Jamie and Bobby Deen, hosts of the TV show Road Tasted, visited Back in the Day Bakery in Savannah, Georgia for their upcoming holiday gift guide. Back in the Day Bakery is owned by a very lovely lady and fellow food blogger named Cheryl (Buttercream and Roses) and her husband Griffith. Their cakes always look [...]

After launching the new Amai website last week, the first question everyone asked was, “Where’s the shopping cart?” Even though Andrew and I have been in the web design world for many years, neither of us have had to deal with building our own e-commerce tool. It’s a suprisingly difficult task. Free shopping carts are [...]

The Amai 24-Cookie Tea Sweets gift box will be on sale at a special price this Wednesday, November 8. OneGourmetGoodie.com, a new site that specializes in offering gourmet treats at unbeatable prices, will be offering the Tea Sweets gift box for only $25.99, with $2.99 shipping. That is an amazing deal. I have no idea [...]

Amainyc.com is finally a real website, with actual product pictures and content! I am very proud of the new website because it highlights the people that are part of Amai, and showcases what we have been working on for the last several months. All of the product pictures were taken by Keiko of Nordljus, a [...]

Kyotofu, a “hip, upscale Japanese dessert bar” will be opening in Hell’s Kitchen this Friday, November 6. I have been waiting for this established Japanese cafe to open its first US branch, and am excited that something so unique will be coming to New York. With reported menu items like Kuromame black bean coffee cake, [...]

Max Brenner’s, a Wonka-like chocolate emporium in Union Square, is now offering a chocolate-covered waffle and coffee for $1.00. I saw a sign for this incredible deal today waving high above the shop, and I entered just in time to take advantage. I ordered the “$1 special” at 11:07 am, and even though the deal [...]

Within one New York City block, or even one small park, a million different worlds exist. Depending on what your interests are, who you know and (possibly) how much money you have, your experience in New York will be quite different. You never know who you’ll run into or what you will find.

You can now get your Amai fix through Dean & Deluca. Our 24-Cookie Tea Sweets gift box is available through the Dean & Deluca website and catalog until the end of the holiday season. I have spent many hours looking through the impressive cakes, cookies and gifts in this wonderful catalog, and it’s a great [...]

Lovescool is so fresh and so clean. Andrew gave it a facelift, and brightened the design and reorganized the content of the site. This was the first update since we begain Lovescool in January of 2005. After almost 2 years, it was time for it to be reenergized. Now you can actually scroll through past [...]

Reading other food blogs is my favorite way to keep in touch with what is going on around the world. I have found that regardless of hometown location, food bloggers are often very similar people, with their main goals being to learn new things and share their passion and knowledge with others. I am beginning [...]