In the wee hours of the morning, six days a week, James Price trudges downstairs from his apartment into his bakery to heat up the brick ovens in preparation for cooking his 17th century-recipe macaroons. When customers walk through the door of St. Julien Macaroons, Price's 4 a.m. effort is evident in the wonderful, mouth-watering almond-scented aroma wafting from the bakery.

I was providential when somewhat adverse circumstances 26 years ago pushed the Price family toward creating St. Julien Macaroons of White Oaks Farm. Today, James Price ships the delicious confections all over the world. In 1974, James' father, W. C. Price, was a stockbroker who experienced as business setback that cut the family income in half.

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King David Coffee Roasters, located in historic Nashua, New Hampshire is in a 100 year old mill building at the confluence of the Nashua and Merrimack rivers. Our roast master has been roasting specialty coffee beans (the top 6% of the coffee crop) since 2000.

We genuinely hand roast our coffee using a traditional style drum roaster with a 1 to 30 pound small batch capacity. This is true artisan roasting giving you, our valued customer the finest fresh roasted coffee available. We keep our overhead low and this allows us to offer our coffee at a delivered price (free shipping) that is more than fair.

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Earthlings Baked Goods is a family owned and operated home-based business.

Jeannine Wegmueller is the primary Baker and recipe developer. She has over 20 years of culinary experience and a degree from Johnson & Wales University.

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What becomes a legend most? Photographs with the President? Visitors testimonials from all over the world singing the praise of Mike's Pastry, in the press, in private, on the streets and by endless stories passed on from generation to generation in the traditional Italian way?

The streets of Boston's North End have been in no small part defined by the ongoing legacy of Annette and Mike, their ancestors and enormous extended family and the spirit and inspiration brought to the North End of Boston by this neighborhood-defining family.

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