ST. PETERSBURG — When Jacqueline Blowers walks into her storefronts on Central Avenue and in Kenneth City, it’s not just the smell of fresh-baked strudel, sourdough and coffee that greets her. It’s the feeling of home and the memory of a childhood spent behind the counter of a bakery in Germany.
She grew up in Wunsiedel, a town in northeastern Bavaria, where she often spent time in the back of her family’s bakery with her siblings. Her mother ran the front of the shop while her father oversaw production and operations. Baking has been a part of the Goldstein family for generations. Both of her parents are certified master bakers.
“I literally grew up in the back of my family’s bakery,” Blowers said. “It was always my dream to have my own bakery ever since I was a little girl. I wanted to do what they did, and I went to school for it in Germany.”…