It's Always Babka Season Around Here

Five favorites in NYC

Babka is the official dessert of “Sunrise, Sunset.” My first instinct whenever a friend loses somebody important in their life is to send them a babka. On the flip side, I’ve recently learned one out of every four gifts after you have a baby is a sweet loaf of cinnamon or (more likely) chocolate.

I ate a fair amount of babka before we had a baby—not lik…