Cake

Amber Willard GLENDALE -- Gov. Gray Davis on Friday signed a bill sponsored by state Assemblywoman Carol Liu (D-La Crescenta) that allows Korean rice cakes to be served at room temperature. The county's health department had ordered Korean rice cake bakers to refrigerate their wares after preparation due to bacteria growth concerns. Korean business groups argued that the amount of time the cakes are kept at room temperature is not long enough for bacteria to contaminate them.

Red Ribbon Week had a high-energy close at Glenoaks Elementary School Friday night during a PTA-sponsored event that was a meet-and-greet for parents and an all-out dance party for children. This year, Howdy Night, which has been held at Glenoaks for more than a decade, took on the message of Red Ribbon Week, an annual anti-drug campaign that started on Monday. The “Dare to Dance” assembly was one of the new additions to this year’s Howdy Night, where the message was “say no to drugs and yes to dancing,” said performer Christy Lane, who led the students through the popular dances from each decade, starting with the 1950s.

LA CAÑADA FLINTRIDGE — Amid banners and balloons emblazoned with red and blue stars and stripes, city leaders, business owners and residents rang in La Cañada Flintridge's 30th birthday on Thursday. While a few hundred residents dined on an all-American picnic of hamburgers, hot-dogs, corn-on-the-cob, potato salad and watermelon by local restaurant Los Gringos Locos, the 170-member La Cañada High School band entertained with tunes, like the theme from "Mission Impossible."

Marlene Hitt Page 12 of the Record Ledger, Oct. 3, 1939 displays advertising for the Wagon Wheel Cafe on Honolulu, announcements of the Legion's Fall Festival and the PTA standing committee. On the following page is the advertising placed by Snyder's 5-10-25 cent store (7239 Foothill): Enamelware pans kettles, white with red trim -- 39 cents each, rubber gloves 9 cents a pair, brooms 25 cents, Bobbie pins 3 cents a card. But the Record Ledger Cooking School by Ben Hur products is the big story.

Founders Day event postponed Organizers of the event celebrating the 96th anniversary of Montrose on Sunday announced that it would be postponed to March 1, citing forecasts of rain and cold weather. Montrose Founders Day is scheduled to feature the Gremoli New Orleans Jazz Band, an old time photo exhibit, a grand nine-tier birthday cake representing the ninth decade since the original Montrose land sale, the Harvest Market and other attractions on the 2200 block of Honolulu Avenue from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. As of Wednesday, there was a 20% chance of rain and inclement weather forecast for the weekend.

Linda LaZar Over the past few years, tiramisu cake has been described to me by many people as a delicious dessert. The first time I tried it, I was with a friend, and after tasting it, I told her that tiramisu would not be on my list of favorite desserts, because the cake seemed a little dry. She explained that "true" tiramisu cake is never dry, and I should try it again sometime. So ever since then, I have tried tiramisu at just about every restaurant or bakery that I've visited.

Real estate group meets for mixer GLENDALE -- The Armenian American Real Estate Assn. presents its "July 2004 Mixer," featuring guest speaker Dr. L. Wayne Gertmenian, from 6 to 8 p.m. July 28 at Brandview Collection, 109 E. Harvard St. Gertmenian served the Nixon and Ford administrations as a chief detente negotiator in Moscow for the National Security Council, as an emissary to Tehran for the Commerce Department, and...

Judy Seckler LA CRESCENTA -- Diane's Hallmark Shop in La Crescenta threw a luau Saturday for its devoted Keepsake Ornament collectors as part of Hallmark's 2000 Keepsake Ornament Premiere. Employees dressed in Hawaiian garb, and decorated the store in a Hawaiian motif while customers snacked on macadamia nuts and pineappleupside-down cake. Others preferred to spend their time playing the "find-the-fish" game or guessing how many macadamia nuts were in the jar. A lot of good, clean fun was planned for the die-hard Keepsake Ornament collectors who take advantage of the company's July promotion to expand their growing collections of ornaments.

Robert and Audrey Ritter Longtime La Crescenta residents Robert and Audrey Ritter recently celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary. They were married at the First Lutheran Church of Burbank on Feb. 14, 1954. Prior to retirement, Robert was a government inspector for Defense Contracts Administration Services. Audrey was a freelance accountant for several companies including Mayfield Junior School, Custom Architectural Products, Snyder Development Co. and many individuals.

