Almost a week ago today, a ton of bakers, sweet eaters, and just plain generous individuals descended upon Pita Jungle in Pasadena to support our Eat My Blog Charity Bake Sale. Thanks to everyone’s efforts, we raised $4,323.86 for the Los Angeles Regional Foodbank which means a grand total of over $16,000 since this charity’s existence. Holy cannoli bakers!

Although the day turned out to be rather warm for December, causing a few make-up and chocolate melt downs along the way, our baked goods held up for the most part and were purchased swiftly. You can salivate over all the Eat My Blog baked goods, sans the heat, with pictures taken by our talented Wes.

My Man's Belly's truffle dust tins flanked by two kinds of delectable brownies.

Just Jenn Recipes- Yoda Matcha Sugar Cookies

Till the next baking opportunity! Great big hugs, chocolate kisses, and thank yous from the Eat My Blog committee.

From left to right—Lien, Nastassia, Amy, Cathy, Laurie, and Diana

1. Macarons from XT Patisserie

2. Bacon Cheddar Buttermilk Biscuits and Fleur de Sel Pretzels from Manhattan Beach Post

3. Peppermint Cakewiches from Cake Monkey Bakery

4. Salted Caramels from Le Bon Garcon

5. Cannoli with Ricotta and Pistachio from Sotto Restaurant

6. Cupcakes and Brownies from Magnolia Bakery

7. Fresh Baked Pastries from Farmshop

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WHEN:                    

Saturday, December 10th
10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

WHERE:                 

Pita Jungle
43 East Colorado Blvd
Pasadena, CA 91105

In order to help YOU get to US quickly and effortlessly, here is some parking information for your reference as you plot your way towards us in Pasadena.

Pita Jungle is located at 43 E Colorado Boulevard, Pasadena, CA 91105:

Map courtesy of Pita Jungle Website

There are three “Park and Walk” garages in the vicinity which is the best option for you to save your money on the parking and spend it all on the Eat My Blog baked goods instead   The first 90 minutes are free; $2 thereafter, and $6 daily max. The closest P&W garage to Pita Jungle is located at 33 E. Green street (entrances can be found at S. Fair Oaks Ave., Green St., and S. Raymond Ave) and of course there are metered parking everywhere. Please visit the Old Pasadena website for more information about parking.

Parking map courtesy of Old Pasadena Website.

Ok, so we will have the goods, now you know where to park….that means we’ll be seeing you there right?! RIGHT. Can’t wait to meet you and thanks in advance for all your support.

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UPDATE: Hop Aboard the Gold Line!

The Eat My Blog committee would like to share with you a thank you letter we had recently received from the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank.  An especially poignant message in the letter stands out to us:

We are particularly grateful for your support during these challenging times when more of our neighbors in Los Angeles County are at risk of hunger than ever before.  Your gift allows us to secure and distribute nutritious food such as fruits and vegetables as well as staples like tuna, pasta, beans and rice.  Each dollar you donate allows the Foodbank to provide enough food for four meals.  By supporting the Foodbank, your kindness helps us to provide hundreds of thousands of families, seniors, children, men and women with much needed, nutritious food.

Thank you bakers and sweet eaters for your support and dedication!  We fed a lot of people in 2010, oh yes we did!  Here’s to more baking, eating, and sweet toothaches in 2011.  We look forward to working with you all again.  THANK YOU!

Picture courtesy of Gastronomy Blog.

Due to the generosity of everybody involved, the Eat My Blog bake sale raised $3,857.01 and currently totals over $12,000 raised during the course of three bake sales for the food bank! Whew, who would have known that the love of cavities would snowball into such a sweetly successful, charitable event!  Please click on the following links for a more comprehensive look at the Eat My Blog December 4, 2010 edition. Again, thank you, thank you, thank you for all your support!

