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Northshore October 2025
While William Tangorra enjoys the many charms of New England, there is one thing missing in his adopted region: crumb cake. North Shore bakers might protest that we have lovely crumb cakes, but he begs to differ, opining that our version is very much lacking in crumbs. William Tangorra  “If you can see cake through the crumbs, it’s not a crumb cake,” Tangorra, owner of Colossal Crumb in Merrimac, insists, noting that in New Jersey, the dense, thick cinnamon crumb allows no gaps, creating firm, impermeable crust on top of a yellow cake.  “I have very fond memories of the crumb cake from local bakeries in northern New
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