Sticky Sticky Buns

Flour’s addictive sticky buns have been famous in Boston for years, but they received national attention in the summer of 2007, when they starred in an episode of the Food Network show Throwdown with Bobby Flay. I went head-to-head with chef Flay in a sticky bun bake-off—in front of television cameras and a live audience of about one hundred customers at Flour. After we both finished baking our buns, an agonizing hour passed during wh