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Long before the first car pulls off I-17, the lights are on in the Rock Springs bakery. It is four in the morning, the desert is still cool and dark, and the ovens are already warm. By the time the freeway out front starts to fill, the day's first pies are cooling on the racks: a crumb-topped apple you can smell across the room, and a bourbon pecan, glossy and just set.

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As with so many businesses in the age of coronavirus, Arizona-based event company Cloth & Flame has had to adjust to the new normal. Since Governor Doug Ducey’s executive order prohibiting large gatherings went live, Cloth & Flame has been concentrating on smaller gatherings, including corporate events (splitting larger parties into smaller groups) and micro weddings. They specialize in “boundary pushing” custom-designed experiences in “accessible and seemingly impossible locations.” We recently spoke with owner Matt...