Bakery

The International Dairy-Deli-Bakery Association™ (IDDBA) has announced the speaker lineup for Dairy-Deli-Bake 2013. The event will be held June 2-4 in Orlando, FL at the Orange County Convention Center. This year’s speakers include: Bill O’Reilly, Brett Favre, Alton Brown, Jim Gaffigan, Marcus Buckingham, Lowell Catlett, Carmine Gallo, Erik Qualman, Harold Lloyd, Voni Woods, Jack Li, and Carol Christison. …

Selling a product wholesale typically involves negotiating bulk orders at a discounted rate. For example, a grocery store that buys a dozen donuts from your bakery for $3 a dozen at wholesale price, rather than $6 a dozen at retail price, will then resell the product to their own customers and realize a profit. The benefit to offering wholesale distribution is that you can develop a steady stream of customers that purchase in large volume. …

The next application deadline for the International Dairy-Deli-Bakery Association™ (IDDBA) Food Safety Certification Reimbursement Program is June 1, 2013, for training completed March 1 – April 30. …

Ring-shaped, gaudily decorated with golds, greens and purples, and always containing a hidden trinket of some sort, often a tiny plastic baby, the king cake is a tradition as firmly rooted in French culture as New Orleans itself. That said, the iconic treat is increasingly open to interpretation and embellishment, as the city's home cooks, pastry chefs and bakeries put their own spin on it. …

Fastnacht Day, also known as Fat Tuesday, is celebrated the day before Ash Wednesday and the official start of Lent. Some say Fastnacht Day started as a way to empty the pantry of lard, sugar, fat, and butter, which were traditionally given up during Lent. …