New Yorkers love their desserts and it shows in the sheer number of places that sell pies, cakes, chocolates, ice cream, donuts, and cookies. New York City’s tourism web site lists the number of restaurants at 18,696, add in bakeries, donut, and ice cream shops and the total reaches over 21,500 dessert locations. Walking Tours Manhattan (www.walkingtoursmanhattan.com) has added top-rated original, New York owned desserts stops to its visits of icon and landmark destinations in all neighborhoods. We include 3-5 dessert stops on each tour.”

We asked Bruce Scher, who’s title is Tour Guide to the Desserts, a two-part question, what’s his favorite dessert and where do we get it?