Like many others, our family got caught up in the great Netflix TV mini series Queens Gambit https://www.netflix.com/title/80234304 about a barrier-shattering young woman chess player growing up in the 1960’s. As an old chess player myself, I appreciated many of...
Helping Our Little Friends and Neighbors During Halloween with Nut Free Pretzel Treats Millions of families in America live with the specter of serious food allergies hanging over them; of these I find myself most affected by the children suffering from peanut and...
Where do Pretzels Come From? Farm-to-table is a big buzz phrase these days in the specialty food industry. Increasingly consumers want to know the origins of the foods they are eating and at Pretzel Pete we are happy to let you peek behind the curtain and see where...
I have been bemused (appalled?!) to observe the creeping return of Monosodium Glutamate (MSG) back in the ingredient list of some high profile snack products. For those of you that are too young to remember the original controversy, MSG is an artificial flavor...
Food Safety Starts With Cleanliness Believe it or not, it was not all that long ago that food safety was very much a secondary issue to most food manufacturers. Shortcuts were taken, basic sanitary protocols ignored and regulators were toothless. The result? Many...
Independence Day (or, Co-Dependence Day) at Pretzel Pete As the 4th of July holiday approaches tomorrow, I find myself reflecting on what the holiday means for me personally amid all the conflicting interpretations of what the holiday is or should be. For me, the idea...
