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From software to sourdough: Menlo Park resident starts home-based microbakery Kirana Bakehouse
At a home in The Willows neighborhood of Menlo Park lives a sourdough starter named Albus. Created during a baking workshop at Le Cordon Bleu Paris, Albus now plays an essential role in Vanya Weng’s home bakery.

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According to Redwood City Pulse’s source item, From software to sourdough: Menlo Park resident starts home-based microbakery Kirana Bakehouse, At a home in The Willows neighborhood of Menlo Park lives a sourdough starter named Albus. Created during a baking workshop at Le Cordon Bleu Paris, Albus now plays an essential role in Vanya Weng’s home bakery.
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