The most expensive dessert in the world (pictured) used to be the $14,500 “Fortress Aquamarine” served at a luxury resort in Sri Lanka. But today Sri Lankans can choke on their gilded shame, for the Upper East Side’s Serendipity 3 has put America back on top with a $25,000 triumph called the Frrrozen [sic] Haute Chocolate. Break out your giant diamond-encrusted foam fingers, because the Guinness Book of World Records will now list this as......

Tucked beside B Bar on East Fourth, Gothamist tried the sweet little wine bar called Aroma that doesn’t just smell good, it sparkles. Partners Alexandra (at the door) and Vito (behind the bar) came from the corporate business and wine sales world respectively but clearly adore working in candle rather than florescent light, and with each other. They found their chef, Chris Daly, working in the not-for-profit world and brought him in on the plan......

No, that's not what we mean -- get your minds out of the gutter. A dozen of New York's chefs are joining together for "Get in Bed," a benefit for Plan USA's tsunami relief efforts. On January 31, twelve chefs including Floyd Cardoz of Tabla, Food Network host and cookbook author Tyler Florence, and Zak Pelaccio of 5 Ninth, will each cook one dish, for a total of eight savory and four sweet dishes. The......

As the recovery efforts in Asia continue in the wake of Sunday's earthquake and tsunami, the death toll has climbed above 40,000, a number that is sure to rise as the rescue workers continue their work, more bodies are found, and government officials increase the death toll. The situation could get worse as millions of people are displaced, access to food and water is limited, and the spread of disease is immanent. The New York......

The tragedy that has swept across the Indian Ocean from Somalia to Sri Lanka to Thailand has prompted many people to ask Gothamist what they can do to help victims of this horrible natural disaster. The best and most immediate thing you can do is donate money to one of the many service organizations that are currently working to provide medicine, clean water, shelter and other forms of support to victims. While many groups......

On Saturday, the biggest earthquake in 40 years hit southeast Asia, which then led to huge tsunamis all over the region, causing over thousands of deaths and displacing millions more. The earthquake measured 9.0 on the Richter scale and was centered on the Indonesian island of Sumatra; the tsunamis measuring over 40 feet then hit and flooded parts of Thailand, India, Sri Lanka, and the Maldives. Right now, the death toll is over 24,000, but......