Shown: 7-inch cake and individual size.
Photo courtesy Financier Pâtisserie.

Financier Pâtisserie will send a beautiful seasonal cake to you, your holiday host, or anyone you’d like to wish a Happy Thanksgiving.

Beautifully crafted in the French tradition, the cakes are available in 7-inch or 9-inch sizes for $22.50 and $32.50, respectively. Choose from:

• Pumpkin Cheesecake with a cookie crust
• Pecan Caramel Aux Poires, a pecan crust topped with crémeux caramel (similar to crème brûlée), poached pears, chocolate génoise, vanilla bavarian and a caramel glaze (shown in photo)
• Chocolate Mousse Cake with Chai Crème Brûlée, a macaron crust topped with chocolate ganache, thin layers of chocolate cake, chai crème brûlée and a light chocolate mousseOrder online at FinancierPastries.com.

  See our Cake Glossary for more beautiful cakes.

A toddy is a warm cocktail made with spirits or sherry, boiling water, sugar and spices. Warm alcoholic beverages such as glögg, mulled wine and toddies originated in Northern Europe to help with the winter chill. Learn more about them, including recipes.

• Head over to the Spiced Cider recipe. There’s also a reduced-calorie version.
• For a cocktail cousin, take a look at the Spice Night Cocktail, a chilled cocktail made with rum, apple juice and maple syrup.
• See all of our drink recipes in our Cocktails Section.

Serve guests hot spiced cider, “virgin” or
spiked. Photo courtesy National Honey Board.

Only a grinch could resist these chocolate
cherries. Photo by Katharine Pollak | The
Nibble.

To quote Al Jolson,* “You ain’t seen nothing yet.”

John & Kira’s makes the best chocolate cherry bonbons.

Even if you don’t think they’re better, they’re as good as the artisan chocolate cherries you currently enjoy. For example, we’re also quite fond of chocolate cherry bonbons filled with real kirschwasser (cherry eau de vie), but they’re hard to find in the U.S.

And neither they, nor any other chocolate cherry, is as beautiful as John & Kira’s hand-colored bonbons.

These are not the conventional cherry cordial—a maraschino cherry wrapped in fondant (that turns into a drippy sugar syrup) and enrobed in chocolate.

Instead, the center is a 62% Valrhona dark chocolate ganache, mixed with dried tart cherries and a hint of brandy.

Beautifully gift-boxed, you can place your gift order at JohnAndKiras.com.

*America’s most famous, highest-paid entertainer of the 1930s.