21 year-old Nicoletta leaves her grandparents' home in the countryside to work in Rome at a restaurant owned by her estranged mother's lover.

But something sets the popular and elegant Casetta Dell'orso apart from its rivals: the entire restaurant is staffed by older gentlemen wearing glasses (as per her mother's preference).

Thrown into this adult world, Nicoletta must try to find personal and professional stability - things that become increasingly difficult to achieve as she falls under the spell of Casetta Dell'orso.

Azuma Kazuma has been obsessed with bread ever since he was six years old. Azuma comes from a family of rice farmers and whos grampa was adimint of not having bread on the table. Azumas and his sister convinced him. Though he would only eat the bread if it went well with natto, miso soup and rice for breakfast.

The owner of the bread shop shows Kazuma the wonders of bread and discovers the Azuma has "solar hands". After hearing the dream of the shop owner to create the country's own bread.

Azuma dreams too and ends up going to Tokyo himself when he`s sixteen, to compete for a spot at the foremost bread store in ...

Adaptation of Natsumi Matsumoto's shoujo manga Yumeiro Patissiere (Dream-Colored Pastry Chef).

The manga, which premiered in September 2008, tells the story of 14 year old Ichigo Amano, a clumsy girl who dreams of becoming a pastry chef.

She draws closer to fulfilling her dream when she enrolls in the St. Mary Academy culinary school and meets a tiny "spirit of sweets."