Articles Tagged with ''PMCA''

When Editor-in-Chief Bernie Pacyniak heard that CIA's Peter Greweling, professor of baking and pastry arts, would demonstrate the art of creating edible geodes out of chocolate and naturally-formed sugar crystals at PMCA’s production conference earlier this month, he had to reacquaint himself with what a geode is.

When Editor-in-Chief Bernie Pacyniak asked if I’d be interested in shadowing the caramel portion of a Caramel, Fudge and Toffee course hosted by the Professional Manufacturing Confectioners Association (PMCA) at Savage Bros. in Elk Grove, Ill. last week (Nov. 7), I said what any reasonable person would: Absolutely.

The PMCA’s Production Conference Program Committee named Bogusz as the 21st recipient of the Marie Kelso Memorial Award based on his a paper titled Panning Equipment – Classic, Belt, Automated and Future State of the Art. 

“After more than a decade of contemplating a name change, PMCA’s board of directors decided to take a page from the Nike playbook and said, “Let’s stop talking about it – let’s just do it!” says Yvette Thomas, the organization’s administrative director.