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Pie!
Pie of the Day
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- The Dutch
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131 Sullivan St., at Prince St.; 212-677-6200
Soho has become a little more down-home with Kierin Baldwin’s superlative crusts and fillings. Our current fave: the fluffy banana cream.
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Illustrations by Janice Wu
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Fancy Fruit Concoction
Grapefruit Givré
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- Boulud Sud
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20 W. 64th St., nr. Broadway; 212-595-1313
The Boulud empire’s exotic frozen-grapefruit creation is the most magisterial, decoratively delicious new haute-cuisine dessert in town.
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Giving Gruel a Good Name
Beer-and-Bread Porridge
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- Acme
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9 Great Jones St., nr. Lafayette St.; 212-203-2121
Mads Refslund’s ingenious porridge combines all the elements of a perfect winter dessert (warmth, sweetness, a faint hint of booze) in one bowl.
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Vegan Indulgence
Chia-Seed Parfait
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- Victory Garden
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31 Carmine St., nr. Bleecker St.; 212-206-7273
Tapiocalike, with homemade cashew milk subbing for dairy and agave for sugar. Top it with cacao nibs or halvah.
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Lunch-Bag Treat
Chocolate-Chip Cookie
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- Boubouki
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At Essex Street Market, 120 Essex St., at Delancey St.; 718-344-4202
It looks like your classic homemade Toll House, but this one is zested with orange, studded with walnuts, and flavored with grape-must syrup.
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Envelope-Pushing Ice-Cream Flavor
Duck à la Plum
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- Wong
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7 Cornelia St., nr. W. 4th St.; 212-989-3399
Judy Chen’s roast-duck ice cream, garnished with poached plums and an Asian five-spiced cookie, is savory, sweet, and somehow ungimmicky.