is to do i… Read more
It’s Time to Bake a Butter Cake (opens the original)
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The cheery yellow cover of Asako Yuzuki’s Butter, stained with streaky blood-red fingerprints, wasn’t the first thing that drew me in. It was the title. And, okay, a very me-coded blurb: “An exuberant, indulgent romp of a novel…Butter is a full-fat, Michelin-starred treat.”I picked up the book earlier this summer from Yu & Me Books, a bookstore in China… Read more
Ice Cream Summer (opens the original)
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I wasn’t planning on sending a newsletter out today, but the Times just published a list of the city’s greatest ice cream shops (and gelaterias and ice cream windows) picked by yours truly and what kind of dessert newsletter writer would I be if I didn’t share it here with you?Between you and me, I had over 100 spots to try on my list, of which I made i… Read more
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