Dessert Raani
Elegant Indian pastries from Aashika Hemnani showcase an individual style of baking the Mumbai native has been practicing since she was a teen. Today, she’s making monthly appearances at the Metuchen Farmers’ Market and selling confections fit for royalty through her online shop.
Mairi’s Cookie Company
A home-baker in Medford Lakes offers a line of distinctive and delightful cookies that stand apart from those that Big Food Business sell at supermarkets and convenience stores. Care for an Earl Gray Shortbread with your tea?
Jun Seo Park Artisan Boulanger
Equipped with recipes from one of Korea’s leading pastry chefs, a new independent bakeshop in Palisades Park reinvigorates the Asian-French connection with breads and confections that rely on technical precision and force of flavors that aren’t all about sweet.
Ridiculous Farm
A new bread bakery in the Belford section of Middletown speaks to the fact that we’re not merely in a sourdough moment, but likely leaning in to a sourdough century.
Kapadokya Turkish Bakery
From a region in a transcontinental country known for its striking moonscape scenes comes the inspiration for a bakery in New Brunswick sporting a wide range of sweets and savories, including a cake whose elegant interior outclasses its goofy countenance.
Baking the World a Better Place
Giuliano Argenziano's exquisite baked goods express a rare talent not only for creating and executing an oeuvre with a pure Neapolitan accent, but also his determination to bridge concepts in ways that spur conversation and thought.
The Dawn of Zora
Premier baker Zora Levkovski explores her heritage through every item in her Little Balkan line, shining light on classics and energizing each with irresistible twists.
Past Perfected
Retro goes Grade A in Coots Kitchen, the bakeshop of Kathryn Logie where everything from Good Humor treats to Pop Tarts gets a modern-ingredient makeover.