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Sugar Glazed Beginnings
On By Bill Dietz / 0 comments
Many people ask me how I got started working with desserts, pastries, breads, homemade chocolates and other wonderful foods. Here’s a little look at how my love for my work all began. Sugar Glaze Icing Fried doughnuts were my favorite thing to eat in my grandparent’s bakery. Every summer we would spend weeks visiting them and every morning I’d come running down from their home up the stairs to the bakery below. I’d crash through the door, like any ten year old would heading straight to the left toward the... Read more
The Epic of Homemade Chocolates
On By Andy Ciordia / 0 comments
Where do we begin on this epic tale of homemade chocolate insanity. Do we start at the very beginning where Bill Dietz learned his skills, or later raising his family on the greatest vats of chocolate mousse and truffles. No let’s continue on through the hotels, through his own bakery, and executive pastry chef duties…..closer to present time where we find him at markets and surrounded by people fascinated by his chocolate gifts. You see Bill has been working hard to make something of his own. It started by bringing... Read more