Those there baguettes are moving like wildfire, and we’re just thrilled about it. We’re stepping up production (er…right after we replace the current mixer, that broke down this morning, with a bigger one, this morning - baguettes are a little late today!) and bringing in more new products like:

• a greater variety of hard rolls
• scones (today we’ve got walnut)
• individual cheesecakes and pumpkin pies;, plus
• the French macroons with white chocolate butter-cream filling.

There’s also, of course, croissants (plain, chocolate and almonds) and the mousse cakes.

Holiday special orders start at $32 for cake that serves eight (for example lemon or passionfruit or strawberry or chocolate or coffee of vanilla mousse).

We’ll be selling coffee too - though we’re not in the coffee business, and we won’t be selling Strongtree. Now, our coffee is good, but if you’re looking for the finest cup of coffee in town it’s down there at Strongtree, 60 South Front Street, opposite the Hudson Train Station.

There are several great things happening in Hudson at LICK. First, we had a great two days meeting neighbors and friends old and new. Yesterday was very successful in terms of introducing ourselves, and we were very happy to get lots of suggestions on how to improve our offering line - new products and the like.

Second, we dropped off a whole mess of stuff at WAMC in Albany, and heard back from Sarah - seems that we will be able to do some segments over the coming months which we’re very excited about. We’re also going to do pastries and breads for the next WAMC fundraiser.

Third, we decided to add a bunch of new things, and starting today we will have mini pumpkin pies at the shop. We’re really thrilled at our good fortune at LICK and eager to get back to work - Sebastian is there now setting up.

Thanks so much to those of you who came by yesterday, and especially for the support we’ve received from the Hudson community!

Yesterday was  a great day of getting to know the space, figuring out where the cash register is and where the spoons are kept.

Today we have a range of offerings similar to yesterday’s, and we’re also going to be serving Strongtree Coffee. The ever-friendly Sebastian will be on hand today as the guy-behind-the-counter, and Nick and I will probably stop in during the day to check things out. We hope we see you there, even if it’s just to take a quick look around.

We’re so happy to have the chance to open at LICK, 253 Warren St in Hudson for the winter. Hudson’s favorite ice cream shop is closed for the winter, and the owners, Christopher and Mike, have been gracious and generous enough to let us try our hand at shopkeeping.

We’ll be open Thursday-Saturday from 10 am until we run out (probably around 3). Today we brought:
fresh breads

- French baguettes
- Bernie’s rye
- cheese sticks
- cheese puffs

pastries
- butter croissants
- croissants aux amandes
- pain au chocolate

cakes
- passion fruit mousse
- coffee mousse
- lemon mousse

So please come poke your head in the shop….if only to just take in the aroma of fresh-baked goods.

It’s been about a month or so since our last post, because we’ve been working our tails off (and Nick’s been traveling like a baseball team). Since then we’ve found that we’re not selling our stuff at Hawthorne Valley Farm, and we are selling at the Philmont Public House, Chatham Farmers Market and Hudson-Chatham Winery. Hawthorne Valley? No clue, other than they decided to go it themselves and we wish them luck with that. Chatham Farmers Market? We’ve been finding that the farmers markets are the best single way to get our stuff out there, and we’re loving it.

Yesterday we spent about four hours at the Sangria Tasting Day at Hudson-Chatham Winery on Route 66 in Chatham, NY. HCW was doing its annual Sangria day, food was provided by Mexican Radio, the Hudson- and New York City-based Mexican restaurant and hot sauce shop (delicious flautas, guac and chips and other spicy and sweet sauces). And we were doing Mexican Wedding Cookies, quark-cake, lemon-glazed butterfly cookies, cheesesticks, croissants, petits-fours (almond cream, dark chocolate and fresh, local and organic fruit like Saturn peaches and blueberries). We sold out in about two hours, though we should have brought more.

Today we’re doing the Philmont Farmers Market, with much the same offerings. Two things we’ll be discussing in these pages soon: Christmas gift baskets and fine pastry school at Corinna’s Comestibles in Harlemville. Stay tuned!

For the past few months we’ve been speaking with Sebastian at Philmont Beautification, which is working hard to bring a local farmer’s market to Philmont. Philmont, of course, is both the name of our awesome cat and the town just west of our bakery.

After months of his hard work, we’re thrilled to say that the Philmont Farmers Market launches this Cunday, June 28, from 10am to 1pmin the parking lot of the Albert Tripp Center at the corner of Main St and Elm St in downtown Philmont. There will be cooking demonstrations, live music with Steven Pague and Kenna Pague, and an array of food and crafts including:

• Fresh produce from the Farm at Millers Crossing
• Cheeses, Eggs, and Honey from the Pampered Cow
• Herbs and fresh flowers from Thyme in the Country
• Fresh bread from Our Daily Bread
• PB Inc Market Café with Strongtree Organic Coffee Roasters

And, of course, croissants, cakes and treats from us at Corinna’s Comestibles. Come out and see us, and enjoy the new market!

