It all started with Saus. This Belgian street food snack bar which is wedged alongside the famous Union Oyster House on a busy, cobblestoned block of Government Center, introduced Boston to the yeasted Dutch waffle. These are not the light, puffy kind that's meant to be eaten for breakfast with gobs of butter and maple syrup, but the thick, bready, attractively ragged-looking slabs that are lightly dusted with powdered sugar, and traditionally enjoyed as afternoon sweets. More

We took it upon ourselves to taste our way across the cookies of Boston, seeking out delicious chocolate chip cookies that offer the perfect balance of buttery, brown-sugary cookie and high quality chocolate, and boast that ideal crisp-on-the-edges, soft-in-the-middle texture. Behold, six of our favorite cookies from the Boston area. More

Cider doughnuts are the reward you (tell yourself you) earn after a long hour or so of apple picking. But as we pleasantly discovered in our quest for the best--or, at least the best within a reasonable drive from Boston--the tradition isn't limited to apple orchards.. More

Cheap, portable, and tongue-tinting, ice pops are everything you could want in a cooling summer sweet. Here are some of the most refreshing and delicious frozen sweets on a stick we've found in the Boston area. Here's hoping the idea, umm, pops up in more places. More

Inside Cambridge and Boston proper, a handful of ice cream makers have been trading the title of Boston's Best for years. They're all good, but what makes them unique? We compared flavors from five of Boston's best ice cream makers, rating the scoops using three separate metrics: creaminess, apparent airiness, and intensity of flavor. To try and make things objective, we tested the standard-issue chocolate and vanilla flavors from all five places, also allowing ourselves a wild-card specialty of the house. More

Pie day may be March 14, but we think summertime is the best time for pie eatin'. From straight-up raspberry and sour cherry, to combo flavors like peach-blackberry and strawberry-rhubarb, we invite you to have a little dessert with us at a few of our favorite spots in New England. More

New England may be doughnut country—and rest assured we'll get to the region's best specimens at a later date—but there are plenty of baked (not fried), equally delicious reasons to get up in the morning, too. Behold, our local tribute to those twisty, knobby, sometimes-sticky, cinnamon-sugar-swirled breakfast beauties known as sticky buns and morning buns. More

Anyone who's driven more than a mile in the state of Massachusetts knows that this is doughnut country. But on a remote corner in East Boston stands a doughnut bakery that predates Dunkin' Donuts by almost two decades—and still makes a far superior product. More

Jamaica Plain in Boston has three real bakeries: Fiore's Italian Bakery, Blue Frog, and Canto 6. Each one has a strong local following, but which is the best? Many baguettes and croissants later, we have some conclusions. More

I've never actually mailed a sticky bun to anyone before, but with this one I came close. Let's just say that sticky buns are pretty much the holy grail of breakfast pastries in my family, and my Monty Python-esque quest to find the ultimate version came to a glorious end at Joanne Chang's Flour Bakery and Café. More