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| Thursday, March 11, 2010 |
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The Growing Popularity of Panettone
By Robertoma @ 2:30 PM :: 8 Views ::
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Panettone is becoming extremely popular in the United Kingdom. Panettone is a large, round festive yeast bread cake flavoured with candied fruit peels and raisins which make it taste great and delicious. The classic version of Panettone originated in Milan, Italy, however there are variations of this Italian bread cake now found all over Italy and the rest of the world as well.
Panettone is baked in a special tubular mould to give it height and usually packaged in beautifully and tall decorated boxes. The panettone bread cake is usually served in slices, vertically cut, as a dessert, ideally accompanied by a delicious sweet wine that would go perfectly with the sweetness of the Italian bread cake. Italian panettone can obviously also be toasted and spread with butter or cheese for breakfast or used to make a wonderful French toast. At this point we can eat it the way we want depending on our taste and obviously the time of the day you are eating it. This Italian bread is sometimes also used in place of bread in a bread and butter pudding.
Panettone is traditionally eaten at Christmas and Easter, but also for celebrations such as weddings and christenings which makes it more a celebration cake than an everyday cake. During the Christmas season Italians actually eat panettone at breakfast with coffee, between meals with Marsala wine, and after dinner with spumante. A Christmas without panettone in Italy would probably not be a good Christmas.
The origins of Panettone are quite sketchy, but one romantic legend says that in the late fourteen hundred, a young Milanese nobleman fell in love with the daughter of a baker named Toni. In an attempt to win the father’s approval, the young man decided to create a special sweet bread filled with fruits and other rich ingredients. After this event, locals began to call the bread “pan ad Toni” or Toni’s bread which slowly turned into the current name, panettone.
Nowadays panettone can be brought from any online Italian delicatessen and some larger supermarkets in the United Kingdom and other countries outside Italy, although they are generally only available seasonally at the end of the year or around March and April. One famous online Italian delicatessen which also has a London shop that sells freshly made panettone is Luigi’s. It is also a place where you can buy Italian food online thanks to their website.
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| Monday, March 08, 2010 |
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Fulfilment Services
By templecombe @ 1:51 PM :: 19 Views ::
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Fulfilment services are offered by many large companies and companies such as The Fulfilment Store offers overnight shipping for all goods and products, 24 hour turn around on all orders and even handles returns for your business. If you are not receiving these as basic services you simply have not worked with the right fulfilment services company yet.
There are many fulfilment services companies that offer you the chance to look at their success rates for recent peak seasons. Most fulfilment services companies will offer same day service, 24 hour turnaround times on returned merchandise, and even handle all returns and credits for your business. But there are few that will offer point of sale logistics for your business. The Fulfilment Store specialises in POS logistics and uses an intelligent routing system to choose the best carrier for your products based on the service cost and use.
Most fulfilment services will also have available the option of your customers placing direct orders through an integrated order solution system and call centre, where your company will have an account manager who deals only with your customers. This not only gives your customers product information, but someone to talk to about their order rather than being left in the dark with no information and no way to contact anyone. Your customers will have help at the tips of their fingers, a phone call away.
If your business deals with kitting, exhibition or events many fulfilment services offer these delivery services for you with complete traceability and information on the carrier for your records. With communication between your fulfilment services company and your client, there will not be a time where your customers will wonder where their products are. Your dedicated account manager through most fulfilment services will be available to speak to at any time for questions you may have.
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| Monday, March 08, 2010 |
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Literature Fulfilment
By templecombe @ 1:37 PM :: 20 Views ::
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Many businesses offer more literature than any other type of product, and for these businesses holding large amounts of literature it is costly to store this inventory. For many businesses, it is much less expensive to use a literature fulfilment company to handle this end of business. Not only do literature fulfilment companies offer your business the chance to save on inventory storage, but the headache of returns and shipping. Most literature fulfilment companies will find the least expensive delivery carriers for your products to be shipped with, but they also take care of all returns and exchanges.
These two actions alone take up an average of 23% of a business’ time when it comes to peak seasons. This is time that could be better used dealing with the sales and marketing end of your business.
Instead of holding your own inventory and dealing with the overhead for this requirement, simply using a literature fulfilment company will help to alleviate the troubles associated with inventory and your company no longer has to deal with any of these problems. The product your customers purchase can be handled through a fulfilment company’s automatic online service or you can place the order on their behalf. This allows your customers faster delivery times because most literature fulfilment businesses will offer 24 hour turnaround service and shipping. Your business not only gets less work due to using this business, but also gains a reputation for fast delivery and great products.
Many fulfilment companies will offer monthly or annual packages for your literature fulfilment needs. When deciding on your literature fulfilment company, ask about a dedicated account manager for your business and what systems will be used for your fulfilment.
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| Friday, March 05, 2010 |
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Wedding Caterers & Wedding Catering
By smithjohnson34 @ 6:00 AM :: 5 Views ::
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A wedding day - the most important day of a girl's life some might say. And after the dress and the venue and the honeymoon, well the food is pretty crucial too!
Whilst there are a thousand ways to do the food at a wedding - from fish and chip van to Indian buffet to sit down five course banquet - great food means happy guests, and an even more memorable day. So it’s important to get it absolutely right.
