Con Pane Bakery Is Second Career for Local Businesswoman Published July 24, 2009 • Updated on January 16, 2020 at 10:23 pm Catherine Perez was a financial analyst for 10 years, but found her passion for a good loaf of bread fueled her desire to start a new business. 5 photos 1/5 Marianne Kushi Con Pane menu is displayed on big chalkboards. 2/5 Marianne Kushi Owner Catherine Perez, hired her best friend Emanual Burgin, who was writing a book in Prague, Czechoslavakia to the register. 3/5 NBC 7 Con Pane waitress holding sandiwiches made with artisan breads. 4/5 Marianne Kushi Mouth-watering turkey cobb sandwich with roast turkey, smoked bacon, Gorgonzola, Roma tomatoes on artisan bread. 5/5 Marianne Kushi Catherine Perez, owner of Con Pane offers artisan breads--ciabatta, challah, Gruyere and chive bread, rosemary olive boule, cinammon rolls, pear almond scones. More Photo Galleries Photos: Damage at the now-closed historic Wayfarers Chapel See photos from Usher's Super Bowl LVIII halftime show See all the excitement of Super Bowl LVIII in pictures PHOTOS: February's storm pounds San Diego, parts of California with heavy rain