The Golden State is rolling in dough. Three California bakeries have risen to the top of a new global ranking, beating out powerhouses from Paris to Seoul to earn spots among the 12 best bakeries in the world for 2026. Santa Monica’s smash-hit Petitgrain Boulangerie and San Francisco’s Butter & Crumble and Arsicault Bakery all … Read more
As the lights of their small bakery flicker on in the early morning darkness, Kevin and Sandrine Luce’s oven is already cranked up to 270 degrees Celsius (518 degrees Fahrenheit) to give their latest batch of baguettes a crunchy crust. When the couple first fired up the oven in their store in Saint-Just-en-Chaussée, a small … Read more
The West Coast is taking the lead, one irresistible pastry at a time. Food & Wine’s 2026 roundup of America’s best pastry cities crowns Los Angeles as the champion, highlighting a scene that rises above the rest. BadAsh Bakes in Pasadena steals the spotlight, known for its crave-worthy, often sold-out cinnamon rolls in flavors like … Read more
Inside a Walmart store in New Jersey, a worker puts the finishing touches on a cake with an edible ink Sponge Bob on top. A colleague creates a buttercream rosette border for a different cake, while another co-worker frosts a tier of what will be a triple-deck dessert. It’s graduation season, the busiest time of year for the 6,200 employees the … Read more
Few New York public spaces have seen such monumental turn-arounds quite like Bryant Park. What was once a Midtown Manhattan wasteland given over to derelicts and drug addicts has become one of the city’s most desirable commercial and entertainment destinations. In the early aughts, bi-annual fashion weeks helped lure the cultural crowd — and newer … Read more
Later, cronuts — there’s a new must-have French pastry mash-up in town. Meet the “crookie,” the ooey, gooey croissant-cookie hybrid that might at first sound uniquely American, but actually only recently hopped across the pond straight from France. But for those with a sweet tooth, it’s no longer necessary to book a trip to Paris to … Read more
They’re very hot cakes. Burn-away cakes — confections where the top layer is lit on fire and burns away to reveal a hidden message or picture — have been a viral sensation on social media, and now NYC bakeries are being inundated with orders for the trendy treat. “This one has been insane,” said Nerwan Khalife, … Read more
Let my people dough. Proposed city rules that would severely limit the use of coal- and wood-burning ovens for pizza shops could also flatten New York’s traditional matzah bakeries, business owners and community leaders told The Post. Pizza lovers have been convulsed all week after the new regulations from the Department of Environmental Protection became … Read more