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This Jewish Baker Is a Netflix ‘Is It Cake?’ Star

JL;DR SUMMARY Melissa Alt, a Jewish baker from Teaneck, New Jersey, shines on the Netflix show Is It Cake? A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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TraditionCommunityNetflixHanukkahJewish PrideJewish BakerCulinary ArtsMelissa AltIs It Cake?Baking Journey

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Teaneck, New Jersey, United States
"The 33-year-old baker, who still lives in the New Jersey city she grew up in, spoke with Kveller about why it was important to her to bring her Jewish pride to the show, and how she first fell in love with baking thanks to her bubbe."
Buffalo, New York, United States
"My first memory of baking was when my grandmother, my bubbe, used to come visit from Buffalo, New York, and wed make sugar cookies."
Brooklyn, New York, United States
"Even in college I studied painting and sculpture at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn but the whole time I was making cakes on the side, or if I could incorporate cakes into a project, thats what I was doing."

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