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Duck Island Bread Company: A former homicide prosecutor is now a baker in Huntington
"Everybody wants to know the baker. When I was trying murder cases, nobody ever wanted to know me," Bob the Baker told CBS2's Elle McLogan.
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Elle McLogan is CBS New York's community reporter covering the borough of Queens. As a multimedia journalist, she researches, shoots, reports, and edits her own stories.
She joined CBS New York in September 2017 as a digital reporter for The Dig with Elle McLogan, a series unearthing gems in local food and culture, which she created, hosted, shot, produced, and edited. Past episodes can be found at http://CBSNewYork.com/TheDig.
In 2021, Elle won an Emmy Award in the category of Lifestyle - Short Form Content and a Folio Award in the Arts & Culture Feature category. In 2018, she was named Outstanding Social Media Personality by the New York State Broadcasters Association.
Born in Manhattan and raised on Long Island, Elle moved to North Carolina to attend Davidson College. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree with Phi Beta Kappa and magna cum laude honors.
After graduation, Elle moved to China. She spent four years working in Shanghai as a writer and host for television programs and documentaries with a focus on food and culture.
"Everybody wants to know the baker. When I was trying murder cases, nobody ever wanted to know me," Bob the Baker told CBS2's Elle McLogan.
In a bustling corner of Queens, history that was once paved over is being uncovered.
"They come from around the world because they want to taste the New York sandwich," manager Salah Alhubaishi told CBS2's Elle McLogan.
"I have a lot of people in my life that have come and passed through this business, and it's just a great thing. It's a great part of Brooklyn," owner Jason Barnett told CBS2's Elle McLogan.
"If you haven't tried a Yonah Schimmel knish, you've really never had a knish," co-owner Ellen Anistratov told CBS2's Elle McLogan.
"I never changed the formula. It's always the same, and it is still as good as it was from the beginning," founder Fred Schuster told CBS2's Elle McLogan.
"Both Greek and non-Greek customers that have been to Greece say, 'Oh, my god! This reminds me of a little shop in Greece,'" owner Joanne Cosonas told CBS2's Elle McLogan.
"This place has been in business since 1966, so it has some memories," owner Choudry Ali told CBS2's Elle McLogan.
"Everyone can use a zipper," Keith Kreizel said.
"We open up the box to give them their order, and their face just shines," co-owner Gina Masi said.
The shop helps Halloween partygoers and Broadway designers create characters from the spooky to the glamorous.
"It's very cozy, warm, very creaky," owner Loycent Gordon told CBS2's Elle McLogan.
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CBS2's Elle McLogan is shining the spotlight on hidden gems that are the heart and soul of New York style.