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I wrote a post last year detailing my design goals for 2013, and wrote a mid-year check in on my progress. Of course like any good New Year’s resolution, my goals were not all met….
Callan, my fabulous assistant, turned 21 on Saturday. I know that must sound quite young to many of you, but she is more mature at 21 than I’ll probably ever be. (Just yesterday I used…
Cake design is so specialized, it’s hard to know what kind of gift a cake artist might want. Last year was my first Great Gifts for Cake Designers post, and there are still plenty of…
I believe that baked goods are best eaten fresh. At the shop, any cupcakes left at the end of the evening get thrown away. Though it would certainly be more cost-effective in the short run…
When I moved to California from New York, I thought I’d never look back. I don’t do well in extreme temperatures–I’m equally miserable and cranky when it’s above 80° and below 65°–and southern California, with its…
When I was growing up in the ’70s and ’80s, Virginia Slims created and marketed a cigarette specifically for women. Their ad campaign, seen in magazines and larger-than-life billboards, always featured a beautiful woman holding…
I first began designing cakes almost twenty years ago, and it was all about the buttercream. Fondant was popular in England and South America, but had not yet reached the U.S. Piped swags? Hell yeah….