Eat My Blog Winter 2010: Nourishing Our Community One Cookie (and Crack Pie) at a Time
Gastronomy Blog
December 5, 2010

Eat My Blog 3.0: A feast for the eyes, mouth and soul
Diana Takes a Bite
December 7, 2010

sweet successes for the eat my blog bake sale 2010
the roaming belly
December 6, 2010

Cupcake News
The Cupcake Diary
December 6, 2010

Eat My Blog: Sweet Tooth Satisfying
The Princess Gourmet
December 6, 2010

Eat My Blog Charity Bake Sale Raises Over $12,000 for the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank
Domestic Divas
December 6, 2010

Done and done.
Blank Slate: Discovering Place and Taste
December 6, 2010

Eat My Blog Charity Bake Sale Raises Over $3,700
The Savory Hunter
December 7, 2010

Chocolate Mint Cookies for Eat My Blog December 2010
Kitchy Cooking
December 10, 2010

Are you melting yet? This cute shiba inu is Idgie, the sweet companion of Tien aka Queequeg of blogging.la. Tien had the ingenious idea of making dog biscuits for the Eat My Blog bake sale on December 4th. Here’s a glimpse into her clever brain at work:

I noticed a lot of people at the last Eat My Blog bake sale with dogs and thought dogs totally deserve to have blogger-made treats, too!  So I decided to contribute one of my dog’s favorite treats: these dog biscuits.  Honestly, my dog will eat almost anything; that said, she does consistently choose these biscuits over other treats when I do random taste tests.  I think it’s because her favorite food, cheddar cheese, is used to help bind the ingredients together.  These also do not contain wheat – I generally avoid feeding wheat to hear if I can help it, because it is a hard ingredient for dogs to digest (and many others are allergic).

You’re one smart cookie Tien! Other than baking dog biscuits, Tien is also an admirer of fantastic bakeries. She shared an aromatic baking memory with us:

When I was in college, I lived a few blocks away from Acme Bakery, a fantastic bakery in Berkeley.  It was around 6:30 in the morning when I discovered it for the first time.  I was on my way to an absurdly early class, there was the smell of dew in the air and, under that dew, the smell of something yeasty.  It was subtle at first, then the wind picked up, and I caught all of it for half a second.  Up until that point, I really don’t think I ever had the pleasure of smelling freshly made bread; it was an experience I read about in books and saw in cartoons.  The books and cartoons were right: the fresh smell does waft, and it does bring a smile to your face.  I stopped in my tracks, stuck my nose in the air the way dogs do when they’re trying to place a scent, and followed my nose to Acme’s tiny little storefront.  I asked the nice lady at the register for her recommendation, and she pointed immediately to a loaf of bread that looked like one half of a civic crown: the pain d’epis (“ears of wheat”).  I ate the entire loaf pretty much then and there and missed out on a lecture on Anna Karenina And Other Late 19th Century Women Who [Spoiler Alert] Killed Themselves.  Oh, well.  I think I learned more that morning, breaking bread with myself, than I would have had I gone to class.  Just don’t tell my mom.

Thank you Tien! I’m glad our four-legged friends will have a treat to look forward to too at the Eat My Blog bake sale. Woof, woof!

I know you’re not suppose to say the “C” word when Thanksgiving is just around the corner….but I’m pretty sure a certain red-nosed reindeer and an obese man with white facial hair will be totally looking forward to these Candy Cane Creme Faux-reos by Valentina of Eastside Food Bites. Heck, I bet we all are!

We asked Valentina to induce more drool from us by describing her baked good:

The cookies have a  not-too-sweet, slightly salty chocolate flavor.  The creme is sweetly peppermint with pulverized candy canes that add a bit of crunch to the creamy texture.

Ohhhh la la….

We also asked Valentina to share one of her favorite baking memories with us:

My favorite baking memory is Home Ec. in high school. It was a luxury to have all that cooking space, and my teacher gave us total freedom to try out the recipes that interested us. Plus, I just remember laughing a lot–it was all fun and no stress.

Well, we hope you have fun making these delicious looking faux-reos for our Eat My Blog bake sale on December 4th! I’m sure there will be a ton of people who can’t wait to gobble them up! Thanks Valentina!

*Please refer to our menu for a complete list of baked goods.*