Yet it is home to a roadside stand serving organic fruit and vegetables, a health-food shop packed with nutritious grains and a superstore that University of Washington researchers found attracts flocks of shoppers from well outside the desert.

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Also of note: an ambitious onsite bakery (complete with a Twitter feed about what's hot from the oven) and gourmet shop stocking Prestat chocolates, Neal's Yard Dairy cheeses, and fruit and vegetables from the kitchen garden at Conran's country home.

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