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Above All Else, Monkey Bread
0 comments Thursday, 21 April 2011At Loaf, a new bakery and cafe, an assortment of breads — ciabatta, dill, whole wheat, raisin, foccacia and rye — line a high wooden shelf, their crusty good looks set off by a vibrant backdrop of buttercup-yellow paint. But the golden-brown monkey bread ($7), a pull-apart bread baked in a cake pan, and still warm from the oven, handily upstaged the others.
“My son is addicted to it,” said Caryn Stabinsky, the baker. “When we were getting ready to open, I wasn’t baking it, and he’d say, ‘Where’s my monkey bread?’ ” Made with a touch of brown sugar and fragrant with yeast, the puzzlelike bread — fun to say and fun to eat — will undoubtedly stir the same emotions in other neighborhood children.
Ms. Stabinsky, who owns Loaf with her husband, Geoffrey Fischer (the two met while working at WD-50, in Manhattan), favors an old-fashioned American repertoire of cakes and cookies, which includes a dreamy coconut cake ($5.25 a slice); assorted husky cookies ($2.75 each); classic brownies ($3 each); and a charming square confection called pretzel-covered chocolate ($4.25), a fudgy brownie bristling with pretzel pieces — a sort of inside-out chocolate-covered pretzel.
On the savory side, Loaf offers soups, sandwiches and salads, plus galettes and tortas. Customers have already indicated a couple of favorites, among them a lovely grilled tuna, asparagus and avocado salad ($9) with two dressings — one a spicy mayonnaise, the other a bright lemon vinaigrette — and a torta made with spinach, goat cheese and shallot confit ($4 per slice).
Also bound to prove popular as the days warm up are ginger iced tea, made with fresh ginger syrup, and watermelon lemonade, made on the premises from fresh fruit. (Both are $2.75 for 16 ounces.)
Loaf Bakery and Cafe, 387 Main Street, Armonk; (914) 273-4320 or loaf-cafe.com. Open Monday to Friday, 8 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Saturday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
“My son is addicted to it,” said Caryn Stabinsky, the baker. “When we were getting ready to open, I wasn’t baking it, and he’d say, ‘Where’s my monkey bread?’ ” Made with a touch of brown sugar and fragrant with yeast, the puzzlelike bread — fun to say and fun to eat — will undoubtedly stir the same emotions in other neighborhood children.
Ms. Stabinsky, who owns Loaf with her husband, Geoffrey Fischer (the two met while working at WD-50, in Manhattan), favors an old-fashioned American repertoire of cakes and cookies, which includes a dreamy coconut cake ($5.25 a slice); assorted husky cookies ($2.75 each); classic brownies ($3 each); and a charming square confection called pretzel-covered chocolate ($4.25), a fudgy brownie bristling with pretzel pieces — a sort of inside-out chocolate-covered pretzel.
On the savory side, Loaf offers soups, sandwiches and salads, plus galettes and tortas. Customers have already indicated a couple of favorites, among them a lovely grilled tuna, asparagus and avocado salad ($9) with two dressings — one a spicy mayonnaise, the other a bright lemon vinaigrette — and a torta made with spinach, goat cheese and shallot confit ($4 per slice).
Also bound to prove popular as the days warm up are ginger iced tea, made with fresh ginger syrup, and watermelon lemonade, made on the premises from fresh fruit. (Both are $2.75 for 16 ounces.)
Loaf Bakery and Cafe, 387 Main Street, Armonk; (914) 273-4320 or loaf-cafe.com. Open Monday to Friday, 8 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Saturday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Hanes reports bigger profit, raises earnings guidance as higher prices take hold
0 commentsWINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — HanesBrands Inc.'s net income increased 32 percent in the first quarter and the clothing maker raised its earnings outlook as higher prices boosted its revenue.
The company, best known for its T-shirts, socks and underwear, noted that prices it paid for cotton soared 60 percent to 83 cents per pound, from 52 cents a year ago.
The company, based in Winston-Salem, N.C., began raising prices around February and said it will continue to do so, especially in units like socks and underwear, through the year.
Hanes' net income rose 32 percent to $48.1 million, or 49 cents per share for the quarter that ended April 2, up from $36.5 million, or 37 cents per share, in the same quarter last year.
Earnings topped expectations of 33 cents per share from analysts polled by FactSet.
Revenue rose 12 percent, to $1.04 billion, in line with expectations.
The company that sells the Wonderbra noted that sales of women's intimates, as well as women's hosiery, fell. Revenue from men's socks and underwear rose.
Hanes' newly acquired Gear For Sports unit, which sells college-themed clothing, was helped by the NCAA basketball championship and performed better than expected.
The company, best known for its T-shirts, socks and underwear, noted that prices it paid for cotton soared 60 percent to 83 cents per pound, from 52 cents a year ago.
The company, based in Winston-Salem, N.C., began raising prices around February and said it will continue to do so, especially in units like socks and underwear, through the year.
Hanes' net income rose 32 percent to $48.1 million, or 49 cents per share for the quarter that ended April 2, up from $36.5 million, or 37 cents per share, in the same quarter last year.
Earnings topped expectations of 33 cents per share from analysts polled by FactSet.
Revenue rose 12 percent, to $1.04 billion, in line with expectations.
The company that sells the Wonderbra noted that sales of women's intimates, as well as women's hosiery, fell. Revenue from men's socks and underwear rose.
Hanes' newly acquired Gear For Sports unit, which sells college-themed clothing, was helped by the NCAA basketball championship and performed better than expected.
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