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The Italian bakery explained: A guide to every cookie and pastry

The typical Italian bakery can be overwhelming experience. Here's the ultimate guide to every item.

Why we will no longer be a welcoming church

We’ve decided to quit being a welcoming church. No kidding. We’re giving it up. Like so many congregations, we’ve sunk an amazing amount of time and energy into becoming a welcoming church. We changed worship styles, trained greeters and ushers, wore name tags, brewed coffee, went to workshops on hospitality and put our friendliest people …

Choose choux for tasty pastries and bakery savories

I believe in miracles. How else can you explain a process that turns just a few common ingredients — flour, milk, butter, salt and eggs — into a dough that puffs up when it cooks, leaving a large, fillable hole tantalizingly in the center?And not only that, but the resulting baked good is as light and golden and inviting, an unobtrusive foundation for whatever filling you choose.

10 Mistakes Everyone Makes When Buying Bread

The secret to the perfect piece of toast? Buying the right bread, of course.

If This Dessert Pizza Technically Isn't Pizza, Then What Is It?

What Bagel Are You?

5 Tips for Grocery Shopping with Kids

I spent a few years as the designated grocery shopper for a busy test kitchen, so I've spent a lot of time in grocery stores

what do I need to know?

For many machinists, moving from metal to plastic can be a bit of an adjustment; particularly in determining heat tolerances.

Salted Caramel is back in the Bakery!

Salted Caramel is back at Sweet Carolina Cupcakes Bakery

A labor of love: How a Lake Geneva area barn became a luxurious home

When Norman and Diane Erdman first looked at the old barn at N1870 Clover Road, it was in a state of near disrepair.

Select a Bakery Case only If You Know What You Buying

If you own a bakery store, you would be aware about the fact that it could not function without correct display cases. These cabinets are ideal to display your products and to allure customers for …

What Does Your Favorite Bakery Smell Like?

The scent of fresh pastries is one of the world's greatest wonders.

We Now Offer On-Site Key Cutting and Programming Services at Our Geneva Store!

We Now Offer On-site Key Cutting and Programming Services at Our Geneva Store: 1492-C S. Randall Road | 630-313-5700! Also available at our Elgin, Glen Ellyn and Schaumburg store locations.

Geneva optometrist also calls himself a genetic wellness specialist

GENEVA – Like any optometrist, Dr. Randall Burggraf checks for nearsightedness or farsightedness, as well as glaucoma, cataracts or signs of macular degeneration.

Watch: Fully automated cooking, thanks to Robochef

Robochef is a massive stainless steel structure, with nearly 600 dishes pre-programmed into it.

Bakery should focus on smaller portions, expert says

Serving and portion control is a growing consumer trend, and one that manufacturers should cater to, especially in bakery, said Jonna Parker from Nielsen's Perishables Group. "When we think about how to resonate with today's consumer; that smaller serving size and portion size hits on a health need, it hits on the fact that most people live in smaller households, and I think that is the trend we've seen have the biggest impact," said Parker.

Dreams of a bakery: 'So close we can taste it, literally'

A Roseburg woman with high-functioning autism isn't going to let her disability stand in the way of her dreams of opening a bakery.