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Boichik Bagels Founder and CEO Emily Winston poses for a photo at the Boichik factory in Berkeley, Nov. 7, 2025. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky November 13, 2025November 13, 2025

When we first profiled Emily Winston, it was 2017 and the Cornell- and Davis-educated engineer had just sold eight dozen bagels in 13 minutes out of her home in Alameda. […]

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