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Writer // Editor // French Bread Pizza Maker // LA Food Editor @sfgate

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How Calif. ice cream pioneer Baskin-Robbins created the endless free sample

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By Karen Palmer Verified
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It's not often that family businesses turn into giant multinational brands, but in the case of ice cream behemoth Baskin-Robbins, easily the largest and most recognizable ice cream chain in the world, it really was that simple. After serving in World War II, two Southern California brothers-in-law decided to enter the scoop business - and the result is an empire built on small pink plastic spoons. In 1945, Irv Robbins opened Snowbird Ice Cream in Glendale.
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Open less than a year, Appellation Healdsburg is named the country's top resort

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By Karen Palmer Verified
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In 2024, a hotel in the quiet coastal Southern California town of Oceanside was named the best resort in the country by Travel + Leisure. Two years later, another Golden State hotel has topped the list - and months before it has even reached its first anniversary, no less.
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Wayfarer Bread, one of Calif.'s best bakeries, has zero plans to expand

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By Karen Palmer Verified
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Lining up for pastries in cities like San Francisco and Los Angeles is nothing new - and if anything, it has become de rigueur at both cities' best bakeries. But some might be surprised to find a postage stamp-sized, best-in-class bakery that's been quietly drawing lines for years in a sleepy Southern California beach enclave, just steps away from the Pacific Ocean.
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