In the last few years, I’ve begun to do this in my own hometown: New York City is in the midst of a major pastry renaissance, and the bakery-hopping has never been better. My own stomping ...

Randy Krause Schmidt Supported by By The New York Times Across the United States, in major cities and small towns, a bakery renaissance is underway, fueled by a convergence of economics ...

Other bakeries on the list spanned the map, from New York City to South Dakota to Seattle. Madeline Wells is a senior food reporter at SFGATE, where she has covered the Bay Area restaurant scene ...