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Tony Doré wears a face mask as baguettes cool in his bakery in Paris' 15th arrondissement. Eleanor Beardsley/NPR hide caption

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The Coronavirus Crisis

'Boulangeries Are Helping Us Make It Through': In France, Bakeries Remain Essential

April 9, 2020 • In a country that consumes 10 billion baguettes every year, "If the bakeries started closing, people would be unnerved," says Paris baker Tony Doré. His boulangerie now stays open seven days a week.

'Boulangeries Are Helping Us Make It Through': In France, Bakeries Remain Essential

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Mail-Order Pies: An Expensive Slice Of Nostalgia For Which Many Will Pay

An employee at Grand Traverse Pie Co. in Michigan makes cherry pies. The company has been shipping pies since 1998, when people still had to phone in their orders. Beryl Striewski/Grand Traverse Pie Co. hide caption

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The Salt

Mail-Order Pies: An Expensive Slice Of Nostalgia For Which Many Will Pay

December 25, 2018 • It can cost more to ship a pie than the price of the pie itself, and causes bakers a lot of headaches. So why does business boom over the holidays? Well, that's personal.

Kinky Cakes: Inside The World Of Adult Bakeries

Sweet n' Nasty molds hundreds of adult chocolates in house, including these handcuffs and keys — which are used to top bachelorettes' cakes or sold on their own with the phrase, "Eat your way out!" Courtesy of Sweet n' Nasty Bakery hide caption

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The Salt

Kinky Cakes: Inside The World Of Adult Bakeries

April 8, 2017 • Bachelorette parties aren't the only source of business for bakers who specialize in racy confections. Think divorces, vasectomies, breast implants, military deployments and even funerals.