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How to Cut a Wedding Cake

A blog with wedding advice on wedding cakes, catering, budgets, how to cut a wedding cake and other wedding tips for the bride and wedding vendor.

31 Awesome Birthday Cake Ideas

Sweet! It'll only look like you slaved over these thanks to our easy birthday cake design ideas.

Salted Caramel is back in the Bakery!

Salted Caramel is back at Sweet Carolina Cupcakes Bakery

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 Is The Café Cubano?

All across Latin America, coffee producing countries have traditional ways of preparing coffee that have been passed down from generation to generation. The café cubano, which unsurprisingly originated in Cuba, is one such example.

What Does Your Favorite Bakery Smell Like?

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

Meet the robot chef who 'prints' cookies

Robots that cook, fridges that can talk, and 3D-printed food: the kitchen of the future will be made of chrome and glass and bristling with high technology

Cafe Classic: "I Don't Want To Do That"

Editor's Note: Ever been told "No" by senior leadership? It happens, and often it happens with what we think are our best ideas. Chuck Csizmar shares some Classic pointers with us. Ouch. That phrase coming from senior leadership is still ringing in your head. You just delivered a fact-based and what you considered compelling argument in support of your compensation program recommendations, and the best you…

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.

Cafe Classic: Do I Have To?

Editor's Note: We have often, here at the Cafe, discussed the challenges faced by HR and Compensation pros who serve smaller companies - not the least of which is recognizing (and getting leadership to recognize) the importance of moving beyond informality and complete discretion in making critical people decisions. In today's Classic, Chuck Csizmar addresses this challenge relative to expatriates and overseas assignments. Recently a U.S…

How to Spruce Up Your Café

Creating a warm and friendly environment is paramount to running a successful café. You want to draw customers in with a good reputatio...

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.

5 Questions with Barktastic Bakery

The Grand Forks Herald sat down with Barktastic Bakery’s Mandee Zerr for 5 Questions this week to talk about how and why she makes dog treats.

Meet the expert: Reading Bakery Systems’ Ken Zvoncheck

Helping customers develop the next big thing is part of the job for this industry expert.

The Pit Stop Cafe: Where everybody knows your name

Welcome to #GrandLakeEats, a feature highlighting the restaurants, chefs and owners who make up the various eating establishments around Grand Lake.This

Cafe Classic: Do You Ignore Behavior?

Editor's Note: Who and what really gets rewarded in your organization? Do nice guys finish last? Chuck Csizmar addresses this Classic question. Nice guys finish last. We've all heard that phrase before. Which probably means that there's something to it. Now why is that? Because we've seen it happen, haven't we? Again and again. In the work environment all too often the steady and reliable performers…