A one-woman bakery, from Romania to PT

By Allison Arthur
PT Leader

Anca Hasson started experimenting with melting sugar when she was a girl growing up in Romania. She remembers rations of a half a kilogram - about a pound - of sugar per person a month. And the only nuts available were walnuts from local trees.

Today Hasson owns her own wholesale bakery business, Pastry Design by Anca.

It's a one-woman show, and she's just finished her first successful season with the Port Townsend Farmers Market, where she routinely sold out of baked goods such as pecan toscas, almond croissants and nut tarts with four kinds of nuts, including macadamia. Read More