Paying a wedding caterer is the answer for many couples. And there are a huge number of companies specializing in wedding catering in the UK - companies who perhaps do corporate and private parties too, but who, overall, make wedding business their business.
Much of your decision making process about your wedding caterer should be dictated by the type of wedding you want. Are you looking for an urban city affair with a minimalist reception venue and a modern European menu? Or will it be a rustic day, with spring flowers in ribbon tied jam jars, hay bales to sit on and a hog roast by the barn? Perhaps you are thinking about a theme - do you have a seaside venue in mind, then serve local fish and seafood. Or lots of Caribbean family - how about a Caribbean style barbecue?
Wedding caterers can vary hugely in price and in product. Low key, casual and less formal weddings may benefit from smaller, more relaxed catering companies. But if budget is no issue, then the world is your oyster and you can find companies who will provide ice towers laden with the finest caviar and luges pouring the most superb vodka.
Choosing your wedding caterer is therefore crucial. Do your research - ask for recommendations, speak to other brides, or to the planning staff at your chosen venue (venues often provide a list of professionals they prefer to work with). Ask your photographer, florist and other wedding suppliers whether they can recommend a great caterer. Look for testimonials that might give you a steer on whether a wedding catering company really knows what they are doing. If a number of brides have recently written glowing letters of recommendation after their big days, then you can be pretty sure a caterer is able to do the same for you.
The lovely thing about paying a proper wedding caterer is that you can really relax on the big day, safe in the knowledge that a whole team with all the relevant skills and experience will be responsible for getting it right, so that you can concentrate on the vows, the speeches and first dance!
At the outset, it is very important to focus on the menu - and you can talk to your potential wedding caterers about this very early on. Get them to suggest ideas. Talk about what suits you as a couple, and get advice on what is right for the venue, the overall occasion and for your guests. If the produce is excellently sourced and excellently cooked, even sausages and mash can be perfect for a wedding meal. Ask your caterer about what is seasonal, and what they think of as their signature wedding dishes. If you want canapés before the meal, when people arrive and drink their first glass of icy champagne, then ask to see a canape list - getting these right really makes an important first impression and is a great way of wowing your guests before they have even sat down!
Don't forget your wedding cake - most wedding caterers will look after that too – ask to see photos of past cakes and you will soon get an idea for what you do or don’t want. Traditional white tiered fruitcake? Or gorgeous fun and frivolous cupcakes with your initials on?
Some of the larger wedding caterers such as "The Admirable Crichton" and "rhubarb" will also look after the decorative side of things for you. Lighting, linen, staff uniform, candles and table centerpieces can all fall under the remit of the wedding caterer, so make sure you get yours right!
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| Friday, March 05, 2010 |
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Canape Catering
By smithjohnson34 @ 5:52 AM :: 6 Views ::
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By far the most fabulous way to impress guests, canapes can often be the most amazing – and most beautiful – part of an event. Small mouthfuls of miniature classic favourites, or platters of perfectly designed parcels and morsels, they are certainly the teeny tiny way to your guests' hearts!
Canapes are also often the showcase for a really good caterer. High end celebrity and corporate caterers such as "rhubarb", Alison Price or The Admirable Crichton ensure that every item on their extensive canape lists is a real work of art. Presentation is always absolutely key in canapé catering, as of course are the highest quality ingredients and the freshest, most seasonal, produce.
These catering wizards often have their very own canape chefs, whose sole responsibility is to create the perfect miniature marvels. They often specialise in breathtakingly clever serving ideas – vintage style usherette trays laden with mini pies, or multi coloured glass and perspex carousels filled with tiny seafood cocktails, or silver chargers piled with mini quails eggs and dipping salts, fish and chip canapés in branded paper or wrapped in photos of the happy couple, pink lamb fillet speared on rosemary skewers, caviar served on mother of pear spoons. In fact, with the right canape catering, any dish at all can be made into an absolutely stunning canape.
Just because the canapes are small though, doesn't mean the job itself is! Most canape caterers work on a rule of allowing six to eight canapés per person, with perhaps ten to twelve varieties, some fish, some meat, some game, some hot, some cold, some vegetarian, and so of course the numbers of perfect little parcels soon add up!
And don't forget sweet canapes too – they are such a fun party feature. Think of piles of mini brownies dusted with glitter or gold leaf, mini ice cream cones with multi coloured ices, fruit garnishes or chocolate sprinkles, marvellous mini pavlovas oozing cream, or just trays of shot glasses filled with little trifles, mousses and brulees.
Of course the best caterers make an art of making the best canapes, but canapes can also be fairly easy to manage at home - think about prosciutto wrapped pear and dolcellate, mini fishcakes with a sweet chill dipping sauces, or just traditional roasted and honey glazed sausages. Even simpler - large prawns or crevettes with flavoured mayonnaise, bruschetta, or even just a baked vacherin or camembert.
A hugely sociable way of eating and experiencing fabulous food style too, the art of canape catering is certainly one worth looking in to for any and every event. Combined with champagne, canapes make the perfect drinks reception for a business event, the perfect start to a wedding breakfast or big birthday party, and of course at some parties, they just make for a perfect few hours grazing and chatting.
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