Bodega Bakes: Recipes for Sweets and Treats Inspired by My Corner Store Ryan Boudreaux chef Melissa M

chef Melissa M

It is about using only local ingredients

Freda DeKnight was the Home Service Director for Johnson Publishing Company and author of Ebony magazine's monthly column

she edited and contribut- ed to 43 Tables: An Internet Community Cooks During Quarantine

Bodega Bakes: Recipes for Sweets and Treats Inspired by My Corner Store Ryan Boudreaux chef Melissa MAuthor: Paola Velez A 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 the James Beard nominated chef,