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A Multicultural Bakery

Pepperoni rolls meet Yemeni samosas

by Sally Mitani

posted 12/12/2011

It's perhaps not surprising that a place called the Roma Bakery bills itself as "home of the pepperoni roll" and has a glass case full of cannoli, cheesecake, and the tiny cookies that Italians love so much with their espresso. But less predictably, the Roma Bakery's outdoor sign is also printed in Arabic. On any given day, Roma is full of women in hijab,

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