
Christina Tosi, the chef and founder of “modern American” bakery Milk Bar, has never shied away from a challenge.
Tosi, 42, has loved all things sugar and baking since she was a kid in Ohio. Her summer job after freshman year of college brought her to a tiny island off the coast of New Hampshire, churning out baked goods in an industrial kitchen with no professional experience. That was her a-ha moment that drew her away from a career in math and into the baking world for good.