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So You Dream of Owning A Bakery…
Streetwise caught up with Daniel Budiman at his Caljava International headquarters near Los Angeles, California where he generously donated his time in the interest of entrepreneurial education.
Robert Wemischner Streetwise Interview
Robert Wemischner, author of “The Dessert Architect,” discusses The Four Cornerstones that he uses to achieve dessert perfection!
Quickbreads
With a limitless variety of ingredient combinations available in today’s marketplace, and because mixing and baking are not labor intensive tasks, QUICK BREADS offer the ability to make muffins, scones, biscuits, loaf type cakes, and even popovers fresh within limited...
COMPETITION
One Aha! moment that awakened my passion for cake decoration dealt with an episode involving my sixth grade friend, Sharon, whose cake decorator mom made a “Forget-Me-Not” cake for our classmate who was about to move. That gesture profoundly influenced my creativity...
THE CAKE LADY
Frances Kuyper was an inspiration to me and I’ll bet anyone who met her. My students and I would visit Frances at Hollenbeck Palms where she moved herself and her cake museum after the death of her husband. When she demonstrated her talents in a large room complete...
An Oops Story (An Opportunity for Learning)
My first wedding cake customer was a college chum. She wanted me to do a three-tiered cake covered in edible white royal icing daisies. At the time, my sister and I shared a studio apartment. I do not remember how I managed to store six cake layers in such a small...
HEALTHY BAKING SUMMER CLASS 2010
My summer Bakery class is in the midst of the HEALTHY BAKING/SPECIAL DIET unit which is generating interest because many of the students know of someone who is either diabetic, hypoglycemic, allergic to something ,or follows a vegan eating pattern. Luckily I...
Susan on Fox News – Good Day LA
Candied Sweetpeas
My all time favorite flower fragrance comes from sweetpeas. Last year the purchased seeds yielded lots of greenery, some flowers, and some mildew. Sigh. This year-wow, night and day from last year, as I have cut twelve bouquets and the vines are still full. The...
