Old Pastry Chefs never die, they just make less dough. Vox 2009-11-26T01:47:25Z Annie http://valanne.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom tag:vox.com,2006:6p00cdf7e3c1f3094f/ Confessions of a Burned Out Pastry Chef Goodbye Village Baker.... tag:vox.com,2009-11-21:asset-6a00cdf7e3c1f3094f0123ddd5f8cb860c 2009-11-21T20:09:41Z 2009-11-26T01:47:25Z Annie http://valanne.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Frontdoor

The Village Baker bakery and all it's entities are now closed. Recession blues, and being in a tourist town in the off season took it's toll. My stepson is now out of a job. To say he is bummed is an understatement. To all my ex-coworkers, I hope...

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Food Network Challenge

Well, kids, my good buddy Rick who owns Cakelava in Hawaii, has asked me to be his assistant in a Food Network Cake Challenge. I'm going to do it. He's the main competitor......I'll just be the dork in the background, but that's good enough for me...

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]]> Recession blues.......... tag:vox.com,2009-10-19:asset-6a00cdf7e3c1f3094f0123ddc61f27860c 2009-10-19T22:24:22Z 2009-10-20T17:07:47Z Annie http://valanne.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Kick_butt

Remember this post? Well, after 8 months, the cafe is closing, along with the original one in Poulsbo. Part of it has to do with the recession, and I'm sure there's other reasons too. One being that my kick-ass co-worker, Jewlz, finally found a g...

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]]> And here we are............. tag:vox.com,2009-10-18:asset-6a00cdf7e3c1f3094f0123f16eccbf860f 2009-10-18T01:30:03Z 2009-10-18T01:30:03Z Annie http://valanne.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

CAREFORCE

After all that filming Mom and I did for the commercial, here is the very few seconds of us that didn't make it to the cutting room floor!

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]]> And......we're rolling......... tag:vox.com,2009-09-07:asset-6a00cdf7e3c1f3094f0110164e3ad9860b 2009-09-07T22:56:43Z 2009-09-29T00:00:16Z Annie http://valanne.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Mommakeup Equipphoto Mominterview

Well, Mom and I just got done filming our big TV debut this week. Us, on TV? Yes, amazingly. Turns out that the caregiving company that helped my mom out when she was really sick and whom I use for respite care when I can't make it over there, tho...

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]]> Cakes for the Memories tag:vox.com,2009-08-10:asset-6a00cdf7e3c1f3094f011016bfd697860d 2009-08-10T00:56:26Z 2009-10-11T23:11:48Z Annie http://valanne.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Monopic mynextjob

I was digging around in my computer files today and found a picture of this cake....it's one of the ones I'm most proud of: I don't know, it's one of those cakes that turned out better than I thought it would. At first the client wanted me to do...

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]]> The Three Bee-Yotches Bakery tag:vox.com,2009-07-26:asset-6a00cdf7e3c1f3094f01101636e471860b 2009-07-26T01:30:16Z 2009-07-26T01:30:16Z Annie http://valanne.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

3bitches Sconed It'stime

What do these women have in common? We're all pastry chefs, and now we're all married. Welcome to the club Marla! That's me on the left, Marla, the bride, in the center, and the INFAMOUS Jewlz on the right. As women, we kick ass, but as pastry ch...

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]]> Inside humor tag:vox.com,2009-06-14:asset-6a00cdf7e3c1f3094f011016994ff7860d 2009-06-14T18:58:49Z 2009-06-18T22:52:19Z Annie http://valanne.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Vortex, bottled pirate baking

Those of us in the know, will realize the hilariousness of this wine label as it pertains to my life. A gift from Jewlz for my birthday......how did she FIND it???? And I found this on my stepson's truck the other day....I want one! Cupcake and...

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]]> Recession Baking tag:vox.com,2009-05-31:asset-6a00cdf7e3c1f3094f0110168ed2e3860d 2009-05-31T22:59:29Z 2009-05-31T22:59:29Z Annie http://valanne.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Smells

If I were stupid enough to open my own bakery (especially now), here's a sign I might just want to use in the front window.......

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]]> Cake or death? tag:vox.com,2009-05-26:asset-6a00cdf7e3c1f3094f0110182b1adc860f 2009-05-26T00:18:04Z 2009-05-26T00:21:03Z Annie http://valanne.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom I found this lovely little Eddie Izzard bit on one of my favorite sites, Cake Wrecks. I think the next time I have a customer to deal with, I'll ask, "Cake or death?" Either way, I win.

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