Here's an update on the cottage food laws across the nation.

 

California

California bakers asked California state legislators to enact a Cottage Foods bill authorizing the Department of Health and Senior Services and/or the Department of Agriculture to issue customized "Home Bakery" licenses to residential kitchens for the purpose of selling non-potentially-hazardous bakery products, such as, but not necessarily limited to: breads, cakes, doughnuts,…

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This is not my traditional blog, but if you're having a tough day, here's a little something to brighten it!

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Enjoy and have a great week!

One of the most important ingredients in my pantry in "Vanilla." I have a variety of brands that I use (depending on what I am making) and let me start with a disclaimer, I'm not promoting any of them. The selection of vanilla extract you use is like selecting your underwear or deodorant, it is truly a personal thing. I can remember a pastry chef at the Hyatt Regency in Dearborn, Michigan who carried his vanilla around in a small vile in his pocket ( I know, but he did it!). I later… Continue

I recently took a walk down memory lane and ran across several pound cake recipes that had been passed down from the bakers in my family. Written on tattered pieces of paper and scratched on the inside covers of old cook books were the recipes for brown sugar pound cake, coconut pound cake, sour cream pound cake, sweet potato pound cake and five flavor pound cake to name a few.



This got me thinking about what ever happened to pound cakes. I know here in Atlanta, you can… Continue

The Specialty Food Export workshop will take place at the Martin Building of the State Fairgrounds on May 7. Registration is free and breakfast and lunch will be included (catered by the Q-Shack). The objective of this workshop is to assist specialty food companies to get ready to export and meet with a European buyer. Topics will include export quoting, getting paid, inco terms, shipping/… Continue