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Think angel food cake is a recent invention? Well, you’d be thinking wrong. Angel food cake has been around a very long time, and the author of The American Pastry Cook, Jessup Whitehead, who goes into detail about its origins way back in 1894, and …
Celebrate it by making a dessert! What is a dessert? Basically, anything that you serve at the end of the meal. It could be baked, frozen, fresh, or warmed. It could also be something not even remotely sweet, like different cheeses, or even nuts and …
The thought of mixing politics and bake sales is a first for me. Here’s the premise: A bake sale where prices for the pastry, baked goods, and other offerings are based on the student’s sex and race, and is a protest for an affirmative action. According to the events …
Updated! As of April, 2015 🙂 The list sure keeps growing. The pastry field has exploded, as evidenced by the many lively dessert, baking, and pastry related shows on TV now. Here are several to check out, with direct links to their webpages. Have I …
No matter where you are in the world, there is a bakery tradeshow in your area. Here are some for the month of October: Modern Bakery Moscow (Russia) 17th Annual International Trade Fair for Bakery & Confectionery specializing in the Russian maket Will be held on October …
The trade show for the specialty coffee industry will be in Seattle, WA on September 23 – 25, 2011. The event will be at the Washington State Convention Center in Seattle. Registration is now $30.00, and can be done online, on on-site when you arrive. …
We all know baking something at the proper temperature is a good thing. But how do you convert a temperture in Celsius if it is in Fahrenheit, or in Fahrenheit if it is Celsius? A simple conversion can be done online through the many different …
What does a Haiku (you know, the 3 line 5/7/5 syllable poem) and a pastry dessert have in common? They both are the basis for “One Sweet Facebook Contest” presented by Dessert Professional. What is the assignment? Pose a picture of something that you’ve “made, baked, cooked, …
I always referred to this method as the ‘marble method’ since I tempered the chocolate on a slab of marble or on a marble table. It’s also referred to as ‘tabling’ since the chocolate is worked on a flat surface, i.e. a marble table. Here …
This listing is from ReAction International: Bakery for Sale in Fort Hamilton, Brooklyn, NY 900 square feet on first floor and a basement, at $244.44/sq. ft. $220,000 asking price Turn-key Retail bakery only (no baking on premises)
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I recently made a savory tomato tart with mozzerella for the family. Big hit, especially with the kids who have suddenly found anything with fresh tomatoes heaven (last year it was barely edible…). The first thing I did was line the pastry mold with pie …
If you’re looking for a big pastry and baking trade show to attend this year, the All Things Baking one will be held in Chicago on October 2-4, 2011. For Attendees: 3 days of networking with professionals in your industry. A look at the latest …
Assorted Candy – Morguefile.com I recently viewed a candy slideshow from Delish.com showing many different brands and kinds of candy that can no longer be found. Some were very familiar (Marathon bars!) and some I’d like to try now. That got me to thinking about …
New Pepperidge Farms Goldfish Bread.Image courtesy Pepperidge Farm. When school starts this year in the fall, a new type of bread from Pepperidge Farms will be available for kids’ sandwiches, and they will be in the shape of their favorite crackers – goldfish. The bread will …
The Divine World of Chocolate will be held at the Greater Philadelphia Expo Center at Oaks on October 28-30th. It will be for the whole family, and the group holding it expect crowds of between 5 to 7,000 people. They are currently looking for exhibitors. …