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Phone: 804/798-8331

Tab for two: About $25

Atmosphere: Cozy, cheerful setting, with booths and outdoor seating.

Credit cards: American Express, Visa, MasterCard, Discover

Directions: Take I-95 South
to Exit 92. Make a right
off the exit onto Route 54 West. Go through three stoplights. As you cross the railroad tracks, Homemades by Suzanne will be in front of you, to the right. Parking is available in the rear of the building.

Other info: Homemades by Suzanne also caters and prepares box lunches.

Phone: 804/798-8331

Hours: Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.; closed Sunday.

Atmosphere: Cozy, cheerful setting, with booths and outdoor seating.

Lunch tab for two: $25

Credit cards: American Express, Visa, MasterCard, Discover

Directions from Fredericksburg: Take I-95 South to Exit 92. Make a right off the exit onto Route 54 West. Go through three stoplights, and as you cross the railroad tracks, Homemades by Suzanne will be in front of you, to the right. Parking is available in the rear of the building.

Other info: Homemades by Suzanne also caters and prepares box lunches. The Colony Club in Richmond is Suzanne's special events banquet facility, at 10 E. Franklin St. The Colony Club can be reached at 804/775-2323.

I rush through dinner to get to dessert. I stir a ridiculous amount of sugar in my coffee. And whenever I see a bakery, I am inexplicably drawn inside.

Homemades by Suzanne in the quaint town of Ashland is my Mecca. I made the 40-minute drive down Interstate 95 to the bakery last week under the pretense of having lunch with a friend.

"They have the best sandwiches," I told him, all the while thinking about the glass cases full of huge buttery cookies, truffles, chocolate chess pie and pastries.

But the lunch menu at Suzanne's is extensive, too.