Making the world a little sweeter one pastry tip at at time.
Equipment will be up for auction for the former Stella d’Oro plant in Bronx, NY will be up for auction on Feb. 9 at 10 am Eastern. Previews will be held on Feb. 8 only, with earlier previews by appointment only. Items up for auction …read more
Complete Sweet Goods Baking Plant is having an auction on March 10, at 10 am Pacific. A preview will be held on March 8-9, and earlier by appointment only. They will have mixers, extruders, depositing lines, oven racks, sealers and case wraps, professional slicers, and …read more
From ‘Baking Buyer’ – notes/highlights from the 2009 American Retail Bakery Exposition in Charlotte, NC and “Cake Trends” workshop during the ARBE show. From there I read about Jennifer Atwood Ruiz using a Cricut machine to cut gum paste shapes and lettering. It also apparently works with …read more
Haven’t been to Portland in a long, long, long time, but a long, long, long time ago I used to love the Coffee People coffee. I know Diedrichs has it now and Coffee People coffee can still be purchasedhttp://www.coffeepeople.com/t-about.aspx but was it the name or …read more
Mark Your Calendars. Where will you be in November? Nov 6-15: Kona Coffee Cultural FestivalKona, Hawaii – Free tastings, Coffee picking contest, historical farm tours, ‘Little Miss Kona Coffee Berry Pageant’.http://www.konacoffeefest.com/schedule.asp Nov 6-7: 3rd Annual Chocolate Festival of Texas & Texas WinesMurder mystery, wine/chocolate pairings, silent …read more
Upon doing research for coffee, I found out what civet coffee was: coffee made from the droppings of an animal know as the ‘civet’, a cat with a fox-like face. The beans are whole when the exit the body, are cleaned and then processed for …read more
In case you were not able to attend the live webcasts, here are the cliff notes from two of my favorite presentations: cake decorating trends and the gelati 101 presentation. The pictures were from the downloadable slides from the show. Here is the link to …read more
Back in May I wrote about Red Band Flour and that it was being discontinued.The original blog is here. In response to the dismay in everyone’s voice from comments and emails, I contacted a person who I knew could give me more information and hopefully …read more
Auction of Equipment from A Major Wholesale Bun & Roll Bakery Facility (out of business). Auction begins – Wednesday, October 7th, 2009 Scheduled start time: 11:00 AM US Central Pre-views and inspections are on Oct. 5 & 6. Below link shows equipment and items up …read more
Clabber Girl (brand of baking powder) is joining with Innophos Inc to make InnoveFree Baking Powder. This baking powder is aluminum free AND sodium free. Here is a pdf file about the new product from the manufacturer directly.http://www.innophos.com/__documents/I-6%20InnovaFree%20LR.pdf