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Welcome to September, the month I still consider the beginning of the new year thanks to all those years of school. This time of year, I always feel this urge to run down to the stationery store and pick up all kinds of binders, pens, fancy paper, and far many Post-it notes while committing to … Read more

It’s August and you know what that means – CORN! Chilliwack is the corn capital of the world – I don’t want to hear a word out of you, Mitchell, South Dakota because we brought it and you were served so the title is ours now – so this month it’s all about that wonderfully … Read more

You voted and the winner for a new weekly series in the fall will be cold process emulsifiers! Woo hoo! My plan is to start in mid-September and choose one a month to create a few different formulas with different emollients and different viscosities, sharing a post once a week. I’ll post a shopping list … Read more

The new e-book is here! At 161 pages and over 50,000 words, this is my longest monthly e-book yet! This month it’s all about viscosity and the impact it has on the sensory characteristics of our ingredients and final products. We’re taking a closer look at how the triglyceride profile of an oil or butter makes … Read more

Happy July 2023! It’s Canada Day today, so we’re staying away from the crowds by hiding indoors and finishing up last month’s e-book. Click here for the update I shared a few days ago… If you were a $10 subscriber in the month of June 2023, there’s a coupon for the e-book of the month, … Read more