The Bakerite Ca. makes a special feature of delicious breads, and these may be seen in all their delectability at the Chocolate Shop in Nanking Road. With all these lovely breads, it does seem silly to waste one's life in eating plain bread and butter day after day.
One of the most heavenly-looking things that I have seen in years was their Honey Roll, a loaf-shaped thing covered with a rich layer of thick, transparent golden honey in which were sitting whole walnuts—the cost was 60 cents! Then I found to my delight that what the ordinary English person calls crumpets—but what Bakerite calls pikelets—may actually be bought there. Mrs. Turner, who presides over the breads, seemed to think that pikelet was an American name—but it is good old north-country English too, probably carried over to America by early colonizers! Other people know about these "pikelets" evidently, for they disappear so early on the mornings on which they are made that there wasn't one left for me to see. But I dia see a fat muffin.
Then there are rye rolls, set with caraway seeds, Russian rye bread, vitamin malt, nut bread, raisin bread, coffee rings, pecan loaf, and pies, apple, blueberry and cherry.
From breads a step takes one over to the "candies"—and what would you say to chocolate bottles filled with champagne? Fudges, vanilla, maple, chocolate, chocolates with peppermint cream centres, satin cushions—space there is not to write al that I would, Are you fond of
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