
The best consumer goods are those you actually consume. Post-Thanksgiving Small Business Saturday at the gourmet doughnut shop.
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Fans line up and take notes to meet Sprinkles founder Candace Nelson at her New York book launch on Oct. 25.
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I happened to be in New York the day after Magnolia Bakery marked its 20th anniversary on July 14. I regret missing the field research opportunity, but I saw the remnants.
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I dipped a toe into Instagram and composed a cupcake photograph during cherry blossom season.
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Cupcakes politicized. From the National Press Club to mark the January release of Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian from Iran.