Photo essay: Inside Perecca's Bakery

Owner Tony Papa pulls out loaves of baked bread from the brick oven on Friday, March 29, 2013, at Perreca's Bakery in Schenectady, N.Y. (Cindy Schultz / Times Union)

Owner Maria Perreca Papa, left, jokes with customer and family friend Vincent Vardine Jr. of Schenectady on Saturday, March 30, 2013, at Perreca's Bakery in Schenectady, N.Y. (Cindy Schultz / Times Union)

Bakers Jimbo Nellis, left, Mario Lopez, center, and Tom Bergeron work in a production line as they send dough through a loaf-shaping machine and then lay out loaves to bake in the brick oven on Friday, March 29, 2013, at Perreca's Bakery in Schenectady, N.Y. (Cindy Schultz / Times Union)

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