"I kept telling myself, 'One day, I'm going to try these,'"
"One of the things while I was in that marriage that essentially kept me alive was this hope of when you get out of here, you're going to start a business,"
"Once I tried her stuff and realized how talented she is, I made it a goal at that point that we had to make this happen,"
Tamara Adams left an abusive marriage eighteen years ago and relied on culinary skills developed since age 17 to support four children. She launched Honey & Pearl as a pop-up in 2016 and expanded after meeting Vinnie Esparza, who encouraged her to pursue the business full time. The couple built a following with regular pop-ups from 2018 and signature items like Tamara’s guava chiffon cake, filling a local void left by closed bakeries. Baking provided financial independence and emotional survival for Tamara and became the foundation for a successful Emeryville bakery run by the couple.
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