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GOURMET NEWS JANUARY 2014 www.gourmetnews.com Sticky Fingers Bakeries Offering Outstanding Fudge Brownie Mix Everyone loves delicious, gooey fudge brownie desserts. This is the whole secret behind the success of Sticky Fingers Bakeries. Sticky Fingers is in the business of bringing the best treats and desserts to your table, by offering mixes, such as their Fudge Brownie Mix, that will transform themselves into the most mouthwatering homestyle products you will ever taste. Whether you are looking to offer the perfect treat to your friends, you want to indulge in a guilty pleasure for yourself or you are looking for a product to sell in your specialty food store, Sticky Fingers' unique quality mixes will be the perfect choice. Thomas Owens and Ted Vogelman, the two men behind the success of Sticky Fingers Bakeries, originally started the company in San Diego, Calif. The pair began the business by providing muffins and scones to individuals and coffee shops. By the late 1980s, Owens and Vogelman decided to craft a powder scone mix that would only require the addition of water. This innovation enabled the company to assure a consistent taste to their products. Sticky Fingers Bakeries now offers a considerable amount of different products, Sierra Soups Offers a Hearty Meal in a Single Pot Sierra Soups are vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free and taste fabulous. The mixes are simple to make and come complete with vegetables (dehydrated) and a flavorful spice packet. They will serve a large family, with each soup yielding 8 to 16 one-cup servings. Recipes are on the back of each package, along with additional options to enhance the meal. The soup mixes come in clear cello packaging to showcase the colorful, allnatural ingredients inside. Display trays are available for shelf presentation. The company offers eight different soup mixes and a Middle-Eastern Grain & Lentil Salad mix, all of which are inexpensive and easy for the average cook to prepare. The com- pany supplies distributors, brokers, gourmet/specialty food shops, health food stores and upscale grocery stores/chains. The mission at Sierra Soups is to provide a wholesome product, with exceptional food value and a heap of flavor. Yet the soup mixes are easy for the average cook to put together. With the spices and vegetables already included in the soup bag, you will not have to make a trip to the grocery store. The hardest thing you may have to do is sauté an onion and sometimes not even that! In addition, once prepared, the soups can be frozen for future meals and retain their marvelous flavor and nutrition. The product line from Sierra Soups in- WINTER FANCY FOOD SHOW PREVIEW 25 including bread mixes, scone mixes, muffin mixes, northwest jams, English curds and, of course, their best-selling Fudge Brownie Mix. Sticky Fingers' selection of Fudge Brownie Mixes comes in four different flavors: the original brownie mix, chocolate fudge mix, mint chocolate chip mix and the espresso fudge mix. All of those products only require the addition of water, eggs and oil to the mix. You then simply stir and bake to get the most delicious brownies you have had since your grandmother's. Sticky Fingers' unique Fudge Brownie Mixes are all handcrafted from the finest ingredients possible, including tons of irresistible all-natural chocolate. The quality and consistency of Sticky Fingers Bakeries' powder mixes has made its name a wellknown established business throughout the country. The mixes are easy to prepare and easy to bake, which gives anyone the opportunity to savor warm chewy brownies without the hassle of baking. Many specialty and high-end grocery stores are now selling scones, muffins, breads and brownies from Sticky Fingers Bakeries. Sticky Fingers is well-known for offering the best quality baking mixes in the country, including premium muffin mixes, scone mixes, bread mixes and brownie mixes, along with their northwest jams, English curds and fruit butters. For more information on Sticky Fingers Bakeries or to learn more about their delicious Fudge Brownie Mix selection, visit www.stickyfingersbakeries.com. Visit the company at the Winter Fancy Food Show at booth #1469. cludes a number of top sellers. Fresno Fog Split Pea Soup is a rich, flavorful and satisfying split pea soup that is also exceptionally easy to prepare. While this can certainly make a terrific meatless entree, for a dose of tradition why not add a meaty ham bone and simmer? This soup is just right for a hot, delicious family meal. French Style 5 Bean soup is French country cooking at its finest. Just brown some chicken with an onion, add the colorful mixture of beans and vegetables and the aromatic spice packet and you can create an easy and delicious dinner in just one pot. Mama Sorrenti's Minestrone Soup is an Italian vegetable soup that is a hearty meal all by itself. The mix comes complete with large slices of potatoes, carrots, flavorful vegetables, beans, herbs and a wonderful blend of spices. To add your own touch, sauté an onion and some Italian sausage before adding the other ingredients. Finally, Italian Lentil Soup with Pardina lentils (small lentils grown in Spain and Italy) makes a hearty meal, rich in flavor. These small-size lentils are tender and cook faster than normal brown lentils. In Italy, it is believed that if lentils are the first dish you eat New Years Day, it will bring you luck the whole year. For more information about Sierra Soups, Inc., or to order the company's soup mixes, visit www.sierrasoups.com, or call 800.397.6887, Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Also visit booth #1179 at the Winter Fancy Food Show to meet with representatives from the company.

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