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People often have a romantic view of owning a bakery. Whether customers think of "It's Complicated," "Moonstruck" or another classic cinematic bakery scene, the real work required to make pastries or run a store isn't as glamorous, according to two local business owners. 

This week's episode of "The Great Food Debate" dives into the work behind making pastries delicious, which treats didn't make their way to the menu and the story behind their unique restaurant names. 

This week's panelists are: 

- Michelle Allen, owner of MMELO Boutique Confections

- Jeff Excell, owner of Fox in the Snow

 Other restaurants mentioned in this episode are:

- Laughlin's Bakery, (15 E. 2nd Ave., Columbus)

- Dan the Baker (1028 Ridge St., Columbus)

- Dough Mama (3335 N. High St., Columbus)

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This podcast was produced and hosted by Abby Armbruster, ThisWeek social-media strategist.

The MLB arrives in London right after England's embarrassing 64-run loss to Australia in the Cricket World Cup. We're right in the middle of the FIFA World Cup, where the English women have reached the semifinals. The area is gearing up for the start of Wimbledon next week.

But we're playing professional baseball games, that count in the standings, in a converted soccer stadium with artificial turf. The fence to straightaway center field will be a whopping 385 feet. 

This doesn't feel like a baseball event. It feels like a gimmick.

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T&G reporter Kim Ring talks about her "Lives Left Behind" series, which seeks to reunite family members and unclaimed cremations. 

Part 1: Daughter claims ashes of mother thought buried in pauper’s grave

Part 2: Lives Left Behind: Spencer man’s cremains, unclaimed since 2012, to join those of fiancee

Part 3: Lives Left Behind: Remains of Mary Gagnon in hand, search for family continues

Part 3 (continued): Lives Left Behind: Sister retrieves sibling’s remains after years of silence, prayers

The Pulitzer Prize-winning author talks about "The Pioneers," citing contributions by a Tiverton boat builder and a Providence surveyor.

Historian David McCullough says in his new book, “The Pioneers,” that the settlement of the Northwest Territory in the late 18th century was a key event in American history — and it happened with the help of some Rhode Islanders.

The two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning author’s book, which is subtitled “The Heroic Story of the Settlers Who Brought the American Ideal West,” tells of a group of New Englanders who set out to inhabit what was then called the frontier — the land just beyond McCullough's hometown of Pittsburgh.

Veterans of the Revolutionary War were keen on making the most out of an offer by the newly minted American government for free land in exchange for their military service.

“They were promised fine land with good soil, with few rocks," a draw for New Englanders, McCullough said in a recent phone interview from his home in Hingham, Massachusetts.

He said that two Rhode Islanders made great contributions to the settlement effort.

Interview with Dr. James Porter. He's a professor emeritus of ecology at the University of Georgia who has spent 20 years researching the ecological effects of munitions that find their way underwater.

Coastin' Editor Jerry Boggs chats with Armand Marchand about his career and his journey to executive producer of New Bedford Festival Theatre.

Times-Union reporter Matt Soergel talks with Page One Podcast host Mark Woods about plans for a documentary that will feature the Jacksonville roots of Southern rock.