Posts by W.DeBord

If you need your truffles to store at room temp. you'll need more science then I can offer. Just plain truffles (choc., cream, butter, liquour) won't hold out of the cooler for more then a couple days. Personally I'd find it more trouble...

Wow, this is exciting. I can't add any advice, but I'm sure either way- life will always hold good options for someone like you.

I hear ya and feel for you Danno! She choose you for your expertise and then doesn't take your advice........ Somethings can't be saved or worked out. BUT when this kind of thing happens to me, later on long after the facts are...

The missing information to this whole thread is: what is the owners business plan? Has she run any numbers on a calulator to see what kind of business volume she needs to do to actually become profitable? Then looked at how she was going...

There aren't alot of small (2 people) bakeries that do those kinds of numbers. Considering that it's a new place, you'd really have to advertise and have the right spot (alot of businesses in the area) to do those kinds of numbers....

I found it on the shelf at a Mier store, in the Spanish section. It goes with Breyers vanilla ice cream rather well!

Well you sound like the old me, ps. I'm a pastry chef too. Well perhaps you need to do as I did (and that took along time), get out and about. There's places that are in the current century. You know, sometimes it's the sqeakie wheel...

Red Cake: 1/2 c. shortening 1 1/2 c. sugar 2 eggs 2 oz. liquid red food coloring 2 tbsp. cocoa powder, heaping 1 c. buttermilk 1 t. salt 2 1/4 c. flour (ap.) 1 t. vanilla 1 t. soda 1 tbsp. vinager Typical proceedure for a...

Unforunately this is my Hubbies favorite B-day cake. No one else really likes it.........their really bland and heavy, blah. But for those few who love it, I have a decent recipe. I've gotten raves on it (but their NUTS) from a couple...

Now that I've gotten out and around to more kitchens my general opinion of the current breed of chefs is AUE. Perhaps all the bad apples desided to move to SF. Sure I've come across some real losers over the years (and have talked...