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When bakery owner Zach Martinucci moved to Denver about five years ago, people told him there were plenty of bakeries in the area. “I was like, ‘Oh, no, there’s so much room,'” Martinucci replied. “I had come from San Francisco, where there was a bakery on every street corner and you could still open more because of the love of good bread.” Since starting Rebel Bread, an artisan bakery, Martinucci has seen more bakeries and coffee shops open in the Denver area. As the worst of the pandemic passed, his wholesale business…

All about the dough Born of Bread starts off simple enough. Papa Baker, a chef for the city’s royalty, is asked to make some special bread for the evening’s dinner. After using a book with a cursed air about it, he accidentally creates a sentient dough boy. He dubs the living loaf as Loaf, and so Born of Bread begins: an adventure following a magical bread boy brought to life. It is charming, for sure. Role-playing games don’t always demo well in loud, busy show-floor settings like PAX East 2023, but Born of Bread…

Finding today’s Wordle particularly challenging? We have the answer to Wordle (#649) on March 30, as well as some helpful hints to help you figure out the answer yourself right here. We’ve placed the answer right at the bottom of the page, so we don’t ruin the surprise before you’ve had a chance to work through the clues. So let’s dive in, starting with a reminder of yesterday’s answer. Yesterday’s Wordle answer Let’s start by first reminding ourselves of yesterday’s Wordle answer for those new to the game or who…

Panera Bread will be spreading its Amazon One palm payment kiosks to more stores in Missouri and Seattle in the next few months.Image: Justin Sullivan (Getty Images)Panera Bread isn’t telling its legion of customers to shove their hand directly into their broccoli and cheese bread bowl, but a few Missouri franchisees are letting their customers know they can throw their palm onto the kiosk to pay for their meal. It’s not the first time Amazon’s palm-reading payment tech has been seen outside anAmazon-owned business,…

A sign is posted on the exterior of a Panera Bread restaurant on November 09, 2021 in Novato, California.Justin Sullivan | Getty ImagesPanera Bread is piloting Amazon's palm-scanning technology in St. Louis to offer customers a faster way to connect to their loyalty program and pay.The bakery-cafe chain, which has long been considered a leader in restaurant technology, is the latest restaurant to use what the tech giant has dubbed Amazon One. It's already been implemented in dozens of Amazon-owned Whole Foods locations,…

It took eight days for Pawo Choyning Dorji to trek up to the location of his debut film, a settlement of 56 people so high in the Himalayas that it had no communication with the world below. Everything his 35-strong crew might need for the shoot had to be hauled up by mule, with solar batteries for power because there was no electricity. The villagers he was enlisting to take part had never seen a lightbulb. “They’d never even seen sliced bread,” he says, “and had no idea how to eat it.” Nor did they have any…

Baker and cookbook writer Kim-Joy (Baking with Kim-Joy, The Great British Bake-Off) is bringing her culinary expertise to comics, with the upcoming release of Turtle Bread: A Graphic Novel About Baking, Fitting In, and the Power of Friendship from comiXology this May and Dark Horse in October. The book will follow a young baker named Yan, as she attempts to make friends and become more confident in herself and her baking. Cover to Turtle Bread by Alti Firmansyah Joining forces with artist Alti Firmansyah (Spider-Gwen,…

Three books in, we can begin to say that there are traits in Sophie Mackintosh’s novels which are particularly Mackintoshian. The image of a woman with a man’s hand around her throat. The attendant sexual violence that image suggests. A veil thrown over questions of time and location that lends both prose and plot a gauzy, fever-dream quality. That gauzy quality is likewise aided by a set of strict rules established for each story world, and momentum in Mackintosh’s novels is usually the result of those structures…

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Krispy Kreme Inc. is laying out a plan to cut debt, boost revenue and improve profitability, nearly a year and a half after its return to the public markets.Charlotte, N.C.-based Krispy Kreme—famous for its hot-light theater shops where customers can watch the doughnut production line—returned to public markets in July of 2021 after being taken private in 2016 by investment firm JAB Holding Co.  As a private company, Krispy Kreme focused on improving the quality of doughnuts it sold through…