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Nov 15

Organic Butternut Squash and Creamy Goat Cheese Brioche - this is what happens when you are surrounded by incredible bakers in the Bread Baker’s Guild of America! You get inspiration and create goodness. Thanks Solveig and Andrew for your knowledge and ability to teach it! And thank you Bob and Sean McClendon for growing local wonders! Today and next weekend!

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Oct 29

It was an honor to participate in the For Goodness Bakes program in partnership with King Arthur Baking Company. With their help we were able to donate to the Carl T. Hayden VA Medical Center @phoenixvahealthcare because we need to support our veterans throughout their lives. We chose the Housekeeping department because these essential front-line workers are often overlooked, much like workers in the food service industry.
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We included 2 different breads, our granola, Eugenia’s Oatmeal Mix, and a box of cookies, so the workers could share and enjoy with their families!

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Sep 3

Happy birthday to the best dad ever!!! So much wisdom, inspiration, love 💕 and fun still coming at you after 93 years! The guy is amazing and I am so lucky to call him Dad!!! 🎂🇬🇷😍

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Aug 14

Bread 🍞🥖🥐how I ♥️you!! Dad’s Organic Wheat, Crusty Baguettes, Traditional Sourdough, Five Grain Rustic and Buttery Brioche. Baking bread helps me stay grounded especially these days. We have these in house all weekend and most days. It’s the simple things!! 😍

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Jul 17

Simple goodness - delicious organic peaches 🍑 baked on our puff pastry with vanilla bean cream. Yum 😋 and Organic Fresh Peach Pies plus our quiches, pot pies, spanakopita, soups, breads and salads made with lots of love 💕 for dining at home. Delicious simplicity is a sincere bright spot in this chaotic mess we are all going through. Stay safe!

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Jun 13

Almond croissant 🥐 - pure and simple goodness. It’s what we do best because classic never goes out of style! 💕

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Jun 3

Local Sweet Corn, Spicy 🌶 Jalapeño, Framini Ham and Creamy Goat Cheese Quiche. Today’s lunch special and available for take home this week. We take quiche seriously and this lil number will not disappoint. A bit of love 💕 to support Black Lives Matter.

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May 24

My favorite time of day - the crackle and smell of fresh 🥖 baguettes reassures me that no matter what my lunch is going to be delicious!! Embarrassingly I admit it’s my center of the plate lunch 🥙🍴😍!

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May 5

Happy Mother’s Day, year, life, everything to the best mother AND father I could have ever had. It’s thanks to them that I have the strength and courage to persevere during these times. At my age my parents restaurant and livelihood had just been decimated by a pyromaniac that had set it on fire after 55 years in business. And when my dad went to the local banks for help they turned him down for a loan because he didn’t have records (because they had just gone up in flames), and yet they still managed to rebuild their restaurant from ground zero. They were in their 50’s, had 5 kids, no income and they somehow did it and never complained. Although my mom passed away 2 years ago, I still hear her words of wisdom and encouragement but oh how I still miss her. We buried her with a sign that said it all “I’m kind of a big deal”. Yes she certainly was! Do not forget to show your mom how much you love her.

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Mar 19

Breads, baguette 🥖 , croissants 🥐 , pot pies, quiche, pastries all ready to go or store in your freezer. We appreciate your support and loyalty 😍thank you and be safe.

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Mar 5

Bragging about my star ⭐️ apprentices on tv!! Check us out Friday at 10 am on Your Life A to Z, Channel 3! Thank you to Ron for showing them the control room 😊!

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Feb 29

Blood Orange and Creamy Ricotta Brioche - new and on the menu today and tomorrow! Creamy, tart, rich and yummy - perfect for breakfast or a snack! Thank you to McClendon Farms for growing such beautiful citrus 🍊.

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Feb 27

Party 🎉 today!! Are you the more dainty, sophisticated partier or the crazy, rogue type?! We made mushroom Gruyere melts, tea sandwiches and mini cheese BLT all on our cute lil breads!

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Feb 12

Chocolate Cherry Pithivers - for your Valentine❤️ or maybe just for you 😍! I’m not gonna lie - this is ridiculously delicious. I made chocolate puff pastry and stuffed it with chocolate almond cream and cherries 🍒! My French husband LOVED it so I’m guessing your valentine will too!

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Dec 31

End the year with a 🎆bang! We got you covered for your celebrations- mini desserts, lemon 🍋 meringue cakes, Chocolate 🍫 tartes and lotsa croissants 🥐 and breads! Thank you for a wonderful year, we sincerely appreciate your support. Happy New Year!!! 😍

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Nov 16

Raclette for Brunch right now!! Delicious Swiss🇨🇭🧀 cheese over perfectly scrambled eggs with bacon, roasted fingerling potatoes and organic vegetable confetti - Breakfast with attitude!

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Nov 7

Breakfast is serious business here at Essence - we take eggs seriously! Organic eggs cooked low and slow - which result in creamy, soft deliciousness never any of that nasty high temperature overcooked tough stuff! Cooked with McClendon Farm sweet peppers and chives served with a rosemary ham steak and our warm gruyere cheese croissant! Breakfast special today.

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Oct 31

Pumpkin Spice Latte - the real deal, plain and simple - no fake this or that, it’s against the Essence Religion! Espresso blended with our homemade spiced caramel sauce topped with organic pumpkin 🎃 spice chantilly cream and dusted with our pumpkin spice! Happy 😊 Halloween 👻

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Oct 4

Having fun with my baking team - all girls, all superstars in the making! CCAP graduate and CCAP apprentices! It’s our pilot apprenticeship program in Arizona and it is awesome!

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Aug 30

Caramel Cafe Glacé - because this is how we roll! We take our Organic Nicaraguan Coffee locally roasted by Espresso Italia and blend it with our rich caramel sauce, vanilla paste and organic heavy cream! We also make vanilla and mocha glacés with our own sauces. Nothing like homemade!

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Aug 23

Peach Central 🍑over here! And tomorrow it’s National Peach Pie Day. We were lucky to receive a special delivery of these Palisades Colorado peaches and they are soooo good! One bite and there’s this luscious juice running down your arm - remember that?! Come get peach goodness all weekend! 😍🍑

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Aug 18

New stuff that tastes as cute as it looks and is my new favorite! Very chocolate pots de creme baked in a chocolate tarte topped with a mini chocolate Madeleine and vanilla churro. So much goodness in a little package of 💕.

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Aug 14

New stuff, my favorite part of summer - new product testing! Cookies, breads, pastries - I love it all! This is a Hayden Mills Wheat Sourdough that makes a killer breakfast toast. This weekend we will have honey wheat brioche with streusel, cream cheese danish and sampling new cookie!

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Jul 28

Paris in Phoenix - 20+ years ago my French husband convinced me to leave Paris so I had to recreate my favorite French foods. This is 100% classic and done right it never goes out of style!