Bakery

Pastry Live is proud to announce Team Maura Metheny and Dan Forgey of Norman Love Confections as this year’s National Showpiece Champions. Along with earning the title and a cash prize of $5,000, the team was also awarded Best Chocolate Showpiece for their innovative design portraying this year’s theme of “The Art of Illusion.” …

What do you get when you add 60,000 pies and 192,000 rolls? An average day at Publix’s Atlanta bakery plant. …

Kontos Foods, Inc., a manufacturer and distributor of traditional Greek and Mediterranean foods will be exhibiting at the Asian Seafood Expo in Wanchai, Hong Kong, this Sept. 3 through 5. The company will be showcasing how its fillo and kataifi doughs can be used in popular Asian-style recipes, such as wrapped and coated shrimp and scallops and salmon turnovers. …

When you think of a dessert coating – as in the kind that creates a chocolaty shell – do you immediately think of chocolate dipped cones? Other things that may come to mind include chocolate-covered strawberries and most recently frozen pops. Whatever the case may be, these coatings add a nice crunch to frozen desserts as well as flavor. It's time to take a cue from the popular dipped cones and try out the topping shell in other applications. …

September is whole grains month and every year the Whole Grains Council celebrates with special events and promotions all month. In 2011, for example, we spread the word about whole grains with our Whole Grain Stampede campaign and in 2012, we featured a "Deal of the Day" throughout the month, and also partnered with EatingWell magazine on a whole grains recipe makeover contest. …