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Market for the Economy

photo credit: Olof S
Consumers’ conversations have changed. What’s important to them has changed. The stories of their lives have changed and it seems like no one is paying attention. For example: If consumers are talking about eating out less often, then having “fun” at Applebee’s doesn’t seem like it fits (especially if mom or [...]

Pittsburgh’s best cupcakes

The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette investigates the best cupcakes in Pittsburgh:
Close your eyes for a moment and engage in a culinary past-life regression. Imagine the moist, crumby sweetness of your first, simple cupcake, the finger-lickin’ goodness of that first magical morsel of yellow, white or chocolate cake with chocolate or vanilla icing.
Everyone has a favorite flavor combination [...]

The Catfish are Jumpin’

It’s easy to identify a catfish. They have a very unique appearance and are named for their distinctive cat-like whiskers…
Original post by site admin and software by Elliott Back

September 24th is Cupcake Day in Pittsburgh

photo by our own Allison Bojarski
This just in from James Gray, co-owner of Pittsburgh’s Dozen Cupcakes via their newsletter:
Cupcake Week Sept 21st - 27th
Just a little reminder about cupcake week!
We are still looking for contestants for the cupcake eating contest on Friday the 26th at 7pm in Lawrenceville. The winner will receive a trophy and [...]

Celebrate Official Cupcake Day in PIttsburgh!

Thanks to Violet at Cupcake Fetish for the heads up - sorry we missed this. It’s Cupcake Day and Cupcake Week in Pittsburgh! They got an official proclamation from the mayor and everything.
from Dozen Cupcakes:
# Wednesday, September 24: $1 cupcakes all day In honor of the City of Pittsburgh Mayor’s office naming Wednesday “Official Cupcake [...]

Pittsburgh cupcake graffiti

from Flickr user macwegan
Original post by Rachel and software by Elliott Back

inside a cupcake eating contest

Violet at Cupcake Fetish recently attended (and judged!) a cupcake eating contest in Pittsburgh at Dozen Bake Shop. Here’s what she said, and visit cupcake Fetish for the full story and more photos:
After all of the contestants and their counters got settled at a long table, Andrew (the other owner of Dozen) started placing trays [...]