Bakery

PROVINCETOWN - The beginning of Race Point Road, a turn off Route 6 that leads to a magnificent 8-mile stretch of National Seashore beach, is home to what passes on the Outer Cape for a small shopping plaza. There’s a yoga studio, a dog grooming business, a caterer, and a design shop. Off to the side is a nursery. Tucked behind them all, in a big, red barn-like building, is Connie’s Bakery and Fresh Food. Connie’s has a homey, welcoming feel, with a little late-’70s vibe.

Panera Bread Co. said it is officially opening one of its bakery cafes in Boston's Theater District Wednesday. The new Panera on Stuart Street has a format that includes intimate seating areas, a fireplace, and a community table. There is free WiFi Internet access. And the cafe is also offering a catering menu that is available for breakfast, lunch, and snacks. This option is available for groups from five to 500, Missouri-based Panera said. The cafe employs 52 people and is the second to open in the Boston area this year, the company said.

Katie Rooney grew up baking with her mother and grandmother, whose buttery scones, rich spanakopita, and baklava were some of her favorite comfort foods. Two years ago, Rooney took her Greek family recipes, put her own spin on them, and started 3LittleFigs, selling her pastries at local farmers' markets and shops. Before long, the self-appointed ‘‘Big Fig" had a following. Now, with the help of two other "Figs," her mother, Kathy Gulde, and sister, Caroline Gulde, Rooney recently opened a bright, cozy 18-seat bakery cafe in Somerville, with white and azure walls.

South Shore residents who have been craving Maggie Warshaw's chocolate cake since the closing of Maggie's Corner in Cohasset some five years ago will be glad to hear they can find that legendary confection at Baked, her daughter Jennifer Warshaw's latest venture in North Scituate. Besides making inventive cupcakes, cookies, and breakfast treats for Baked, the younger baker also operates the breakfast and lunch cafe 5 South Main in Cohasset. Jennifer Warshaw is uabashedly devoted to cupcakes ($2.50 to $3)

South Shore residents who have been craving Maggie Warshaw's chocolate cake since the closing of Maggie's Corner in Cohasset some five years ago will be glad to hear they can find that legendary confection at Baked, her daughter Jennifer Warshaw's latest venture in North Scituate. Besides making inventive cupcakes, cookies, and breakfast treats for Baked, the younger baker also operates the breakfast and lunch cafe 5 South Main in Cohasset. Jennifer Warshaw is uabashedly devoted to cupcakes ($2.50 to $3)

WELLFLEET — Along a stretch of Route 6 dotted with saltbox cottages and eateries serving lobster rolls and broiled scallops, sits a slightly out-of-place French bakery and restaurant. PB Boulangerie Bistro was opened in April by French natives Philippe Rispoli, 37, and Boris Villatte, 31 (PB is for their first names). The bakery sells close to 250 baguettes and 1,500 plain, chocolate, and almond croissants each day; dozens more loaves such as fig, olive, sourdough, multigrain, and brioche; sublime croque monsieurs, and assorted charcuterie, meats, cheeses, and specialty items.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - They promise to entice the senses with a “hint of cinnamon-ginger spice’’ and a “refreshingly zesty lemon creme filling,’’ but some batches of Lemon Chalet Creme Girl Scout cookies didn’t quite turn out that way. A Kentucky bakery that makes the cookies pulled some batches Thursday after about a dozen people complained of a foul smell and taste. Little Brownie Bakers in Louisville, one of two US bakeries that makes Girl Scout cookies, said yesterday that no one has gotten sick from the stinky, bad-tasting cookies sold...

In the early years of her marriage, Theresa Bombardieri worked in a North End bakery her father-in-law opened in the early 1900s. When the bakery's property was taken by eminent domain in the late 1950s for construction of the Callahan Tunnel, Mrs. Bombardieri and her husband, Rocco, looked for a new location to start a business and found a place almost across the street from their home in Dorchester. "We bought the land from the Boston School Committee 27 years ago," she told the Globe in 1986.

COHASSET - Turns out the punning possibilities are practically endless for cupcakes banned from airplane travel as a terrorist threat. Think cupcake wars ad infinitum - which has turned out just swell for Wicked Good Cupcakes, a tiny bakery in Cohasset. Late last month, agents for the federal Transportation Security Administration at Las Vegas-McCarran International Airport confiscated one of the bakery's "National Velvet" cupcakes that a Boston-bound passenger had packed for her family's lunch.

