Making the world a little sweeter one pastry tip at at time.
Pastry tips are now all sold in their ‘family’ packs, just like always, but the individual tips will now be by special order. If there is a particular tip you need without needing a large individual order, send me an email and I’ll see if …
From Barry Callebaut, the recognizable chocolate company has opened a pilot plant in Eddystone, PA, for research and development purposes. It will be a scaled-down version of an actual cocoa factory so it can produce new items for testing that can be recreated easily in …
Food & Restaurant EquipmentPrime Equipment and Auction CompanyBegins April 21, 2011 at 2:00pm Central, and ends same day 6:00 pm Central.
In New York on March 29? If you are, and around Vanderbilt Hall, East side between 11:30am-7pm, then stop by The World’s Largest Bake Sale. The World’s Largest Bake Sale is a fundraiser, which the host Sandra Lee, hopes to raise $50,000 to benefit The Food Bank of …
Flourless chocolate cake is as simple a dessert as it comes. Containing just yolks, eggs, sugar, chocolate and butter, it is a grown up’s version of a brownie cake. Flourless chocolate cake is rich and decadent in flavor, but light in texture. For the cake …
Hosted by the San Diego Cake Club, the event will take place inside the La Jolla Village Square Mall shopping center. This is part of the Annual Cake Show, which takes place from March 5 to March 6. Proceeds will benefit the Ronald McDonald House …
The National Coffee Association will have its annual conference on March 16-19 in New Orleans. With its association with International Women’s Coffee Alliance, the National Coffee Assiociation will have The International Women’s Coffee Alliance Luncheon on March 19 at the Roosevelt Hotel, New Orleans. It will …
Looking to brush up your resume? Here are some examples and tips for writing a resume for the pastry professional. Good things to include or touch up on for later follow up: What sets you apart from the rest What did you bring to the …
That Takes The Cake Sugar Art Show & Cake Competition at the North Austin Convetion Center, February 26 – 27. You can purchase a general pass for the event, or pick up tickets for the the screening of “Kings of Pastry.” From ‘That Takes the …
Strange news in the children’s candy department. MSNBC is reporting that a 12 year old girl found the message “NICE T—“ on a heart candy in a bag of Brach’s small conversation candy pieces, referring in a not-so-nice way to a woman’s chest. Just a reminder that parents …
Think flowers, think vegetables, think…bugs? On my Old School Pastry blog, I’ve found different recipes that were done by confectioner’s long before commercial food coloring was available to the masses. How to Make Yellow Food Coloring (Saffron) How to Make Green Food Coloring (Spinach) How …
Celebrate National Pie Day ! The photo left is a Buttermilk Pie cutouts of flower shapes for the crust border. Here are some other recipes to try from PastrySampler.com: Apple Butter Nut Tart Fresh Blackberry Pie Black Bottom Cherry Pie with a Nut Crust Spiced …
In Old School Pastry, read about courmarin and tonka beans – they were once used in creating imitation vanilla flavor.
Pastry Chef line of t-shirts are being rolled out on both Pastry Sampler Pasty Chef Tshirts section and the Etsy site. We do custom orders – is there a position you want to see on your t-shirt? (think ‘cake decorator’, etc.) Email us! We specialize …
Okay, you want a little bling or sparkle for a cake, and don’t know where to begin? There are special molds made just for that – molds for creating edible candy jewels for pastry. Depending on the material of the mold, they can be made …
Use isomalt as you would sugar. Isomalt is a chemically-produced sugar substitute perfect for candy-making as it creates a more humidity- and moisture-resistant product. When it is being boiled, it doesn’t need any anti-crystallizing ingredients as it does a great job of resisting crystallization on …