EditorialBanana ice cream in a peanut-butter dip with chocolate-babka crumbs at Chef Wylie Dufresne's new restaurant, Stretch Pizza, in New York, June 2, 2023. (Lanna Apisukh/The New York Times)
EditorialA challah bread pudding adapted from a family recipe used at the Warsaw, Poland, bakery Charlotte Menorah, in New York, Nov. 28, 2022. Food styled by Hadas Smirnoff. (David Malosh/The New York Times)
EditorialA chocolate babka surrounded by photos taken on a trip to Ukraine last year that inspired the menu at Potchke, a pop-up deli in Knoxville, Tenn., May 5, 2022. (Shawn Poynter/The New York Times)
EditorialCustomers photograph fresh chocolate babka at Zak the Baker, in Miami's Wynwood neighborhood, Dec. 21, 2021. (James Jackman/The New York Times)
EditorialCustomers photograph fresh chocolate babka at Zak the Baker, in Miami's Wynwood neighborhood, Dec. 21, 2021. (James Jackman/The New York Times)