John Unrein is the editor of bake. He has been at Sosland Publishing since 2001, covering the retail baking industry. Unrein is a 1984 graduate of the University of Kansas.
The American Pie Council (APC) is as pleased as, well, pie, to announce the winners of the 17th Annual APC/Crisco® National Pie Championships held April 8-10 in Orlando, FL.
While it was once the must-have super food, essential for any healthy diet, according to a new report from Mintel and data from SPINS, the soy food and beverage market declined 16% from 2008 to 2010.
The California Raisin Marketing Board’s (CRMB) fourth annual America’s Best Raisin Bread contest is open and all commercial, artisan and student bakers are encouraged to submit their mouth-watering masterpieces to the baking competition.
The International Dairy-Deli-Bakery Association will present the rockin’ Show & Sell Center, a 10,000 square foot model store, at the association’s 47th annual seminar and expo, Dairy-Deli-Bake 2011, featuring Rock Star Food set for June 5-7 in Anaheim, CA.
Kiedrowski’s Simply Delicious Bakery has won America’s Best Bakery Contest, a new online contest this year on The Baking Channel. Tens of thousands of voters across the country cast their selections for their favorite retail bakery among nine finalists.
SWAN FOODS, an equal joint venture between Dawn Foods, Inc. and the bakery focused Switz Group recently opened a frozen donut plant in Sohar, Sultanate of Oman. The 8,000 square meter plant will produce donuts for markets in the Middle East and Far East.
For the fifth year, the Hobart Center for Foodservice Sustainability (HCFS) plans to award a $5,000 grant to the organization judged to have the best-executed foodservice or grocery sustainability project. Applications are currently being accepted, and the recipient is to be announced at the 2012 National Restaurant Association Show in Chicago.
Beverly Hills Farmers' Market hosts its annual Pie Bake a'la Beverly Hills & Piesta, Sunday, June 12, 2011. Move over cupcakes, pies are in style right now and the city of Beverly Hills is just the place to let your pie strut its stuff and win 1st place.