The Bakery That Started in a Blackout

When Hurricane Maria stripped Puerto Rico of power in September 2017, Raquel Soto lost everything in her small San Juan restaurant. No electricity, no refrigeration, no customers. For weeks she cooked over a wood fire in her backyard, feeding neighbors with whatever she could scavenge — plantains, rice, canned beans. She told reporters she cried every night, wondering if God had forgotten her island.…