Adorable shop filled with so many delicious goodies that I want to sample and take them all home with me! Awesome Ben behind the counter assisted with ingredient info retrieval (via phone and visits to the kitchen) and sampling. I stopped in on Friday after my Athenian Express lunch looking for Funky Monkey loaves (definitely should buy from the shop to avoid markups at Whole Foods!) and walked out with: \n\n1. 4 fresh-from-the-oven Chocolate chip cookies and 6 also-fresh-from-the-oven Cherry-Pecan Oatmeal cookies- Great-tasting chocolate chips (reheat these in the oven back at home for messy, but lip-smacking ooey-gooey goodness!), and the oatmeal cookies are the bomb! (This is, officially, the very first time I've uttered \"the bomb\" in any review... Ha!)\n\n2. Whole wheat dinner rolls- mildly-sweet and great both toasted and straight-from-the-bag!\n\n3. Challah- haven't tried, yet. (Update: When used in French toast, both challah and wheat challah are OK- now if only I can get the custard base recipe just right! Mom doesn't care for the challah, and I'm lukewarm with these dough treatments, as well.)\n\n4. Whole wheat challah- haven't tried yet, but was told it's made from the same dough as the dinner rolls. (Update: Toasted, I don't like this as much as the wheat rolls, for some reason. The flavors give off a slight grain-y taste-smell. Imagine, if you will, scooping up some cracked-wheat berries at the bulk-bin section and taking a whiff- yeah, something like that. It takes awhile to toast up in the toaster oven, too. But freshly pulled apart, it's good. Its texture is akin to that of King's Hawaiian bread, which I cannot eat anymore due to food allergies. I don't miss it as much now that I can get wheat challah rolls!) \n\n5. Simply Bread Pure Honey. The bottle should be re-labeled \"Local Desert Wildflower Honey\" to assist those with allergies to certain varieties. Owners/management please note. I like the fact that the honey is harvested from a \"local\" bee farm (Flagstaff). I just wish there were more honey varietals/selections to choose from! LOVE the taste. Great by itself or mixed in with Kirkland-brand organic peanut butter (no added sugar, corn syrup or hydrogenated oils!) and slathered on SB's whole wheat roll!\n\nCan't wait to visit today to pick up my orders... Please note that in observance of Passover, the shop will be closed for a week starting this Thursday, so run and re-stock your bread pantry soon!
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