Category Archives: Stories
Life’s True Benchmarks.
So today was a pretty emotive day in the life of our little bakery.
The Coke machine was installed this morning. Sheer joy. Utter and complete peace and joy.
We’ve arrived.
Under Construction
It’s really happening. The lease is signed. The contractors are hired. The Chocolate will open the first week in December! Woooot!
Searching for a storefront has been a true labor of love. We’d seen oodles of places and gone back and forth on our ideal location. And just when we thought our expectations were too high, [...]
New York.
Nueva York will require 2 posts. The superation of noteworthy bakeries will overwhelm all of us if done in 1.
So we’ll start with Magnolia Bakery.
I’ve heard a lot of editorials about Magnolia. Like one of my NYC culinary classmates griping that it’s “not even good and it’s only famous because it was on Sex and [...]
District of Cupcakes
Washington, DC. They may deal with “taxation without representation” but at least the 2 cupcakeries we visited represented the city well.
Georgetown Cupcakes was quaint and probably the most interesting little cupcakery we visited. Built on the ground level of an old rowhouse, it oozed charm. Teeny little storefront, not so teeny line of folks [...]
Biggity Boston
Bahstun.…home of amazing clam chowdah and some delectable desserts.
Having been to Boston before, we made a bee-line for our own favorites and then hit up the places recommended by friends and fellow foodies. First was Mike’s Pastry on the North End. I am a lover of all things Italian, but desserts italiano do something special [...]
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