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How a childhood baking habit and in-home dessert business became a pie institution
11+ hour, 15+ min ago (545+ words) The arts & culture section of the Long Beach Post When you walk into Laurie’s Pie Bar in downtown Long Beach, you’re immediately hit with the scent of vanilla, cinnamon, sugar and butter. It completes the warm feeling that you’re in…...
One of the city’s best bakeries has outgrown the garage where it began; Hey Brother Baker finally has a storefront
6+ mon, 2+ week ago (490+ words) The arts & culture section of the Long Beach Post When Jesse Hellen-Lloyd picked up baking as a hobby, he didn’t expect it to start dominating his life. But for the past 10 years, he says, he’s focused on nothing but bread....