Blakeman on honey cake tour of West Hempstead

Will Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman’s tasting some of Long Island’s best honey cakes on Monday be an omen for as sweet new year? Blakeman accompanied Mark Treyger, CEO of the Jewish Community Relations Council of NY  on visits to two kosher bakeries on Hempstead Avenue in West Hempstead — Riesterer’s Bakeries and Sunflower Bake Shop. Treyger paused from sampling honey cake at Sunflower (center) to discuss how bees turn bitter nectar into sweet honey. “That is a message to us about whatever challenges we might face, it’s going to get sweeter, it’s going to get better, we’ll overcome. That’s been the story of the Jewish people,” he said.