The Quest For The Perfect Babka
Whenever I have houseguests I’m always sure to have a chocolate babka on hand. Babka is a yeast cake usually filled with moist layers of chocolate or cinnamon. …
Bakery
The Frosting Deco Pen Takes Your Baking To The Next Level
The Frosting Deco Pen by Kuhn Rikon may be just the tool to take my decorating from frustrating to fabulous. …
Bread Bakers Guild Of America Sponsors Mill Excursion
Take a trip to Iowa, The Food Capital of the World, and trace the milling process from field to bakery! Learn about how wheat is selected and grown, and what techniques are used to process it into flour. The one-day event includes tours of the mill and quality lab, as well as expert lectures on grain and milling. Youll never look at flour the same way again. This tour is the last of three mill tours sponsored by The Guild this year. …
Global Market For Yeast To Reach US$3.06 Billion By 2015
Against the backdrop of growing concerns over the use of monosodium glutamate (MSG) and GMP (disodium 5 guanylate) as synthetic flavor enhancers in food products, particularly processed foods, yeast, being a natural food flavor enhancer, is finding tremendous market opportunities in food industries across the world. …
When Croissants Went Mainstream
We can all look back on this tidbit from the Oct. 9, 1985, issue of Taste and shudder. “Croissants didn’t make headlines with their Twin Cities debut 10 years ago at the Hotel Sofitel,” wrote Lee Svitak Dean. Why? “‘No one knew what they were,’ said Daniel Hubert, the hotel’s executive chef.” …