It’s November at Zingerman’s! Cranberry Pecan bread is here! When I started at the deli, I was always getting requests for the mythical cranberry pecan bread, but I had to wait a couple months to get my chance to try it. Now I understand why guests will pine for a freezing November day in the middle of June — this bread is delicious! I love our raisin pecan bread, too, but the cranberries add a tartness that gives the loaf a “pop” of flavor I’ve never tasted in bread before. The crust is thin and crackly, and the pecans give it all the crunch you could ask for — it’s like trail mix in bread! I love it with butter, I love it more with our cream cheese, and I love it most as french toast (and not just because that rhymes). We only get this bread November and December every year (and weekends in July), but it freezes really well and you’ll be glad to defrost a loaf in March or April, right along with the snow outside.
Hello. This is kind of an “unconventional” question , but have other visitors asked you how get the menu bar to look like you’ve got it? I also have a blog and am really looking to alter around the theme, however am scared to death to mess with it for fear of the search engines punishing me. I am very new to all of this …so i am justnot positive exactly how to try to to it all yet. I’ll just keep working on it one day at a time Thanks for any help you can offer here.
Hello ballet tutus,
We are using a custom theme that uses our handmade graphics in place of a text menu. You could build one too using a graphics program and some knowledge of HTML. Or you might be able to find an eager freelancer who could create one for you for a small cost.
The great part of having one is that we think it looks awesomely wonky (or wonkily awesome)! The downside is that it is less flexible; you won’t be able to add more pages easily as you would on Blogspot. Also, because it uses graphics and not text, it probably does affect our search results somehow (we’re not sure what the big secret formula is either). But the one thing we’ve learned about dealing with search engines is this: Content is king! If you have lots of posts that people enjoy reading, you will be rewarded with tons of hits and search engine love.
Good luck with your blog!
:: Billie Lee
Zingerman’s Web Developer