PS I Love You, the Park Slope column penned by OTBKB friend and fave Wendy Ponte in the Brooklyn Paper, has the the story behind the story of Sweet Melissa’s victory at the Edible Ornaments Tournament on the Food Channel. Here’s a taste and go here to read more.

Melissa Murphy, owner of Sweet Melissa, a Seventh Avenue pastry and
luncheon venue, might indeed be sweet — but judging from her recent
adventure on the “Food Network Challenge: Edible Ornaments”
competition, she’s more like Tough Melissa.

Sure, Murphy (pictured) is  young, attractive and savvy with energy to spare and far-reaching plans (damn her!).

But
she is also a renowned chef and is on the advisory board of the French
Culinary Institute in Manhattan, where she herself went to school. This
year, the Zagat Marketplace gave her stores the award for “Best Tarts
and Pies” in New York.