CategoryFood and Beverage

Food and Beverage

Buddy Valastro – Baking with the Cake Boss

He’s Back and with a new book! Baking With the Cake Boss will be Buddy’s 2nd book. I got to meet him yesterday at a book signing that was held at Anderson’s Bookshop in Naperville, IL. From what I was told there were over 300 books sold for the event and Buddy was amazing! He made sure to make every person that came to see him felt special.

After getting my own book signed and a photo with Buddy we went down stairs to get to know him a little better with this backroom interview! It was a blast to be able to talk with him and see once again what an amazing person he is and how much he cares about his family.

Here are some of my questions that were answered in the interview!

1. Is this your first time being out on tour and being able to connect with fans?

2.Did you bring any of your crew with you or is this a solo show?

3. What has been your favorite tour stop so far?

4. Did you ever in your wildest dreams think it would get so big?

5. How has that affected your family and personal life?

6. How many hours a weeks do you end up working?

7. Now is that more hours when your out on tour?

8. Pizza or Hot Dogs?

9. What is the worst delivery – mishap that you have had with a cake and how did you resolve it?

10. What is in a bag of tricks that you bring with on a delivery?

11. What is the most extreme cake you have ever made?

12. What is one of your favorite things to do? Designing? Decorating?

13. What is the earliest memory you have of you and your day in the bakery?

14. Is that traditions that you continue with your kids?

Check out the interview here!

http://youtu.be/VWkqdsEldtk

After the book signing we were all ready for the show later that night at The Rosemont Theater A night with the cake boss!

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#ANCA Trip Part 2

Well we made it!! We got to our Cabin in the Woods at about 6:30pm and after all that unpacking the Starry Night was calling our names. Here are some pictures from our adventure to get here! First we went to Schlotzsky’s (My Mothers FAVORITE place to eat in the world!) From there we saw a billboard for Fazoli’s and that is one of the BEST places to get bread sticks! Yes they are as good as Olive Garden! Then it was a few hours drive to find our Oasis in the mountains.

Hope you enjoy my journey into the wild! More to come tomorrow!

Peace Love and Tweeting! -Tor

#ANCA Trip Part 1

Well this was the start of our 7 day trip to Townsend, TN. We are staying in a 5 bedroom cabin that is located in the Great Smoky Mountains. More on that tomorrow! Today was just the kick start to the trip with a stop at the Rock Springs Nature Center located in Decatur, IL. Great place to spend the day! They have a 2nd story bird viewing area so you are at the same eye level with the birds! Also there are 9 hiking trails that you can take a simple 15 to 20 minutes stroll or an hour long hike.Here is a link to the website

http://www.maconcountyconservation.org/rocksprings.php

(Our Expedition packed with everything you could need on a road trip!)

The most exciting thing for the day was the Sushi making lesson that I got from our family friend. I had never even attempted to make Sushi before so this was an experience for me! It was so much fun! Did you know why the rice tastes so darn good? They add sugar to it! Yes that’s right SUGAR! I got to do everything from helping make the rice to chopping all of the vegetables. That is the hard part getting everything lined up so all you have to do is spread the rice and fill the roll with anything! I got to create a few rolls and we also used some recipes that we already had. Well I have to say everything was amazing! When we were finally done we had made a total of 11 rolls. This is something that I will definitely be doing again at home. I tried to take as many pictures as possible of the whole process so you can get an idea of what it takes to make just one roll.

Peace Love and Tweeting -Tor