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Partnership principles
T here has never been a better time for the cereals industry to cement partnerships across the supply chain, which will strengthen it going forward and increase profitability for all.Huge volatility in cereals markets has pushed up the prices paid by millers and maltsters, as well as the prices they ...
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Reporting in
Terry Sharp, head of baking & cereals processing, CCFRATerry Sharp, head of baking & cereals processing, CCFRAIt has been really encouraging to see how well the baking industry and government have worked together to change recipes and thereby reduce salt in the nation’s diet.We have also seen how the ...
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NewsTop toasters: The roller toaster
This latest bread browning breakthrough eschews the traditional pop-up approach which, let’s face it, has become a bit passé. Its makers were literally thinking outside the box to come up with this nifty roller mechanism. You could probably laminate false passports with it too, or even straighten your hair, if ...
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Super savouries
The method of making savoury snacks by folding the corners of a square of puff pastry over towards the centre of the filling is well-liked by the smaller baker. Two bakers have reported that the filling for a tomato tart sells well with this, is cheap and easy to make ...
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In the BB archives
We have our labour troubles with bakers in this country, but they never become very acute. Parisian bakers, on the other hand, enjoy a reputation for being exceedingly restive and they threaten a strike every three months. It is not long since we chronicled the agitation in Paris against the ...
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The beauty of bagels
Bagels are well-known in this country, but their second-cousins-once-removed, bialys, are less so. Bialys are soft rolls topped with a tasty onion-breadcrumb mixture, that were the speciality of Bialystok in what is now Poland. Though both are Eastern European and Jewish in origin, they have a broader appeal. Both are ...
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Honesty is this bakery’s policy
While the national news is full of gloomy tales of dodgy dealing and bankers’ greed, here’s a form of transaction they’d do well to learn: honesty. Honesty Coffee Shop in the Philippines has no sales staff and relies on its customers to pay up after choosing from a product list ...
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Baking Industry Exhibition
A brand new exhibition for the baking industry opens its doors 6th-9th April 2008. The Baking Industry Exhibition (BIE) brings together new ideas, new products and big names from across the world of baking. Plus, there’s an exciting programme of master classes, competitions and demonstrations to keep you informed and ...
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Culture corner: Couture Wedding Cakes
By Mich Turner, photography by Richard Jung, 160 pages£30, Published by Jacqui SmallThe new book by celebrated cake-maker Mich Turner, of Little Venice Cake Company, covers everything from "luxurious baroque designs" to "minimalist creations". It is written with the budding wedding cake-maker in mind and aims to be a source ...
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Couture class for mini cakes
These cakes were inspired by Coco Chanel and the iconic Chanel camellia. The monochrome designs would provide the perfect memento for a chic bridal shower, for example.RecipeIngredients (per cake)AmountRound cake 5cm (2in)Marzipan 60g (2 1?4oz)Black or plain sugar paste 75g (2 3?4oz)Black ribbon 15mm (5?8in) wide20cm (8in)Silver ribbon 6mm (1?4in) ...
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Caught in the Web
* Taking afternoon tea to the next level, The Berkeley hotel has come up with some ultra-posh patisserie to tie in with New York Fashion Week (from 13 Feb), including a woman drowning in mousse! tinyurl.com/bnbsqh * Perhaps crazier - though not very chic - are bacon-topped cupcakes. Will the ...
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Wrong end of the stick
Stop the Week is always ready to doff its cap when it meets like-minded crusaders on a mission to document the bizarre in bakery. Which brings us to Cake Wrecks - a blog dedicated to "When professional cakes go horribly, hilariously wrong".A classic example, which is surely too good to ...
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Your say: letters
In his articles for British Baker Tony Phillips said what most of us think but are too frightened to say. Not for him a mass of meaningless gibberish and jargon, trotted out on every occasion by many so called business leaders.His writings were full of common sense, a commodity ...
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Mouthing Off
"With their association with well-to-do society and the fine tradition of Victorian tea rooms, they have acquired a sort of romanticism, which is often lacking in our own patisserie"- At last! The Italians adopt our Brit bakery treats, with Rome cake-maker Rita Buzzacchi, quoted by Reuters, effusing about our fairy ...