Chefs

Add This One to Your Lexicon: "Pastry Luncheonette"

The only thing that stood between Kristen Murray and her dream dessert café was funding. So the former pastry chef of Paley’s Place in Portland, Ore., Aquavit in New York City and No. 9 Park in Boston took her idea to Kickstarter. She met her goal in one month, and opened the Portland, Ore.,-based pastry luncheonette Maurice in mid-November, 2013.

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