Alva's Bakery

The Italian bakery explained: A guide to every cookie and pastry

The typical Italian bakery can be overwhelming experience. Here's the ultimate guide to every item.

Why we will no longer be a welcoming church

We’ve decided to quit being a welcoming church. No kidding. We’re giving it up. Like so many congregations, we’ve sunk an amazing amount of time and energy into becoming a welcoming church. We changed worship styles, trained greeters and ushers, wore name tags, brewed coffee, went to workshops on hospitality and put our friendliest people …

Choose choux for tasty pastries and bakery savories

I believe in miracles. How else can you explain a process that turns just a few common ingredients — flour, milk, butter, salt and eggs — into a dough that puffs up when it cooks, leaving a large, fillable hole tantalizingly in the center?And not only that, but the resulting baked good is as light and golden and inviting, an unobtrusive foundation for whatever filling you choose.

10 Mistakes Everyone Makes When Buying Bread

The secret to the perfect piece of toast? Buying the right bread, of course.

6 DIY Cupcake And Cake Toppers For New Year Parties

Hosting a New Year’s party this year? Here’s a roundup that features some cool cake and cupcake toppers that are ideal for New Year’s parties

The definitive guide on how to learn cake decorating!

Looking to stay on top of the latest ways to learn about cake decorating? Overwhelmed with all the options out there and don't know where to start? Then this guide is for you!

What Bagel Are You?

Fresh Baked Bread, Anyone? Gruesome Body Bakery

Imagine running up to the bakery around the corner and coming across bread shaped like body parts. Sound yummy? Artist Kittiwat Unarrom creates just that; gruesome works of art out of bread.

Inspiration through Unity: How a Bakery and Winery broke bread

One thing you will notice in all of our breads is the care and inspiration baked into each item. A favorite of these inspired bread stories is the Hightower Cellars Bread Starter, a sourdough bread starter made with skins from … Continue reading →

Build Your Dream Bakery And We’ll Reveal Which Pastry You Are

Bakery Product Trends Emphasize Healthier Eating

The variety of baked goods ranges from low-fat rolls, artisan breads and fiber-enriched cookies to decadent designer cakes and pastries.

What’s going on with Sweet Bakery?

Both locations of the cupcake-focused shop have shut down for now.

Gluten-free bakery bids farewell

It’s a wrap for gluten-free, vegan bakery and eatery Fine-ly Made.

Blue-Ribbon, Big Easy Bakeries

The butter did it. It’s what got me hooked. Fancy butter, the kind that’s been aged a bit, generously salted and churned, not centrifuge extracted; the expensive kind. Walking into a bakery, it’s immediately evident if good butter being used. The scent is on the air. It smells rich

What Does Your Favorite Bakery Smell Like?

The scent of fresh pastries is one of the world's greatest wonders.

Tips To Ensure Your Bakery Cases Are Working Perfectly

From beautifully decorated cakes to flaky, buttery croissants and relishing donuts, beauty is all in baked goods. But, most of the bakery owners miss the opportunity to create bakery cases worthy o…

Things To Know About A Bakery Refrigeration Case

If you are asked to describe a cake, what words would you use? Sweet, yum, delicious? Well, I am sure you have a lot of words to describe it. We all love eating cakes, don’t we? A cake is a must-ha…

Few Important Facts to Consider About Bakery Cases

The sudden change in Weather has influenced the movement of the people all over the US. The individuals are confined to their homes and there is no activity as such. The big shopping arcades face a…

Chinatown Bakery Doesn't Want Any Women In The Kitchen

Hey, at least they're trusting the ladies with the money!

Food price increases have bakery costs rising

Bakeries are seeing price increases on just about every item they need to function, leaving them no choice but to pass on some of that cost to the customers.