B & B Empire: Brooklyn Day 2

Today was another fun and delicious day of cooking and baking. Our activities centered around the bialy. We started out by making dough from scratch, then shaped them, and tried out a variety of delicious (albeit non-traditional) fillings - sweet and savory!

Then Fatima, Steve and I tested some delicious new soups made from scratch with housemade stock.

We also developed some fabulous flatbreads which will be great for lunch, snacks and dinner. It is so great to see things made the old fashioned way!

In the afternoon, two new members with lots of experience and a passion for fresh, homemade food, bagels, and coffee joined us for training. Excitement continues to grow as he head to our re-launch date, with customers knocking on the door every few minutes and increased demand in wholesale orders!

This afternoon, Diana Ash, a Hospitality Management student from Maryland came to Brooklyn to join us for the weekend. Diana just started interning with me. Soon she'll be blogging about her experiences as a student and our work together.Tomorrow we've got a culinary field trip planned as well as lots of work in the kitchen. I'm going to turn in early! Soon it will be time to make the bagels!