HI All,

The bialy’s were made at the the request of Soleah, one of our customers. She’s not on FB, but gave us permission to post an email she sent us:

Hi Dan, I’m in heaven…seems like heaven…as I sit here eating an oven toasted bialy with ghee. Dan, you and your team have scored a touch down and are the winners of the big bowl – forget the Saints and Colts. The bialy’s are awesome!!! I enjoyed my visit to the store yesterday and my chat with the lovely ladies who served me. Honestly, yesterday was a complete bread day – I consumed nothing but your products which included the fresh out of the oven cinnamon and raisin bread sticks. Oh my gosh, those are amazing. I can see I’m going to have to step up my workouts now that bread is back in my diet. You know, it’s the little things in life that make a difference and I am filled with joy! I need to get ready to head out to choir and I know with this bialy in my tummy I will sing like a songbird today. Dan, with all my heart, I sincerely thank you and your team, I hope the bialy turns into a huge seller for you. Also, remember to let me know when you have some material I can put out at the Center. Have a delight filled day….

Soleah

Soleah is at the Altadena Healing Arts Center…check them out.
1911 Lake Avenue
Altadena, CA 91001-3037
(626) 398-8776

Oh my God. I LOVE you guys! You, all our friends and customers who wrote and called and faxed your stores to ask if they’d carry our products, you are the BEST!

The store managers were surprised and a little overwhelmed by the response – one man told me he had a new message every time he opened his email! Clearly many, many more letters went out than I even saw – you were doing it out of love, not for the cookie dough. And that is something that I will always appreciate. Thank you.

Also some people wrote some really nice things about us and our products – I’m going to pick out some samples to share on a “testimonials” page.

Plus (JOY!) a lot of stores who weren’t even on the list have called us, some I don’t even want to mention lest I jinx the relationship. And a big BIG thank you! to everyone who wrote in to tell us about Vitamin City in San Dimas! I can’t believe I didn’t know about them!

We’re actually going to re-run this giveaway on a smaller scale next week and God willing we’ll be able to include Vitamin City. We’re definitely adding the Lassen’s Market in Santa Clarita!!! How cool is that?

We’ll be in Rainbow Acres in Culver City; Co-Opportunity in Santa Monica; Full o’ Life in Burbank; and Grassroots of South Pasedena starting early next week, but many new stores will not have their cookie dough for a few days – I’m going to email everyone when it’s safe use your coupons, and we’ll extend the expiration date so you have at least a month to pick it up. Thank you, really and deeply, thank you.

Oh, and just in case you’re into it, we have a printable pdf of that “Please Carry” letter that you could drop off at other stores where you buy gluten-free foods.

That was the most poignant idea expressed in the news report on one study on teen autism.

I thought Andrea was remarkably poised on camera – much more so than I ever am! – but I have to say as long as we’ve had the honor of knowing her (even before the bakery officially opened, like 2 years now, so she wasn’t even a teen back then!) Andrea has always seemed poised and self-possessed. Quiet, yes, but lovely. You rock, girl!

[Would it sound self-serving if I said a factor in Andrea's socialization was certainly that her mother has had her on a gluten-free diet since she was two? Of course it would. But it's true.]

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Because we LOVE you and we want to see you and your family healthy (and because our bakers have gotten SO GOOD at baking bread that the costs are coming down, ever so slightly) we have a new offer on all our bread:

BUY TWO AT $10, GET THE THIRD 50% OFF.

Yes, that is correct. $25 for three bags, and you can mix and match.

Who said Christmas doesn’t come in springtime?

Karina of Karina’s Kitchen, a.k.a. the Gluten Free Goddess (and if she hadn’t earned the title before – she had – she deserves it now!) has come up with a recipe for GLUTEN FREE RYE BREAD – SERIOUSLY! And it’s vegan! And soy-free! So many of our customers yearn for rye bread that I just had to post the link. It looks like a bit of patchke-ing (don’t all gf-bread recipes?) but everything Karina makes is brilliant and worth every drop of effort. I’m going to try it and post my results! Wish me luck!!

Meet our newest partners; Locali: Conscious Convenience, located in Franklin Village area of Hollywood. To call them “a 7-11 of the future” or “an eco-friendly convenience store” doesn’t do them justice. Where else can you get hot dogs from grass-fed beef or vegan tofu, or organic, free-range ostrich burgers? Locali sells natural, non-gmo, locally-produced convenience-oriented food and grocery items, including our very own gluten-free bagels, breadsticks, muffins & brownies, to eat at their reclaimed Douglas-fir counters or to take home. They serve slushie-type drinks of natural fruit sweetened with agave, or you can re-fill your water bottle with reverse osmosis filtered water. Trash is recycled or composted.

And isn’t it pretty? It’s the store I always dreamed of, if only I’d had another 1000 sq. ft. and another hundred thousand dollars to do it!

Edited to add: They’re already a hit! See the Quarry Girl blog post about them!

Check them out at LocaliYours.com or visit them in person, today!

Address: 5825 Franklin Avenue,
Los Angeles, CA 90028

Ph. 310-779-3439

Introducing our Gingerbread House KIT for $25 – all the essentials to build a small house (5″ wide, 7.5″ long, and 7″ tall) — you supply the candy decorations and the love.

Gluten-free, casein-free, soy-free, peanut and tree-nut-free. The cookies that make up the walls are egg-free but the icing “cement” that holds it all together does contain egg white, unless you request otherwise.

[Note that if you use egg-free "cement," your house have the stability of a house built on quicksand, but, hey, here in California we're used to that! ]

Call the store at (310) 815-1800 to order yours today! These ship beautifully – just add $12 (within the US) for priority post! Please allow 4-5 business days for travel time – order now to ensure delivery before the holidays!!

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Rice “Challah” – Round spirals of sweet golden bread, with a texture almost like the real thing!

Large Challahs $8 each, – Baked Off; Plain, Raisin, or Chocolate Chip.
Small Challah – SPECIAL 4 rolls/$8 – baked or unbaked.
(Note: Unbaked bread dough keeps only about 60 days.)

Also — HONEYCAKES! (Yum!)
Mini-loaf size, $6.

I can’t believe Janette was here all summer; she’s already going back to university, and I’m only posting about her now for the first time! Goodbye, Janette, you were a joy to work with – we miss you already!

Nashie kinda came at a bad time, as you’ll probably see if you watch the show. He was originally meant to replace David, but it turned out we never actually were able to afford David, after all. Nashie’s been gone a couple of weeks now, and he was really very nice about the whole thing, a real mentch.

And tomorrow is Cliff’s last day! He’s going to culinary school in Vancouver, B.C. (that’s where I’m from!) and after that, G-d willing, to culinary greatness in Amsterdam. “Oy vavoy! Who’s going to make the cheesecakes?” you ask. Fear not! Dylan remains. Dylan INVENTED cheesecakes.

Did anyone catch the first episode of We Mean Business yesterday? Yikes! These guys do not pull any punches! [I knew that, but I got reminded all over again.] But how fabulous does that Berry Elegance place look now?!?

Look! Go to the Video tab and see the “Preview” — it’s The Sensitive Baker! Nancy, that’s you! We’re airing on September 20th!

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