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Europain: Day 4 |
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Written by Brian Hartz
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 March 10, 2009, PARIS – My last day at Europain was a success as I had a long conversation with Mark Pennington (pictured), Barry Callebaut's regional gourmet sales manager for western Canada. Mark had been in Europe since March 1 as part of a special pre-show tour Callebaut organized for around 20 of its customers in the Vancouver area. The tour included two days in Brussels, Belgium, visiting local pastry shops and chocolatiers, as well as Callebaut's production facility there.
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Europain photos |
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Written by Brian Hartz
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March 8, 2010 – I'm posting photos from Europain to the Bakers Journal Facebook fan page if you want to check out some of the sights from this incredible baking industry event.
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Europain: Day 2 |
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Written by Brian Hartz
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March 8, 2010, PARIS – The highlight of Day 2 was undoubtedly the dinner party at Musee des Arts Forains, which is a kind of interactive museum of carnival rides and games combined with a gourmet banquet hall usually reserved for corporate events. In this case, it was a celebration of Europain and its guests from around the world. I enjoyed a conversation with Pamela Mazurk, associate publisher of Chicago-based Industria Alimentica; Alfredo Nolasco-Meza of Spyral in Mexico; and a couple of Iranian bakers, Hossein Foroughni and Amir Khataei. The rest of the crowd was mainly French-speaking, so we North Americans gravitated toward each other, and the Iranians speak English much better than French. It was enjoyable extolling the virtues of Canada to the Iranian delegation; they asked lots of questions and generally seemed excited about the possibility of doing business with Canadian companies.
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Europain: Day 1 |
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Written by Brian Hartz
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March 6, 2010, PARIS – First, the weather report: It's cold. REALLY cold. When I stopped for a crepe and "vin chaud" (hot wine) this evening after touring Notre Dame cathedral, the vendor said I'd brought the cold weather with me from Canada. I told him it wasn't nearly this cold in Toronto. Seriously, my hopes of seeing Paris in springtime have pretty much been destroyed.
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Bags packed for Europain |
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Written by Brian Hartz
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March 4, 2010 – Later today I'll be leaving for Paris to attend Europain & Intersuc 2010, one of Europe's largest, most prominent bakery and confectionery shows.
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Our woman in Vancouver |
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Written by Brian Hartz
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Feb. 24, 2010 – Bakers Journal writer Tuija Seipell is on the scene at the Vancouver Olympics and blogging on a variety of interesting topics. Check out her posts here.
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Hammer time |
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Written by Brian Hartz
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Feb. 23, 2010 – These are halcyon days for Ontario's Steel City. It didn't become the new home of the Phoenix Coyotes after Jim Balsillie's failed bid last year to buy and move the troubled NHL franchise there, but Hamilton, Ont., is in the spotlight thanks to Canada Bread and Woody Harrelson's new film, "Defendor."
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Bring on the paczkis |
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Written by Brian Hartz
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 Jan. 27, 2010 – I don’t know about you, but now that this
unusual January thaw seems to be over, it’s back to the winter blahs for me. I
suppose I need to appreciate winter more.
If you’re stuck in a rut, experiencing cabin fever, or just
want to drum up a little more business between now and spring, why not try
adding the Polish delicacy known as paczki (pronounced “poonch-key,”
“pooch-key” or “punch-key,” depending on whom you ask) to your display case. In
going through back issues to gather information for our upcoming 70th anniversary issue, I came across quite a bit of marketing material from the
mid-1990s that focused on paczkis as a way for bakers to boost their profits
during the run-up to Lent.
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