"When Christine Moore followed her Yalie boyfriend to California, she walked off the plane, felt the sunshine, so unlike the dreary East Coast weather she left behind, and decided never to go back. She spent the rest of her life in Southern California, ending up in Altadena, where she lived, and Pasadena, where her popular cafe and bakery, Little Flower, serves breakfast and lunch seven days a week."
"She would also write cookbooks, make iconic caramels and marshmallows, and, with her now-closed restaurant Lincoln, jump-start the renewal of a block at the border of Pasadena and Altadena that today boasts a lively food scene. Moore died at the age of 62 on Jan. 4 after suffering a heart attack. She is survived by her three children, Maddie, 26, Avery, 24, and Colin, 18."
"Born on Nov. 6, 1963, she grew up in Maplewood, N.J. She began her working life as a waitress, then a restaurant manager and a caterer until, to fulfill a childhood dream, she took a few extension classes in baking. A tragedy in her late 20s sparked her ambition: After her best friend died in a car crash, she realized how tenuous life was, and with scant savings, she flew to Paris."
Christine Moore moved to California after following a Yalie boyfriend, embraced the sunshine, and settled in Altadena. She founded Little Flower cafe and bakery in Pasadena, serving breakfast and lunch seven days a week. She wrote cookbooks, made iconic caramels and marshmallows, and operated the restaurant Lincoln, helping revive a block on the Pasadena–Altadena border into a lively food scene. She began as a waitress, then became a restaurant manager and caterer, studied baking, and apprenticed in Paris at Gerard Mulot's bakery. She worked in pastry at Campanile and Les Deux Cafés. Moore died Jan. 4 at 62, survived by three children.
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