Greetings from the Field of Dreams: If you bake it, they will come
Dear Friends:
I spent last week in lovely majestic Iowa, where we manufacture our allergy-friendly Cybele’s Free-to-Eat cookies. We make them right next to the Field of Dreams. There’s something about that, that’s achingly poetic. Every time I start to feel defeated or beaten down by the business, I think to myself “If you Bake it, they will come”.
Here are some kids, eating our cookies.
This picture was taken in Los Angeles, the night before I went to Iowa… to bake more cookies. Because IF YOU BAKE IT, THEY WILL COME. And you will need to make more cookies. Which is exactly what we did. 216,000 cookies, to be exact.
In the next couple of weeks, please look for our cookies in all Kroger brand stores. That means Kroger, King Soopers, Fred Meyer, Ralphs, QFC, etc. We will be in the core cookie set, so look for us there, in the cookie aisle. Let me know if you find them. And please let me know if you don’t!
Here are cookies being trayed to bake….
And cookies cooling….
And cookies being sorted….
Meanwhile… outside the window of my motel….
This helicopter took off and landed all day long. It’s an Agriculture and Pest Control copter. They seemed to have some serious business to attend to!
It’s the heartland for corn here. Yup, that’s corn. All along the horizon.
All in all, it was a good time Lots of cookies baked. And lots of cookies shipped. Can’t wait to go back, to the Field of Dreams.
Congratulations! Can’t wait to see your cookies.
Thank you, Jeanette! Let me know when you do! Congrats on blog accolades today on Healthline.
xo
Wishing you the best and will be on the look-out for your cookies at my local QFC in Federal Way, WA. They can’t come soon enough. I have your cookbook so I know they will be delicious.
Kristina, thanks so much! I hope you enjoy them. Let us know which flavor you like best, once you’ve tried them!
Love the pictures,and to hear the process of getting it done, I have ordered the oatmeal raisins,my husband and I loved them…but the shipping cost more the the cookies…. can’t wait till they hit the east coast…
Congratulations on all your hard work!!
Susan
Hi Susan:
Yes, it’s really expensive to order them. Much better to wait till they are in stores. I will let you know when they hit RI.
all best,
Cybele
Thanks!!! Keep them coming 🙂
And Massachusetts, too!
Yay for cookie production! Just look at those trays of cookies getting ready to go out and conquer the world!
Are you stinking serious??? You remember the Macy’s commercials at Christmas time with people waiting outside, tapping on the store window? Well, that’s going to be me waiting for your cookies.
I must let you know that your book has been my saving grace as I try to navigate my sons nearly 10+ food allergies (which include 7 of the top 8, but I still won’t touch shrimp. You gave us the hope of a normal life. I want to say thank you. I love you for the work you are doing. When it gets hard, and I am sure it does, please think of people like me, who have cried their hearts and eyes out feeling the monumental task of simply having food available for our kids was impossible.
Interestingly, I just blogged about your Baker’s Handbook. I consider it to be the allergen-free baker’s bible. If you ever get time, you can find it here – http://allergymomsunite.blogspot.com/2013/08/the-allergen-free-bakers-handbook.html.
And Cybele, thank you.
Hi! My name is Jessica McMorris. I was checking out your blog and I really like it! I think it’s full of great information and ideas! Thank you for taking the time to put this out into the world.
I also wanted to share my own blog with you when you have a moment to check it out.
http://allergyfriendlyvegetarian.wordpress.com/
Also, I’m in the process of releasing a hypoallergenic muffin mix into the retail market and wanted to make people in the food allergy community aware. You can check out my project on Kickstarter called Muff’n Stuff and support if you’d like. At the very least, feel free to spread the word!
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/allergyfriendlyveg/the-launch-of-muffn-stuff
Thanks,
Jessica
Thanks so much for sharing, Jessica.
all best,
Cybele