La Bodega Bakery 🧁
At La Bodega, pastry chef Paola Velez highlighted the flavors found in mom-and-pop shops and bodegas around the world. Velez — a James Beard “rising star” nominee and co-founder of Bakers Against Racism — focuses on her hometown, melding the diverse strands of the boroughs’ bodegas into a menu that evokes both tradition and change.