At one Bellmore bakery, customers aren’t only able to buy custom cakes, cookies, pastries and sweet treats, but also they can bake and decorate confections themselves, with the help of experts …
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By Julie Mansmann
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8/7/14
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Nancy, the Cupcake Lady gave Bellmore residents the chance to have their cake and eat it too recently. For the fourth straight syear, cupcake lovers made their way to the Bedford Avenue bakery for …
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By Julie Mansmann
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7/16/14
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Meredith Gulfman has been a teaching assistant at Merrick’s Birch Elementary School for six years, but she’s also been baking all her life. Still, she said she was unsure whether …
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By Julie Mansmann
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6/19/14
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I jumped on eBay to bid on one of the last packs of Twinkies and found that the price is already up to $200,000.
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11/29/12
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Baking and sharing recipes have long been traditions in Rose Fuger’s family. Fuger, who co-owns A Taste of Home Bakery in North Bellmore with her sister, Monica Tarantino, recently shared her …
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By Deirdre Krasula
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7/5/12
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On June 19, the Oceanside Fire Department responded to 3436 Lawson Blvd. for a report of smoke coming from the roof. Upon arrival, the signal for a working fire was transmitted. The fire was brought …
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6/28/12
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Jeanie Annecco was her family’s designated baker by age nine. Since she adored baking, her mother wasn’t fond of it, and her father loved eating baked goods, everyone was happy.
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Teri Ann Loeser
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4/5/12
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A little inspiration goes a long way — all the way across the ocean.
Andrea Giordano, a school crossing guard and lunch monitor at the George Washington School in West Hempstead, motivated …
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Lee Landor
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1/11/12
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Serbian tennis star Novak Djokovic has been known to credit much of his success to his gluten-free lifestyle. It certainly didn’t seem to hurt him when he won the U.S. Open in early September. When Bare Naked Bakery and Café in Bellmore was picked to make the dessert for the USTA Serves’ Annual Opening Night Gala, it was merely coincidence that the local café and bakeshop offers solely gluten-free items. USTA Serves is the national charitable foundation of the U.S. Tennis Association.
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By Deirdre Krasula, dkrasula@liherald.com
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10/10/11
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If you live in or around West Hempstead, you’ve probably heard of Riesterer’s Bakery.
Famous for generations for selling crispy treats on the Island, the bakery hosted a block party …
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By Lee Landor and Kat Teurfs
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8/24/11
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