This cookbook spotlights the recipes, traditions, and tales of a popular New Jersey bakery that started as a tiny, hole in the wall but became a pillar of resilience for the community during the global pandemic. Montclair Bread Company not only offers bountiful baked treats to throngs of fans, and is a mecca for runners who line up each year to race for doughnuts, it is the epitomy of adapting to survive a crisis.

Rachel Wyman grew up in Maryland and as a child watched her grandmother make wedding cakes. After graduating from the University of Florida with a French degree, she studied baking and pastry at the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, NY, where she discovered a passion for baking bread. She has worked for Bread Alone Bakery, Amy’s Bread, and the Ritz-Carlton and has developed bread recipes for Wegmans, Whole Foods, Target, and Starbucks.

She is the founder and owner of the Montclair Bread Company in Montclair, NJ, and recently launched Gunkin' Doughnuts in New Paltz, NY. She splits her time between the two locations along with her three children, Josie, Mac, and Keegan, her partner Brad (“Will Run for Doughnuts” photographer), his daughter Olive, a giant bunny named Prim and their dog Dottie. When she's not baking, Rachel can be found running, biking or climbing in the Gunks.

Ali Felleris the host of the Ali on the Run Show podcast — the #1 running podcast in the country. Every week, Ali talks with inspiring people who are doing exciting things on the run and beyond, from the fastest runners in the world (Des! Emma! Shalane!) to everyone's favorite running couples (Steph and Ben! Kara and Adam! Sara and Ryan!), to the runners who make up the middle and back of the pack. Ali is the former editor-in-chief of Dance Spirit magazine, and is a freelance writer and editor who covers women's health, fitness, running, and dance, for publications including Women's Running, Self, Shape, Well+Good, Women's Health, Dance Magazine, and more. She's a six-time marathoner, many-time half-marathoner, mom to three-year-old Annie, and dog mom to six-year-old Ellie.

Rachel Wyman, "Will Run for Doughnuts" with Ali Feller