Mystery burglar steals recipe of Cruffins from a San Francisco bakery

#cruffin #sanfrancisco #croissantmuffin Burglars usually steal easily disposable items a case has come to surface of the stealing of over 200 recipes from a bakery in San Francisco. This steal would take the cake and would undoubtedly figure in a list of strange heists. The burglary has been reported in foxnews.com date 9 March 2015.
The bakery is located in the Tenderloin neighborhood of San Francisco and among the 20 odd recipes stolen is a recipe for Cruffins, a croissant-muffin hybrid with flaky layers. Along with this, the thief has taken away five binders that contained more than 200 recipes from the kitchen.
Incidentally, the thief did not go in for costly items like an iPad, cash and several computers.
Of course, the pastry-chef and the owner keeps backup files of all store recipes and the robbery did not affect their work. Rather, as news of this unique robbery spread, more people flocked to the bakery because they feel that if a recipe is worth stealing, the product is worth tasting.
It is presumed that it was the work of an outsider because there is an in-house surveillance system which would discourage employees from stealing.
The burglary is certainly a mystery and there are reports that a London bakery has recently announced that they would be rolling out Cruffins. And – recipe of Cruffin was stolen. Is there any link? No thief would go to such lengths to cross the Atlantic to get hold of the recipe. Or – was someone contacted to steal it and send it across through the internet?

Cuban cigars can now come to America – thanks to US easing trade embargo on Cuba

#cubancigars #barackobama #cubanembargo The road is now clear to bring Cuban cigars into America – this has been made possible because of the easing of trade embargo against Cuba, thus opening up the communist island to increase in American travel to and from Cuba.
As a result of the new measures, US citizens can start to bring home small amounts of Cuban cigars after more than a half-century ban and this takes effect from Friday. This move is seen as a first step towards thawing of relations between the two nations after five decades of hostility.
This decision has come within three days of US officials confirming the release of 53 political prisoners that Cuba had promised to free.
President Barack Obama has plans to re-establish diplomatic relations with Cuba but, only Congress can end the five-decade embargo. However, several measures have been announced – these are giving permission to Americans to use credit cards in Cuba and US companies to export telephone, computer and internet technologies.
Limited investments in some small business are permitted and, while tourist travel has not yet been sanctioned, Americans who are authorized to visit Cuba do not need to apply for special licenses.