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The General Greene by Andrea Strong
September 20, 2008, 11:01.42 pm ET
Bread pudding is one of those things that’s hard not to love. Whether it’s a day-old baguette soaked in cream, eggs and sugar and layered with apples, or stale brioche mounted with butter, bourbon, more butter, and raisins, it’s always a winner. But people, no one has done to bread pudding what is being done to it at The General Greene, and it is likely no one ever will again. I would gladly pass up every sweet, buttery, caramel-slathered bread pudding (like the one at Sweet Melissa’s) for the rest of my days for the masterpiece known as Ham and Gruyere Bread Pudding being peddled at The General Greene. more
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