You Can’t Go Wrong In preparation for a recent trip to Los Angeles I asked my foodie friends for recommendations for the best chocolatier. Compartes Chocolatier in Brentwood was the #1 recommendation. When Samuel and I had a couple of hours of free time, we went on a mission…one bakery and one … [Read more...]

Good Luck Choosing I was introduced to Nashville, Tennessee, when my cousins moved there several years ago. Nashville has a charm and beauty to it that I never knew existed prior to that first visit. Without a doubt my favorite part of Nashville is the time I get to spend with the cousins. … [Read more...]

This Monkey Can Bake Jennifer Reed, owner extraordinaire of the sugar monkey, is brilliant at what she does. Two plus years ago, I read an article about Jennifer leaving Café Boulud, where she had been the Executive Pastry Chef, to open her own baking business and thought “I have to remember this.” … [Read more...]

Archie's Lakeshore Bakery We all have happy places in our lives (both actual places and our mind ones). In my lifetime, there has been one place that even the mere mention of its name can take me to a happy place. That is Hough Bakeries. Lionel Archibald Pile founded Hough Bakery in Cleveland, … [Read more...]