Bodega Bakes: Recipes for Sweets and Treats Inspired by My Corner Store Greeting-Cards on greeting cards

on greeting cards

and the beauty of handmade craftsmanship

spider in a web

which puts us in shackles even as it makes our lives easier

from the acclaimed author of Born a Crime

Bodega Bakes: Recipes for Sweets and Treats Inspired by My Corner Store Greeting-Cards on greeting cardsA baking book bursting with joy that will have you hightailing it to the oven and planning a trip to your local corner store. Growing up in the Bronx, Paola Velez's happy place was the bodega, a unique world full of color and flavor where the shelves were stocked with everything from M&M's to Muenster cheese to majarete (Caribbean corn pudding) and, of course, its own cat (IYKYK). Before she was a James Beard nominated chef, Cherry Bombe cover girl,