GA Governor Nathan Deal Proclaims June As Georgia Blueberry Month
The Honorable Governor Nathan Deal has proclaimed June as Georgia Blueberry Month, highlighting one of the state’s most valuable crops. …
Month: June 2012
Dole Goes Bananas For June 8th Release Of Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted
As part of its ongoing goal to make bananas an even bigger part of America’s everyday routine, Dole is helping Alex the Lion and his famous Zooster friends from DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc.’s (Nasdaq: DWA) Madagascar franchise “go bananas” this summer. …
Galette, Pie's Free-Form Cousin, Is A Perfect Summer Treat
Nothing celebrates summer quite like a fresh pie. It's as if we're taking the best the season has to offer — vibrantly colored produce practically bursting with flavor and nurtured to ripeness under a hot sun — and wrapping that bounty in a tender, flaky crust. Like a gift. Think of a galette as pie's free-form cousin. …
San Francisco's La Victoria Bakery: Re-Inventing The Concha & Other Mexican Breads
When Chef Luis Villavelazquez joined La Victoria Bakery as head pastry chef almost a year and a half ago, he wanted to perfect pan dulce classic, the concha. As I take a bite of a fluffy white concha I've chosen out of the display case, I find the dough is soft and almost chewy. It is dense like the conchas I remember from Oaxaca, and the sugar topping is not an attempt to distract from dry bread but simply an elegant final touch. Now that Villavelazquez' has perfected the concha, he wants to reinvent it.
Smart Balance Signs Definitive Agreement To Acquire Udi's Healthy Foods, LLC
Smart Balance, Inc. announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Udi's Healthy Foods, LLC (Udi's) for $125 million in cash from majority shareholder Hubson Acquisition, LLC, an affiliate of E&A Industries based in Indianapolis, the family of founder Udi Bar-on, and other minority holders. The acquisition will be treated as an asset purchase for tax purposes. As a result, the Company expects to realize future tax benefits with a present value of approximately $22 million¹, resulting in an effective purchase price of approximately $103 million. …
