Food, Milk and Lodging

For some reason the Alabama Department of Public Health/Division of Food, Milk and Lodging strikes me as a humorous title! Been doing some research trying to figure out the legalities of my cake sales. (gawds know I could never get my present apartment kitchen licensed!) But, I think the following might apply for sales at places like the Flying Monkey? And the number/frequency of my word of mouth commissions would probably be low enough to fly under the "real business" radar.

According to the Tuscaloosa News: (March 2009)http://www.tuscaloosanews.com/article/20090324/news/903239894&tc=yahoo

The Alabama Farmers Market Authority and the Alabama Department of Public Health/Division of Food, Milk and Lodging worked together to create the amendment to the state’s food establishment sanitation regulations.

Under the amendment, food prepared for sale at farmers markets or at charitable, religious, civic or not-for-profit events is permissible as long as it’s not potentially hazardous and a label or visible sign indicates that it was prepared at a location not inspected by the health department.

These include items such as baked breads, rolls, cookies, cakes, brownies, fudge, double-crust fruit pies, fruit jams, jellies, marmalades and relishes, candy, spices or herbs and snack items such as popcorn, caramel corn and peanut brittle.

properly attired

So, I'm doing a wedding cake for Hannah's friend.
So, Hannah didn't want to be responsible for delivering the cake.
So, I'm going to go to deliver it, which actually works out better for transport, set up and presentation.
So, Hannah put an idea in my head.
So, I bought a baker's jacket on ebay. Double breasted, 10 button, pale champagne pink.
So, I'll have to embroider a SugarTease! patch for it (or stitch the nonsensical slogan of "Food, Milk, Lodging" across the back), maybe see if I can dart it in for a more feminine fit, add some froufrou lace, change out for quirky buttons, something odd and arty...



I've been feeling (not badly depressed but)somewhat edgy and anxious today; doing this for myself made me smile.

Tarot found images: too perfect!

Duff Goldman as "7 of Knives" in my SugarTease!Cake tarot ( http://www.flickr.com/photos/curiouslee/201914278/ )


And for more tarot fun fangirling the Food Network, here is Alton Brown as the "4 of Knives" ( look )

LOL...I can tell I'm going be distracted and wasting a lot of internet time looking at food images....and, of course, I'm still seaching for the ultimate Chef Duff image to use for the "Ace of Cakes" card as well!