These aren't the cream buns of the Greyfriars tuck shop, however, or the luridly iced confections of my rose-tinted childhood memories.
Fany Gerson's La Newyorkina iced confections will be there, as will Di Fara Pizza and a seafood counter from Ed McFarland: North 3rd Street Market, 103 North Third Street Wythe Avenuee), Williamsburg, Brooklyn, north3rdstreetmarket.com, October.
Dorothy Hartley's glorious survey, Food in England, published in 1954, claims that the formula for "London buns", the finger-shaped, white iced confections churned out by traditionally-minded bakeries, would once have been adapted for Good Friday, "with yellow candied peel substituted for the currants, and beaten eggs added to the dough, so that the buns were hot and golden under the cross.
London will soon boast its very own cupcake ATM – a candyfloss-pink hole in the wall dispensing cupcakes 24/7, just in case we need to scratch an itch for garishly iced sponge confection in the middle of the night.
While Hitler rejoiced in the traditional völkisch kitsch of his imaginary master race, and Stalin revelled in over-iced baroque confections, Mussolini sat back and let historicist revivalism compete with the crisp forms of forward-looking modernism.
But for all its plot lines, the MTV production remains "a decaf iced frappaccino, a confection that won't upset the stomachs of its target audience" (Elvis Mitchell).
It's a decaf iced frappaccino, a confection that won't upset the stomachs of its target audience: the young crowd perched on the edge of pubescence and not quite prepared for the autumnal sophistication of, say, a Freddie Prinze Jr. movie.
With a chandelier of espresso cups overhead, coffee lovers can indulge in hot or iced drinks ($2 to $5), along with confections like bomboloni from Osteria del Circo, espresso nuggets from WD-50 and peanut butter sandwich bars from Tru in Chicago ($4 to $6).
The Red Barn Bakery offered a trove of baked goods, including old-fashioned iced molasses cookies ($6 for six), the sort of confection that might have once filled a cookie jar in the Jay family kitchen.
To Fill: Ice Cream Cones for All Manner of Goodies These ice cream cones in white ceramic — brightly rimmed in aqua, vermilion or yellow — are ideal for serving not just gelato, sorbet, ice cream or other frozen confections, but also berries and cream, puddings and even iced espresso.
