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Bakery

Tamale Los Angeles

La Mascota Bakery Pork Tamale

Not every meal has to involve luxury items to stand out. In fact, most don’t, which is fine by me. Luckily, my new office is within striking distance of Boyle Heights, where the streets...
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Bakery San Francisco

The Mill: Combining Great Bread and Coffee in Nopa

My infatuation with The Mill started in October 2012, when Four Barrel Coffee and business partner/baker Josey Baker set up a temporary coffee bar in front of the Nopa construction site that would eventually...
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Cookies Los Angeles

Bread Lounge Bamba Cookies

Bread Lounge, Ran Zimon’s bakery and cafe in the downtown L.A. Arts District, is best known for bread, pastries and sandwiches, but for me, bamba rule. Bamba are bite-sized, halva-like peanut butter cookies studded...
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Pastry Salt lake City

Les Madeleines Kouign Amann

$5.50 for a kouign amann?! Culinary legend Thomas Keller charges a mere $4 for the Brittany inspired baked good in Beverly Hills, yet Les Madeleines proprietor Romina Rasmussen has the gall to charge $5.50...
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Bakery Los Angeles

Bread Lounge: Bringing Israeli Flair to Los Angeles Bakery

For at least a couple years, Ran Zimon was a mysterious figure in the L.A. food world. People would tell me that he made the best brioche in the city, or that his pastries...
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Bakery Sign San Diego

Ching’s Famous Hopia Bakeshop: Filipino Treat in National City

National City has one of the largest Filipino enclaves in Southern California. This San Diego suburb devotes whole strip malls to cuisine from the Philippines. On the north side of town, Ching’s Famous Hopia...
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