"CakeBoss" news and stories

• The Cake Boss has an Easter surprise for you. (Hint: It's not cake.)
• Remember Chicago's Charlie Trotter? No? He's trying to change that.
• Meet the man behind the East Village Japanese food scene.
• How to braise meat without browning? That is the question.

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The "Cake Boss" is back to decorate more cakes .

Season 2 of the popular reality show "Cake Boss" starts tonight. The show follows Buddy Valastro and his old-fashioned Italian family pastry shop, Carlo's City Hall Bake Shop, in Hoboken, N.J.

Following the sweet success of shows like "Cake Boss" and Food Network's "Ace of Cakes," Bravo announced Sunday that it's popular "Top Chef" franchise would spin-off in the sugar direction with the show "Top Chef: Just Desserts."