American Almond Products Company Brings Artisan Home Baking Ingredients to Summer 2004 Fancy Foods Show

Americas Premier Baking Ingredients Now Available to the Retail Trade American Almond Products Company has been the secret ingredient of the finest professional bakers and chefs for over 80 years. Now, these same, high-quality, hard to find ingredients are available to home bakers and pastry chefs nationwide.

(PRWEB) June 24, 2004 -- Pssst... The secret is out! American Almond Products Company has been the secret ingredient of the finest professional bakers and chefs for over 80 years. Now, these same, high-quality, hard to find ingredients are available to home bakers and pastry chefs nationwide. The American Almond Products Company is making its debut at this years summer 2004 Fancy Foods Show (Booth #5345) at the Jacob Javits Center June 27-29 in New York City. Here, buyers, retailers and curious cooks will have the opportunity to sample the companys complete line of nut pastes and fillings.

The retail product line includes Traditional Almond Paste, Marzipan and Roasted Almond Butter as well as Roasted Hazelnut Praline, Natural Pistachio Nut Paste, Bakers Style Prune Lekvar and Poppy Seed Filling. Made from all natural ingredients, each product comes freshly packed in a convenient pop-top can with re-sealable lid. Pack sizes range from 15 to 16 ounces each, 6 cans per case. On the back of each label, consumers will find recipes for Almond Tea Cake, Frozen Hazelnut Parfait and Chocolate Almond Fudge Sauce among other sweet and savory delights.

American Almond Products Company was founded in 1924 by Carl Peckler, an Austrian baker looking to recreate the world-renowned nut pastes he and his family enjoyed in their homeland. He combined premium ingredients from around the world with old-world artisan cooking methods. Eighty years later, the American Almond Products Company continues to produce its products using the finest domestic and imported raw materials, carefully prepared in the same small batches that Carl Peckler knew were key to his countrymen's technique.

American Almond Products Company enters retail distribution at a time when interest in heirloom baking is growing. Over the years, weve received countless requests for a retail source for these hard-to-find ingredients," says company President, Victor Frumolt. We are delighted to now offer our most requested products to dedicated home bakers and smaller users everywhere. Along with the retail product line, the company is launching its consumer web site, www.pastrycraft.com. There, consumers will find recipes, nutritional information and helpful tips on how to use the products.

Contact: Victor Frumolt, President    

Phone: (800) 825-6663

Email: vfrumolt@americanalmond.com

Media contact: Priscilla Martel

Phone: 860-526-4154

Email:     pmartel@americanalmond.com

Website: http://www.pastrycraft.com

Sales Inquiries: George W. Hunter

Phone: (908) 803-6922

Email: prhunter@msn.com

Website: http://www.pastrycraft.com