We’re really proud to announce two new customers, Hawthorne Valley Farm Store in Harlemville, NY, and Kaaterskill Farm Health Foods in Hudson New York. At Hawthorne Valley Farm Store, we launch not just a new retail outlet, but our first line of pastry made entirely from organic ingredients. We make less on each item, but we feel strongly that supporting organic farming and local business is crucially important.

The second new outlet is Kaaterskill Farm Health Foods in Hudson, NY; it’s on Healy Blvd, just across the street from our favorite Midas repair shop, and next to the AAA Travel Agency. Brian there has rebuilt the store after a devastating fire some time back. One of the things he envisioned was a coffee and pastry line. Specifically, he wanted scones to rival those of his favorite coffee bar, and croissants. We’re glad to know that he thinks we delivered on that promise, and we start delivery there of scones in the coming days.

We’re so happy that we’re slowly building out our bakery with such a line-up of teriffic retail outlets. When we set out, we wanted to serve people who believed that hand-made, fresh and local pastry made with local ingredients that were either natural or organic. So far each place we sell shares the same vision. In this economy, we’re immensely grateful that we’re fortunate enough to live in a community where there are many customers who share our vision as well.

Last week at Ginsberg’s 100th Anniversary we had a blow-out - what a great time. First, we met a host of local vendors, from O’Kenny’s Express in Valatie/Kinderhook - maker of some really nice pulled pork and pulled chicken - to Grandpa Pete’s sauces in Catskill to local farmers. We also joined Columbia County Bounty, a trade group promoting Columbia County (New York) agriculture and artisan products like ours.

Speaking of those, we sold out in two hours. Some of this was due to Nancy Ginsberg’s generous purchase of a slew of our products - ham and cheese, mushroom and cheese and plain croissants, plus some of our three-inch cheesecakes, the petits four and cheesesticks.

The only thing that didn’t go fast was the bread, but we’re thrilled about that - now we have a couple loaves for our house!

We also met up with a man we’ve been seeking for some time: out local sheeter and bakery supply repair place! He came by this week and was able to help out with the sheeter (we’re likely upgrading) and some other things.

We’re also very proud to announce two new customers, which I’ll do in a post tomorrow morning.

We’re stoked about the week - apologies for the radio silence, but I’ve been heads down on some consulting work and Corinna’s been swamped in the kitchen, but it’s been a really great week over at Corinna’s.

We’re putting out several posts over the next couple of days; two new customers (Hawthorne Valley Farm Store and Kaaterskill Farm Store), some awesome sales and feedback at Chatham Real Food Market Coop, and some exciting new stores that we’re in discussions with.

Also I’m going to blog about the fantastic service we got from our local printer, Pro Printers, where Ryan went above and beyond to help us out. We’re also going to talk about last Saturday at the Hudson Farmer’s Market, where we met several local producers (mushrooms, cheese, eggs and veggies) and lest I forget, the new line of ham and cheese croissants that are selling out every time we bring them out.

But first, lemme tell you about tomorrow’s Ginsberg’s 100th Anniversary Open House. We’re there, under the big top with an array of goodies for sale. We’ll have ham and cheese, plain, almond and chocolate crouissants, of course.

We’ll also have, for sale for the first time Corinna’s quark-cakes. These are real German cheese cake, made with Quark and not Philadelphia - they’re three inches wide and about four and a half inches high and topped with a delicate  tuile butterfly cookie. Delicate and substantial, satisfying but not overly filling. Five bucks.

There’ll also be cheese sticks, lemon petits four, lemon tartlets, rye bread and  palmiers. We hope to see you there - Route 66 near Route 9H!

Last night at the Chatham Real Food Market Coop, Corinna and I set out to do a three-hour product demo, but we sold out after a bit under two hours.

These are good problems to have!

The crowds were good - usually we had several people at a time - and some were pushing others out of the way to get tastes. We went through about three dozen croissants, a gaggle of lemon-curd petit-fours, and about two dozen cheese sticks.

Meanwhile, across the room, the cash register was singing as people bought. This was a great way to get out and meet customers and describe what we do, and we’re very grateful to Marcie at the market for the opportunity.

One thing she noticed yesterday was that the ham and cheese croissants and the cheese sticks sold especially well; today’s order out to the market will contain more of those.
Today we’re off to make deliveries to the Market and Strongtree, plus checking out the Hudson Farmers’ Market.