Let me start by saying that I am not attacking any commercial bakery or a commercial bakeries ability to sell what they must. I am looking at this from the vantage point of a consumer who has for years, purchased cakes from my local grocer when my energy was low and making a cake from scratch was the least of my priorities.

Human beings can talk themselves out of anything, dare I say everything; then wonder why they have nothing. We have learned to use every excuse in the book so we don’t have to follow-up, follow-through and do. I recently received a long list of questions from a woman who wants to start a home bakery and mobile dessert truck, selling cupcakes and jumbo cookies to the uptown lunch crowd in her city.

I was recently going through all of the cottage food laws to decipher which one was the best in the nation and although the only one I found to be great was North Carolina’s there are bits and peaces of other cottage food laws that stand out in a good way. Michigan passed their cottage food law this summer and although there is a limit to the about of revenue you can pull in per year, $15000.00 or less; the types of products a home food processor can make is amazing.

It is only fair to give the new foodie show “The Chew” the benefit of the doubt; and if I were not so disgusted by it, I would. According to David Hinkley, Daily News Writer, the goals of the show are a bit “ambitious.”

Earlier today I was sharing with my daughter some attributes about my dad.  She wanted to know what kind of man would leave a “good” job as an accountant for a major auto company and start his own business. What would drive someone to walk away from the security of a pension, health insurance and possible promotions to work long hours, never know when the next customer might walk through the door?