Sweet City
Mahira RiversMahira 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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The Best Desserts of 2026 So Far
It’s time for my annual mid-year review.
It’s hard to believe that this is my third cycle of roundups for Sweet City, which in a way just serves as a reminder that this newsletter has been chugging along like Thomas the Tank Engine for ove...
New American
250 years after independence, who gets to be American?
I was naturalized as an American citizen on June 8th, 2018. The day, though significant, is hazy in my memory, sandwiched between trips to D.C. and Chicago for work. There was a brief...
Forward is the Only Way
Hello, hello, and happy Wednesday. This week, I’m returning to your inbox with some thoughts that have been building up in my Notes app. I’ve got a constant stream of food-related observations and half-baked hypotheses running through my he...
Sweet City Roundtable: Cathy Erway
A food writing pro wants you to know that fruit is the best dessert.
I first met Cathy Erway in 2019. I was a newbie freelance writer, fresh off my corporate job at Michelin with very little understanding of the road ahead of me. The most...
Sweet City Guides: Park Slope & Prospect Heights
Love and basketball (and pastries) in Brooklyn.
Park Slope and the abutting sliver of a neighborhood called Prospect Heights in Brooklyn are teeming with good restaurants and great desserts. But this wasn’t always true. When I moved to New...
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I'm a former Michelin inspector and a New York Times-published restaurant critic with a phenomenal sweet tooth.
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