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From the cease-and-desist letter sent by Ansel's lawyer to the Reno bakery. (via Facebook)

Bakery That Never Used The Word “Cronut” Told To Stop Using The Word “Cronut”

While NYC pastry chef Dominique Ansel may have trademarked the word “cronut” to describe the cross-breeding of a croissant and a donut, he’s certainly not the only person to have made or sold them. Now his lawyers are sending cease-and-desist notices to bakers to get them to stop calling their creations “cronuts,” even if they’ve never used the word on their menus. [More]