Cookie time: Virgilio’s #gloucesterma

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Reese’s Pieces jumbo cookies are yummy. Virgilio’s take out and essential Italian grocers features outstanding breads, sandwiches, prepared meals, oils and sauces, cookies, chocolate macaroons, and superbĀ cannoli

CAKE ANN’S RECIPE 4 LOVE!

AĀ sampling of some of Cake Ann’s cupcakesĀ that areĀ available for your Valentine sweethearts.

Cherry cupcakes Cake Ann www.kimsmithdesigns.comCherry vanilla cupcakes with buttercream frosting

Cake Ann cupcakes www.kimsmithdesigns.comChocolate with salted caramelĀ cupcakes

Cake Ann Carrot cupcakes www.kimsmithdesigns.comCarrot cake with cream cheese frosting

Cake AnnĀ has extended their hours. They are openĀ Valentine’s Day, and every Sunday, from 8am to 2pm. Cake Ann is located at 214 Eastern Avenue in Gloucester

Cake Ann www.kimsmithdesigns.comInga, Jeannine Daroga, and Karen Burbine

Food Porn- Sticky Fingers Inside Brown’s Mall Serves Up Incredible Northern Italian/ French Delights

Holy crap you gotta check this place out. Lightest quiche I’ve ever tasted. Like eating clouds of heaven. Breakfast sandwiches to “Grab-N-Go” and Soups Of The Day.
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Look for the video tomorrow šŸ™‚

Blue Dutch Oven At Alexandra’s Bread Co

You wanna know whatā€™s great about this blue Dutch oven that is for sale at Alexandraā€™s Bread Co for $22.95?  Besides is nice heft and solid feel, it is not so huge that you would need to cook for an army to use it.  Most Dutch ovens are huge and force you to cook huge but this one is about half the size of one you would normally see and allows you to cook a meal for 4 instead of 25.  Head down to Alexandraā€™s.  Pick up a  couple of cobbles (they come out at 9:30AM) and check out all of Alexandras cool finds that she sells.  Iā€™m telling you if this bakery thing doesnā€™t work out for her she could easily walk right into being a buyer for a department store that wanted to add timeless houseware lines to their offerings.  Guaranteed to turn an old line failing retailer into a hip timeless retailer in no time.  She has a good eye.  Iā€™m just saying.

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The steam in the window means thereā€™s some baking goinā€™ on!

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Check Out Alexandraā€™s Bread Company Slide Show Pictures I’ve Taken Over The Years Here

Everything you read above this line is from a post I composed yesterday before I went to the Mall with the family.

What you will see below is what Iā€™m adding this morning at 7:14AM

We happened to go into Williams Sonoma (the Beanā€™s favorite store) yesterday afternoon and featured in the front of the store are these Staub Cookware Oval Ovens for get this- $200 ON SALE

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Iā€™m telling you right now- get down to Alexandraā€™s, buy yourself the heavy duty Blue Dutch oven for $22.95 and every time you see some dope buying a Staub Cookware $200 Oval Oven feel good about how smart you are for not getting sucked into the overpriced cookware trap.

Virgilio’s Italian Bakery Cookies

It was a while since I’d been in Virgilio’s but they are doing great things down there.Ā  They took the store to a whole new level.

Virgilios Italian Bakery Cookies
Virgilio's Italian Bakery Cookies

Alexandra’s Bread -Old School Goodness

When I stopped by Alexandra’s Bread the other day I noticed the lack of high tech kitchen gadgetry. Everything is done old school. Ā  This scale is out back and when I saw it I initially thought it was just for show until Alexandra started weighing out portions of dried cranberries on it.

No digital scale here baby, just Old School Goodness!

Alexandra’s Bread Lobster Buoy Decorations From Lunenburgh

Alexandra and John spend time in Lunenburgh where they discovered these cool lobster buoy decorations.Ā  I’ve been sayinng it over and over since walking through the other day.Ā  The whole bakery is visually beautiful.Ā  There is so much to look at and eat.Ā  The couple ought to go into design because they obviously have a great eye for beauty and simplicity.