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took to the streets by baking creative artisan breads for sale
at local farmer's markets. Thus, the Manresa Bread Project
was born.
"Avery took the bread program at Manresa to the next level.
Being able to share that outside of the restaurant happened
naturally for us," Kinch says. "We're excited to start out with a
smaller-scale retail space in Los Gatos and see where we go
from there."
The new, 800-square-foot Manresa Bread retail shop will
stock a rotating seasonal selection of breads and sweet and
savory pastries such as polenta sourdough and kuri squash
streusel muffins. The operation includes a 3,000-square-foot
commissary kitchen just blocks from the retail space.
The new Tag Gas Oven features double steam generators
to ensure abundant, constant steam production. The TAG's
carefully designed furnace and ﬂues, made of high quality

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refractory bricks, ensure perfect heat distribution. In addition
to expanding the bread and pastry operations at the new
space, the team plans to mill their own wheat.
Designing Times
In today's retail environment, a ﬂair for the unusual makes a
big difference and enables your business to stand apart from
the crowd. For instance, San Francisco-based r.vH Design
recently took on a renovation project that has revived a local
favorite and longtime business, and garnered high praise for
its design and operational layout.
Since 1919, the landmark Tosca Café in North Beach has been
a hangout for the likes of Johnny Depp, Hunter S. Thompson,
directors Francis Ford Coppola and Tim Burton. But for all its
local fame, the business had fallen upon hard times.

The new Tag Gas Oven
features double steam
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Dennis Meyer started in the pastry business as a clean-up kid at
age 15. Who would have guessed that 40 years later, this same
hard-working kid would become an award winning pastry chef
with the best place in Denver to get a wedding cake?
Meyer, an Indiana native, is the proud owner of Das Meyer Fine
Pastry Chalet in Arvada, Colorado-voted best wedding cakes in a
Denver poll several years in a row. Though Das Meyer offers a
variety of pastries and cakes for all occasions, they specialize in
wedding cakes, and make over 1,000 wedding cakes per year.
"The whole family is involved in the wedding business," said
Meyer. "My wife Elaine and two daughters, Hillary and Rachel
work with the customers; son Zachary works as a cake decorator;
and two grand-daughters have joined the business as well." Meyer
stated that his success starts with great personalized service, high
quality and attention to the details. It has helped the business gain
the great reputation it has today.
Each Saturday, future brides can come to an open house to
sample a multitude of wedding cakes, and can watch every aspect
of a cake's creation. "With all this variety, taste is everything,"
said Meyer. "I use B&V® flavor from International® Bakers
Services (IBS) in most of our cakes. The BLOV® flavor is
excellent in our home-made butter cream." He also uses the
Cinnabutter in their cinnamon rolls and a whole spectrum of
flavors in their gourmet cookies.
Meyer likes to use IBS flavors because they always offer a natural
tasting flavor with no artificial edge. "In this business, a good
name is earned-not purchased," said Meyer. "You have to earn
repeat business in the service and quality you provide."
If you want flavors that keep your customers coming back time
after time, turn to International® Bakers Services. We have the
flavors your customers deserve.
Contact us toll-free at
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or visit our website at:
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International Bakers Services, 1902 North Sheridan Ave.,
South Bend, Indiana 46628.

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