Hey there TFL community,

I am planning a wedding for September in Charlotte, NC and was wondering if anyone might be able to recommend a baker or two that I could check out for the cake.

Thanks all,

Tara

I am almost finished with my penultimate semester of school (second to last). I am looking for summer work in a bakery or a paid internship. I will be available from the second week in april until the beginning of september (2012). I need some real bakery experience, however I also need the money to help pay for school. My degree after my final semester will be a BS in University Studies (Liberal Arts) with minors in Culinary Arts and Spanish and a cluster in education.

I live in Idaho (but am willing to travel elsewhere depending on housing arrangements) and I have taken the following courses:

Bakery

Cake decorating

Advanced Cake Decorating

Pastry

Confectionary

Culinary Fundimentals

Culinary Nutrition (with a Servsafe License).

If you guys have any ideas that would be greatly appreciated. I also have a Resume prepared just in case. Thanks!

-Tyler

Europain

Coupe du Monde de la Boulangerie 2012

March 3-7, 2012

Paris, France

Asheville Bread Festival

March 24, 2012

Asheville, NC

Kneading Conference

July 26-27, 2012

Skowhegan, ME

Maine Artisan Bread Fair

July 28, 2012

Skowhegan, ME

Kneading Conference West

Sept. 13-15, 2012

Mount Vernon, WA

IBA Trade Fair

Sept. 16-20, 2012

Munich, Germany

Baker's Dozen
The city's top-thirteen new-wave breads. (New York City)

http://nymag. com/restaurants/ features/ new-wave- breads-2011- 12/

Jim

• Pastries from Artisan Baking Company, Fort Worth, TX, were cited as the reason Cowtown Farmers Markets was named one of the Top 40 Places to Eat Breakfast in Texas.

• Dan Leader of Bread Alone made a trip to Latvia in search of a special dark rye bread made near Riga.

• Dobra Bielienski of Delightful Pastries was highlighted in a Chicago Sun Times article about holiday cookies from other countries.

Alright, I'm heading from Tacoma, WA over to North Dakota via I-90 and I-94, I would really like to stop at a couple of bakeries on my way through Montana.  If you happen to know of any fantastic places, please let me know.  Thank you for any suggestions.

Russel

Hi Everyone,

Unfortunately, I haven't been a regular contributor to the forum, but I'm a daily observer and just love learning new things about bread.  As I get settled and start baking again, I hope to contribute a little more often.  I currently live in Warsaw, Poland, and just can't get enough of the wonderful breads here.  I followed up on some of the bakeries that I found near by, and I'm glad to see that they've got a home on the web too!  These are some bakery and TV links (with short videos in Polish), but definitely worth a look.  The product galleries are also nicely displayed.  Hope you enjoy!

(My daily bakery):  http://www.lubaszka.pl/

http://www.piekarniagrzybki.pl/

http://www.piekarniagromulski.pl/

http://www.putka.pl/

http://vimeo.com/9122970

http://www.tvp.pl/styl-zycia/kuchnia/kuchnia-z-okrasa/wideo/ze-staropolskiego-chleba

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b97MprGy3mI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mb9psWTFTz4&feature=related

I just bought an old Berkel BX20 20 qt mixer. It's cast iron and super heavy. I'm looking to purchase a work table to support it. Does anyone have any idea what this might weigh and what are my best options for a table?

If I buy bread in Richmond VA this is where it'll come from:

http://www.bunkycooks.com/2011/07/panzenella-and-billy-bread-richmond-virginia/

Not sure how many of you are near enough to go and buy their bread, but there's a tiny shop in the newly opened Westfield Stratford City that sells good selection of Russian/Lithuanian breads and other baked goodies.

Karaway

They have Lithuanian style scalded rye, pumpernickel, Borodinsky and several other interesting bread, and they are not mass-produced.  I only nibble small pieces of those bread they have for tasting (too much breads at home for consumption...), but they all taste really good.  Thoroughly recommend it.

lumos