Japanese-born bakery and cafe Bread, Espresso & and its executive chef, have crossed the ocean to open the first U.S. location in Redondo Beach. Founded in 2009 in Tokyo, the bakery has 37 locations ...

For the past year, a Japanese-American bakery run out of an Italian restaurant in Cleveland Park has been wowing customers with exceptionally crackly, flaky pastries stuffed with unorthodox fillings.

JUNKO MINE knows better than most how baking is both an art and a science. Focusing on fermentation and wild yeasts, the pastry chef has found inspiration everywhere from a camera lens to a biology ...