You can't have your cake and eat it too. You know that truism if you've ever purchased a cake from Porto's Bakery; the flavor, the texture and the decoration are so inviting that those surrounding you will salivate before their share is cut. They want a piece of the action. Just like a cake from Porto's, no sooner do you get a tax increase than the lobbyist and the well-connected want a piece of that action. No matter how you decorate that tax increase with flavorful goodies for the common man, the campaign contributor will sure to be next to the celebrant waiting to get his piece cut out of the taxpayer's cake.

At Jane's Cakes and Chocolate Supply in Montrose, three women tried their hand at the art of color flow for the first time. Roberta Fasso-Locke instructed the class, where she learned how to bake and decorate cakes nearly 25 years ago from the shop's former owner, Jane Johnson. On a recent Wednesday evening, the three students - Joji De Jesus of Sunland, Connie Ruiz of Burbank and Lori Salas of Granada Hills - would produce decorations for a beehive-shaped cake they had not yet made.

They have traveled from as far as Singapore, Canada, Germany and Kansas. For these travelers, Glendale can be the first California neighborhood they’ll experience; however, they are not here to see Glendale or even Los Angeles for that matter. They make the trek for Kaye Hartman, a Glendale resident who, at 36 years old, is making a name for herself in the cake world as a master sugar artist. They come to learn her technique. Hartman teaches cake decorating, baking and sculpting classes in her store at 308 S. Brand Blvd.

Joan Crawford won an Oscar in 1945 for her portrayal of Mildred Pierce, a Glendale mother who survived the collapse of her comfortable middle class life in the Great Depression and achieved fame and success on her skills as a homemaker — specifically, her pie-baking genius. It's a dark and melodramatic movie, now an HBO mini-series that started last Sunday. But the real-life story of a Glendale mother who came to America with nothing but the clothes on her back and built a spectacularly successful business on her skills as a homemaker — specifically, her cake-baking genius — is anything but a tear-jerker.

Three candles sat atop a white sheet cake adorned with hot pink and purple roses made of icing. Florence Tuckman leaned forward to blow out the first candle ? an oversized digit in the shape of the number one. Someone pushed the cake closer to her as she struggled to blow out the second candle ? in the shape of a zero. With an extra push, she blew out the last candle and exclaimed ?I?m gonna live forever!? The last candle was a seven. On Monday afternoon, friends and family gathered at Elms Convalescent Hospital to celebrate Tuckman?

Growing up in Southern California, I loved watching Sheriff John’s Lunch Brigade in glorious black & white. The show began airing on L.A. station KTTV in 1952 and featured popular segments including the daily Pledge of Allegiance and Safety Bulletin. Weekdays after kindergarten, I would sit on the floor of our family room in front of our wooden ark-like Zenith console TV and wait for Mom to bring in my wholesome all-American lunch which — if I was lucky — included a deviled egg sandwich on white Wonder bread with the crusts cut off, and a wiggly, jiggly square of orange Jell-O with shredded carrot and pineapple chunks inside.

Crescenta Valley resident Charles Bausback, 86, made his way slowly to the podium last Saturday morning at Two Strike Park after being honored as a Crescenta Valley pioneer at the annual Arbor Day ceremony. “I’m not sure if I’m deserving of this honor,” he told the crowd of more than 250 people who came out for the morning festivities, “but we’ll make the best of it.” Bausback’s recognition was a highlight of a busy morning that celebrated not only tree-planting — the reason why Arbor Day was first enacted over 135 years ago — but the chance for the community to gather.

Founders Day event postponed Organizers of the event celebrating the 96th anniversary of Montrose on Sunday announced that it would be postponed to March 1, citing forecasts of rain and cold weather. Montrose Founders Day is scheduled to feature the Gremoli New Orleans Jazz Band, an old time photo exhibit, a grand nine-tier birthday cake representing the ninth decade since the original Montrose land sale, the Harvest Market and other attractions on the 2200 block of Honolulu Avenue from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. As of Wednesday, there was a 20% chance of rain and inclement weather forecast for the weekend.