By Justin A. Rice, Town Correspondent Had Tuesday's episode of The Mentor aired on any other night, Kelly Delaney and her husband Frank would've hosted a watch party for all their acquaintances. But the owner of Danvers-based Cakes for Occasions (57 Maple St.), the gourmet bakery being featured on the Bloomberg Television Network show at 9 p.m. tonight, has 315 orders to fill for Thanksgiving. "We're kind of keeping it low key, the timing happens to be before our Thanksgiving pick up for the store," Delaney, who has...

By Natalie Feulner, Town Correspondent The week before Mother's Day, May 13, two Dedham bakeries will donate proceeds made from the sale of a specialty dessert to the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Boston Bakes for Breast Cancer, Inc. Aquitaine and Whole Foods Market in Legacy Place will join more than 250 other participants restaurants, bakeries, and cafes throughout Massachusetts, a news release about the event said. Participating bakers will create a unique dessert that will start at $3 apiece.

Mitt Romney, even at 65, is known for his handsome face and slim waistline — qualities he likely has not maintained by gobbling desserts. But his refusal to eat cookies made by a beloved Pittsburgh bakery is drawing not admiration but ire from locals and Democrats. At a campaign event on Tuesday, Romney joked with a woman about a plate of cookies on the table where they were sitting. "I'm not sure about these cookies," Romney said to the woman. "Did you make those cookies?

The awning reads "Armenian pizza" in capital letters. These freshly made lamejun ($2.25 each, 12 for $16.99) start with thin dough, which is topped with ground beef, slivers of vegetables, and herbs. They're served right from the oven with a lemon wedge. The 10-inch rounds are bright stars at Armenian Market & Bakery, which opened in January across from the Watertown Mall. When you need to take a break from Best Buy and Target, the market offers tender schwarma and kebabs, packaged Middle Eastern foods, prepared dishes, and friendly hospitality.

This is the story of a one-eyed dog from Puerto Rico (now deceased), a young, artsy couple searching for their calling in life, and Target. But that part comes later. The story begins around 2000, when a do-gooder brought Pearl, a scab-ridden stray, to the US hoping someone would adopt her, except who wants a vision-impaired Boxer with heartworm? Pearl was close to being euthanized when Robert Van Sickle and Deborah Gregg decided that they should make her theirs. "I still remember the first time I met Pearl," Van Sickle, now 39, recalled the other day. "There is something about certain...

A new Panera Bread will open in Harvard Square Friday, April 13. Photo courtesy of Panera Bread. By Brock Parker, Town Correspondent Panera Bread will open a two-story restaurant in Harvard Square Friday at the former location of Bob Slate Stationer. The Missouri-based chain is hoping the new restaurant in Cambridge at 1288 Massachusetts Ave. will be one of its top two or three locations in the Boston area, said Gregg Godfrey, the joint venture area director for Panera.

Customers of a gluten-free bakery were surprised last month to see the shop has gone out of business. All Can Eat bakery and cafe opened at 937 North Main St., the former site of Zeppy's Baigel Bakery, almost two years ago to great fanfare, especially among those with food allergies. Customers had traveled from as far away as Rhode Island to get their cakes, brownies, muffins, and breads that were free of potential allergens such as gluten, nut, soy, and sesame. Now, however, visitors are greeted with large signs advertising that the 8-acre location is available for...

COHASSET - Turns out the punning possibilities are practically endless for cupcakes banned from airplane travel as a terrorist threat. Think cupcake wars ad infinitum - which has turned out just swell for Wicked Good Cupcakes, a tiny bakery in Cohasset. Late last month, agents for the federal Transportation Security Administration at Las Vegas-McCarran International Airport confiscated one of the bakery's "National Velvet" cupcakes that a Boston-bound passenger had packed for her family's lunch.

Season two of the Food Network's cooking competition show "Sweet Genius" includes a roster stacked with local foodies. Thursday night's debut episode featured Braintree's Charlene Smith, who was declared the winner by host Ron Ben-Israel and will return for the show's finale. Some of the other locals vying for the $10,000 prize are Steve Butters of Butter Cafe and Bakery in Walpole, Phillip Caramello, a pastry chef and owner of Rollin' Dough, as well as Dorian McCarron, Erin Gardner, Charles Draghi, and Victoria Donnelly.

Makes 16 to 18 sandwich cookies 1  cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, melted and cooled slightly   3/4  cup granulated sugar  1  teaspoon vanilla extract  1  cup semisweet chocolate chips, melted and cooled slightly  1  egg  1 1/2  cups flour  3/4  cup Dutch-processed cocoa powder  1  teaspoon kosher salt  1/2  teaspoon baking soda  1. In a bowl, whisk together the butter and...