A Timely Treat

Arturo Marroquin's Breadbasket Bakery on Park Avenue is a destination for clever and tasty confections. Plainfield Plaintalker first highlighted the bakery when Marroquin offered a unique cocodrilo (crocodile) pastry with icing teeth and various filllings.

More recently, Marroquin installed a case near the front window that featured an ever-changing display of fancy cakes, many of the Tres Leches variety with fruit fillings and fanciful decorations.

In conjunction with the new craze for World Cup soccer, Marroquin offered these celebratory cakes as the games opened.

Being somewhat sports-challenged (well maybe a lot), this writer turned to outside sources for context. Click here for more about the big game which resulted in a 1-1 tie.

Next up for Mexico is a contest with France.

My understanding of the World Cup began a while back when one of my neighbors who was Colombian was totally excited about the contest and even more when Colombia won. I was still working as a reporter then, and as I recall, I pitched the story to an editor to explain the importance of the event to a large portion of the potential readership area.

It was still kind of arcane then to the general public, but for whatever reason it has now grabbed the attention of almost everybody.

Recently I learned more as WBAI programmer Hapte Selassie explained the 32-team structure on his show, Labbrish, that starts at 3 a.m. on Fridays. To a non-sports person, it sounds tremendously complicated, but to fans, it is obviously fascinating. Click here for the schedule.

My standard joke is that my only sport ever was spelling bees, but I must say the new global excitement over the World Cup is contagious and even if you are not a sports fan, it is worth a look into the soccer/football craze to see what your your fellow world citizens are enjoying.

--Bernice