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FROM A SPECIAL-ORDER COOKIE EMPIRE NOW TURNED FRISCO, TEXAS, BAKERY TO A NEW COOKBOOK USING AGES-OLD TECHNIQUES, THIS IS THE SWEETEST NEWS FROM AROUND THE BAKING WORLD

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While it felt like the world was standing still during the COVID-19 pandemic, some bakeries opened their doors for the first time to lines of cooped-up customers. From a California bakery pushing out New York bagels to a Texas cookie connoisseur, these bakers didn’t let the pandemic rain on their opening-day parade.

BLACKHOLE BAKERY, KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI

On April 1, the Kansas City, Missouri, community came through for Jason Provo and Blackhole Bakery, which opened its doors for the first time eight days after the city’s stay-at-home order began. Though Jason, the bakery’s owner, considered postponing opening until after the.

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