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Holiday competition at Sofitel takes the cake

Dec. 15, 2011
Judging a cake competition is not as easy as it sounds. Don't get me wrong: it's one of the best jobs in the world—that and being a judge at Baconfest.

The end of the cupcake as we know it?

Aug. 31, 2011
The cupcake is nearing its end.I don’t mean those gourmet, boutique cupcakes that still get some people squealing like 13-year-old girls upon hearing the first notes of a song at a middle-school dance.Those cupcakes don’t seem to be going anywhere.
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