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Baking happens with ingredients that last for months and come to life inside a warm oven. Baking is slow and leisurely.

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Regina Brett
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: May 31
Columnist
Journalist
Writer
Ravenna
Ohio
Happens
Baking
Come
Ingredients
Life
Slow
Warm
Months
Inside
Leisurely
Lasts
Oven
Last
Ovens

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