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Monday, October 10, 2011

What's On Tonight?

On Tonight: Terra Nova, Kim's Fairy Tale Wedding: A Kardashian Event and Cake Boss

It's Monday night. What are you watching?

Monday, Oct. 10 Terra Nova, 8 p.m., Fox Last week’s episode was an entire hour devoted to angry birds. Don’t test me, Terra Nova. Kim’s Fairy Tale Wedding: A Kardashian Event, 9 p.m., E! Instead of watching this, let’s all donate this hour to helping the poor and less fortunate. Imagine the good we can do! Cake Boss, 10 p.m., TLC Tonight, “Regis Philbin stops by the shop to learn how to decorate cakes.” I don’t care what people think. I love Regis and I will miss him when he is gone.

Tuesday, June 7, 2011

A Day in the Life

A Day in the Life: Frank Apuzzo, Baker

For seven years, Frank Apuzzo has owned and operated Pastry Fusions, located at 999 Foxon Road in North Branford.

North Branford Patch: How did you first become interested in baking? Frank Apuzzo: One day when I was 13 or 14 years old, I was sitting on the couch watching a show called Great Chefs and there was this guy on who was making cakes and frosting them with butter cream. I used to watch Great Chefs, Frugal Gourmet, Cookin’ Cajun and Yan Can Cook. I was always interested in cooking. I cooked with my mother and my grandmother. I just always had a knack for it. My first aspiration was to be more of a chef than a baker. North Branford Patch: What was your first job in the food industry? Apuzzo: I worked at an Italian restaurant called Ristorante Faustini in East Haven. I got a job washing dishes when I was 15 years old. I quickly showed an …

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