She moved from Copenhagen to New York for love. The love didn't last. New York did. The Danish bakery she opened in Tribeca to cope with heartbreak is now the city's most beloved problem. Astrid Jensen, 29, opens a Danish bakery in Tribeca six months after her relationship ends and she decides to stay in New York rather than return to Copenhagen. She expected it to be a coping mechanism. She did not expect it to become the city's most reviewed, most discussed, most socially complicated small business — because Astrid bakes exactly what she is feeling each morning, and what she is feeling is complicated, funny, devastating, and delicious. The romance with Marco — an Italian-American food journalist who reviews the bakery in his first week and then cannot stop coming back — develops with the specific warmth of two people who communicate better through food than conversation.
Act One — The Opening
The bakery's first week. Marco's review. The specific pastry Astrid made the morning of his visit and what it communicated.
Act Two — The Menu
The bakery's emotional menu developing across weeks. Marco eating his way through Astrid's feelings.
Act Three — The Recipe
What Astrid bakes the morning she understands she has fallen in love again.
