Dessert

Salt & Straw Larchmont Los Angeles

Salt & Straw

L.A. no longer needs to envy Portland, the hipster-foodie capital of the West Coast: we now have Stumptown, Blue Star Donuts, and Salt & Straw. However when they moved to California, Salt & Straw came with the 20-minute regulatory line in...
Jenis Ice Cream Los Feliz Los Angeles

Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams

It’s always hotter on the East Side. And when it’s hot, all you need is candied ginger ice cream, right? This microclimate might be the reason why Jeni Britton Bauer chose Los Feliz as her first store on the West...
Glaces Saffron & Rose Ice Cream Westwood Los Angeles

Saffron & Rose

On this busy stretch of Little Tehran, you’ll find rose ice cream made with fresh organic whole milk and thousands of rose petals distilled to their essence: either white rose which is sweeter, or red rose which is tarter. Like...
Croissants Proof Bakery Atwater Village Los Angeles

Proof

“The proof is in the pudding”, they say. Well it is also in this financier which is a big as a fist, if a fist could have such a good buttery smell. But the proof is also in this rhubarb...
Sweet Rose Creamery Brentwood Los Angeles

Sweet Rose Creamery

Ranking #2 after the Smurf flavor (which can be found in the best gelaterias in Rome), the mint flavor is probably the most hazardous choice one can make when ordering an ice cream cone. An After Eight taste which anaesthetizes...
Sweet Nuns_Mid-City_Los Angeles

The Sweet Nuns

When the French feel homesick in Los Angeles, the remedies are few: Petit Trois’ omelette, Republique‘s baguette, raw milk cheese from DTLA Cheese… and The Sweet Nuns’ religieuses*. Trained at L’Eclair de Genie in Paris by Christophe Adam (the Holy...
Republique West Hollywood Los Angeles

Republique

If you ask us what we miss the most from France, the answer is simple: the rotisserie chicken we’d get from the butcher shop down the street, that has been roasted for so long and which comes with wrinkly new...
La Chouquette West Hollywood Los Angeles

La Chouquette

On a corner of Melrose Avenue, you would think you are in France: bistro tables, expressos, crumbs of a freshly-devoured croissant, and even a customer with a cigarette… Inside, a multicolored display catches your eye: perfectly glazed eclairs with flavors...
The Pie Hole Downtown Los Angeles

The Pie Hole

Pie is the magic number. A warm cup of coffee and a slice of bluebarb (blueberries and rhubarb tart), and suddenly the Arts District turns into a little corner of paradise. Cereal killer cheesecake pie, Earl Gray pie, pecan and...
Mr Holmes Bakehouse Highland Park Los Angeles

Mr Holmes Bakehouse

Cruffin: a hybrid of a croissant and muffin, created and trademarked by Mr. Holmes Bakehouse in San Francisco, and which requires an hour wait before being devoured in three mouthfuls. Flavors change every day: pistachio-raspberry, mango-coco, fig-honey, pick your poison....