By Theresa on November 22, 2010
It’s official! Treet and the Chief Sweetness Officer (miao) are officially back in the Big Apple (again). I think for some reason I was always meant to be a New Yorker. From a child, growing up in Tucson, Arizona, my friends always said,”Theresa you belong in New York!”Perhaps children are more observant than grown-ups, or [...]
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By Theresa on August 20, 2009
The cows have come home and brought along some delicious grass-fed milk and organic butter. The farmer in the dell, the farmer in the dell, hi-ho the derry-o the farmer has fresh free range eggs. And Old MacDonald had a farm and on that farm he harvested blueberries…EIEIOO….and the cow jumped over the mini cupcakes….which [...]
Posted in Bread, Cookies, Cupcakes, events, Farmers Market, Location, Suppliers | Tagged Farmers Market, green, local farm fresh ingredients
By Theresa on April 27, 2009
Baby steps to learning how to bake, baby steps to deciding to open a shop, itsy bitsy tiny little baby steps to secure a location…. Securing a retail location in a big city is like forgetting to hit the 57 (or hold the pickle) on a Heinz 57 bottle, and waiting in “real time” for [...]
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By Theresa on April 13, 2009
Remember this commercial with “Fred the baker”(click on title to jog your memory)? Do you remember the tired look on the little guys face? That’s kinda me right now (minus the stache)after a whirl wind weekend in NYC with friends and family. Now, it’s back to the biz and back to baking. The other reason [...]
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By Theresa on April 1, 2009
I don’t think we are in the East Village anymore Toto! In my search for the ultimate bakery locale in DC, I’ve been introduced to locations in areas called Glover Park, Georgetown, Downtown, etc. All of which have that cozy relateable namesake, or general direction in their titles which I can Wiki too find out [...]
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