Downtowner wants Memphis to know ‘the sweeter side of Japanese food’
“I always fell into baking when I got down or sad or bored, and that’s just something I leaned into when I felt myself losing interest in HR,” said Aika Renzo, owner of Wagashi Japanese Bakery. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian)
Baker Aika Renzo opened Wagashi Japanese Bakery in November to fill a culinary void in Memphis.
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Joshua Carlucci
Joshua Carlucci is a food writer and professional cook from rural Central California. He is a Memphis transplant by way of New Orleans and New York City. He has a bachelor’s in English from UC Berkeley, a culinary diploma from the Institute of Culinary Education and is an MFA candidate in Creative Writing at the University of Memphis.
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