It’s America’s pastry renaissance, and our experts zeroed in on the crème de la crème. These are the best American cities for pastry.

The owner is expanding into first brick-and-mortar building. She’s spent the last few years making homemade cakes for events and weddings.

And in the years since, some have transitioned into bona fide brick-and-mortar bakeries ... There are boudin-stuffed pastry pockets in New Orleans, shakshuka morning buns in Detroit, and matcha ...