by Jean Bernstein | Mar 18, 2021 | Food for Thought, Life is what you bake of it., Update
Over the years we’ve always stayed true to our founding principle of cooking and baking from scratch using quality ingredients! Our owner, Jean Bernstein, reflects on how growing up inside the walls of her parents’ health food store helped shape what Flying Star is...
by Jean Bernstein | Sep 22, 2020 | Food for Thought
Exciting Times for Vegetarians, Vegans, & Flexitarians Flying Star has long been a bastion for vegetarians. Lots of fresh veggies and creative dishes designed to be delicious without meat in mind have always been a big part of our menu. We started in the 1980’s...
by Jean Bernstein | May 13, 2020 | Bakery, Recipes
This hearty, muffin is a throw back to the early hippie, health food days of 60’s and 70’s when every bakery was expected to feature at least one whole grain, healthy item. The recipe was brought to us in 1987 by 72 year old Ralph Gurule, our first baker. Ralph was a...
by Jean Bernstein | Apr 14, 2020 | Bakery, Recipes
This delicious, charming muffin is one of our very first recipes, from way back when the bakery was on the alley behind our Nob Hill Double Rainbow/Flying Star. Its creator was a veteran baker from El Paso named Louie. Louie was not a pastry chef, but he had the sweet...
by Jean Bernstein | Apr 8, 2020 | Bakery, Recipes
I thought it would be nice to pass along a little weekly home comfort in the form of a Flying Star cookie recipe. I mean, no matter what dietary discipline you follow, there are always cookies! Here’s a cookie we were just about to introduce before the Stay at...
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