The New York Times ran two recent cupcake stories recently, one quoting us, about Butter Lane, and the other highlighting Westchester (Pleasantville, NY) bakery Flour and Sun Bakery. Very cool - but get with it, New York Times - they linked to Serious Eats and many restaurants, but not us. That's okay, though, we're still honored to be considered a cupcake authority and one of the city's "food cognoscenti." Be sure to also check out Butter Lane's Twitter specials. I hope to take advantage of one when I get home - key lime frosting FTW!
"On the Street of Superlatives" by Sophia Hollander, about East 7th Street between First Avenue and Avenue A:
Threaded between salons, spas, boutiques and an elegant stone church are a series of restaurants, food shops and dishes that have been declared “rare” “best” and “unusual” by the city’s food cognoscenti.
They include cupcakes at Butter Lane (“one of the best cupcakes in New York” according to Cupcakes Take the Cake), the Michelin-starred Kyo Ya (“ethereal,” raved TimeOut), sophisticated Greek food at Pylos (“operates with unusual grace,” noted The New York Times), Porchetta’s celebrated Italian pork sandwich (cited regularly by New York magazine as the city’s best) and innovative ceviche at a sliver of a restaurant named Desnuda (a “rare” find, said Time Out).
“It definitely has some magic on it,” said Maribel Araujo, the 33-year-old owner of Caracas Arepa Bar, another restaurant on the street.
Butter Lane cupcakes (my photo)
"Not Just a Pretty Cupcake" by Alice Gabriel:
Cupcakes, once strictly the province of classroom mothers, are certainly outlasting their 15 minutes in the sun. Professional bakers have embraced the tiny confection with unusual enthusiasm, and shops devoted to cupcakes have spread like daisies. One such shop, the Flour and Sun Bakery, in Pleasantville, makes idealized cupcakes that look fabulous and taste like nothing most mothers ever made.
Denise Treco, the owner of what is claimed to be Westchester’s first and only cupcake bakery, knows why cupcakes are a modern hit. “Cupcakes are fun,” she said on a recent weekday morning.
Flour and Sun Bakery Mother's Day cupcakes (via Flickr)
"On the Street of Superlatives" by Sophia Hollander, about East 7th Street between First Avenue and Avenue A:
Threaded between salons, spas, boutiques and an elegant stone church are a series of restaurants, food shops and dishes that have been declared “rare” “best” and “unusual” by the city’s food cognoscenti.
They include cupcakes at Butter Lane (“one of the best cupcakes in New York” according to Cupcakes Take the Cake), the Michelin-starred Kyo Ya (“ethereal,” raved TimeOut), sophisticated Greek food at Pylos (“operates with unusual grace,” noted The New York Times), Porchetta’s celebrated Italian pork sandwich (cited regularly by New York magazine as the city’s best) and innovative ceviche at a sliver of a restaurant named Desnuda (a “rare” find, said Time Out).
“It definitely has some magic on it,” said Maribel Araujo, the 33-year-old owner of Caracas Arepa Bar, another restaurant on the street.
Butter Lane cupcakes (my photo)
"Not Just a Pretty Cupcake" by Alice Gabriel:
Cupcakes, once strictly the province of classroom mothers, are certainly outlasting their 15 minutes in the sun. Professional bakers have embraced the tiny confection with unusual enthusiasm, and shops devoted to cupcakes have spread like daisies. One such shop, the Flour and Sun Bakery, in Pleasantville, makes idealized cupcakes that look fabulous and taste like nothing most mothers ever made.
Denise Treco, the owner of what is claimed to be Westchester’s first and only cupcake bakery, knows why cupcakes are a modern hit. “Cupcakes are fun,” she said on a recent weekday morning.
Flour and Sun Bakery Mother's Day cupcakes (via Flickr)
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