Tartine
Chances are, if you’ve ever been to San Francisco, you’ve been to Tartine. The small bakery started by Chad Robertson and Liz Prueitt has now spread its wings and flown across the world, with several spots in Seoul, the Bay...
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Triniti
There are almost too many reasons to love Triniti. It was opened by Chef Joseph Geiskopf who used to work at Noma, Septime, and Destroyer (on top of being a personal chef for Apple’s Tim Cook), although he has left...
Friends & Family
Los Angeles has waited and waited for chef Daniel Mattern and baker Roxana Jullapat (formerly at Campanile, A.O.C., and Cooks County) to open their restaurant. But Friends & Family is a hybrid space, somewhere between a shop and place to...
Chaumont Bakery
The key to a great croissant lies in its lamination. Frederic and Laila Laski, the French husband-and-wife team behind Chaumont Bakery, know this better than anyone. The first thing you’ll notice about the croissant at Chaumont is its multiple, flaky...
Lodge Bread Co
“NO BAD VIBES!” says proudly (and loudly) the slate on Lodge Bread Co’s main wall. Only good vibrations for these Culver City Beach Boys who decided to make their bread with a sixteen-hour fermentation using a wild yeast. Alan Craig,...
Proof
“The proof is in the pudding”, they say. Well it is also in this financier which is a big as a fist, if a fist could have such a good buttery smell. But the proof is also in this rhubarb...
The Sweet Nuns
When the French feel homesick in Los Angeles, the remedies are few: Petit Trois’ omelette, Republique‘s baguette, raw milk cheese from DTLA Cheese… and The Sweet Nuns’ religieuses*. Trained at L’Eclair de Genie in Paris by Christophe Adam (the Holy...
Valerie Confections
Like Jessica Koslow and her Sqirl jams, Valerie Gordon built her empire on her sweet tooth. In 2013, she began making toffees with her beau, Stan Weightman Jr.. Thirteen years later, Valerie’s Confections has three locations, and goes through 2000...
The Sycamore Kitchen
On La Brea, a small brick patio hides an excellent pastry shop, just like Tartine Bakery a few blocks North. Don’t be fooled by all the young ladies flocking to The Sycamore Kitchen for a Stumptown Cappuccino after their yoga...
Cofax
Everyone runs to Cofax for their breakfast burrito (don’t get us wrong, they’re incredible), but we’re all about Nicole Rucker’s donuts. This superwoman and former Gjusta pastry chef prepares her little donuts every morning at dawn. While the light-blue Marzocco...