cosa duci - News - The Coastal Star2024-03-29T15:03:39Zhttps://thecoastalstar.com/profiles/blogs/feed/tag/cosa+duciMother’s Day: Recipe for Lovehttps://thecoastalstar.com/profiles/blogs/mother-s-day-recipe-for-love2018-05-02T13:43:54.000Z2018-05-02T13:43:54.000ZThe Coastal Starhttps://thecoastalstar.com/members/TheCoastalStar<div><p style="text-align:center;"><span style="font-size:14pt;"><strong>Mother’s Day comes once a year, but for mother-daughter teams who run bakeries together, every day is sweet</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><em>Compiled by Rich Pollack and Mary Thurwachter</em></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}7960792284,original{{/staticFileLink}}"><img src="{{#staticFileLink}}7960792284,original{{/staticFileLink}}" class="align-center" width="600" alt="7960792284?profile=original" /></a><em>Michelle Gingold, Monica Martinez and Melisa Gingold work at Del Sol Bakery in Boynton Beach. <strong>Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star</strong></em></p>
<p><span style="font-size:14pt;"><strong>Del Sol Bakery</strong></span><br /><span style="font-size:10pt;"><strong>1600 N. Federal Highway, Suite 15, Boynton Beach</strong></span><br /> After graduating from culinary school, Michelle Gingold worked in restaurants and hotels before starting Del Sol Bakery, bringing her mother and sister onboard to help run the business. <br /><strong>Mother:</strong> Monica Martinez, 56, Pompano Beach <br /><strong>Daughters:</strong> Michelle Gingold, 28, Delray Beach, and Melisa Gingold, 26, Lantana <br /><strong>How long we’ve been working together:</strong> <br /><strong>Michelle:</strong> Two years.</p>
<p><strong>Roles in the business:</strong> <br /><strong>Michelle:</strong> Owner and baker. <br /><strong>Monica:</strong> General manager overseeing the business, including finances, booking and managing wholesale accounts. <br /><strong>Melisa:</strong> Bakery assistant, working the front of the house, making deliveries and helping with marketing.</p>
<p><strong>Best part of working with my daughters:</strong> <br /><strong>Monica:</strong> Building Michelle’s dream bakery from the ground up and having Mel joining her sister in this rollercoaster ride. Three strong women working together … ay, ay, ay!</p>
<p><strong>Best part of working with mom:</strong> <br /><strong>Michelle:</strong> My mom was living in Argentina when I started Del Sol, now I get to see her every day.</p>
<p><strong>Best part of working with my mom and sister:</strong> <br /><strong>Melisa:</strong> The best part of working with family is constant and consistent time together.</p>
<p><strong>Best thing I’ve learned from working with daughters/mom:</strong> <br /><strong>Monica:</strong> I’m a very proud mom. I have raised two amazing girls that are making it all happen, at their pace, in their own way. <br /><strong>Michelle:</strong> My mom helped me from the very beginning with the business plan, managing employees and structuring the business. <br /><strong>Melisa:</strong> I have learned that my sister is very young to be owning and operating her own bakery. I’ve learned that my mom is good at accounting.</p>
<p><strong>Favorite thing to eat that’s baked in the shop:</strong> <br /><strong>Monica:</strong> I love the baguettes. <br /><strong>Michelle:</strong> My favorite thing to eat is a warm scone with butter in the morning before anyone gets to the bakery. <br /><strong>Melisa:</strong> My favorite things to eat are chocolate chip cookies.</p>
<p><strong>Plans for Mother’s Day on May 13:</strong> <br /><strong>Monica:</strong> Hopefully, get some delicious bread, brie, something sweet and prosecco, mimosas … and flowers! <br /><strong>Michelle:</strong> Delicious brunch with mimosas on the beach celebrating with my mom and family. <br /><strong>Melisa:</strong> Our Mother’s Day plan is not to work and spend just the morning together at the beach.</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}7960792301,original{{/staticFileLink}}"><img src="{{#staticFileLink}}7960792301,original{{/staticFileLink}}" class="align-center" width="600" alt="7960792301?profile=original" /></a><em>Debbie Wexler sneaks a treat as she bakes with daughter Zoey Wexler at Two Fat Cookies in Delray Beach. <strong>Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star</strong></em></p>
<p><span style="font-size:14pt;"><strong>Two Fat Cookies</strong></span><br /><strong>245 NE Second Ave., Delray Beach</strong><br /> Started in a commercial warehouse six years ago by Debbie Wexler, Two Fat Cookies now has a retail outlet in Delray Beach while continuing a wholesale business. Debbie continues to bake while daughter Zoey focuses on cake decorating.<br /> <strong>Mother:</strong> Debbie Wexler, 60, Delray Beach<br /> <strong>Daughter</strong>: Zoey Wexler, 31, Boca Raton</p>
<p><strong>How long we’ve been working together:</strong><br /><strong>Debbie:</strong> Five-plus years.</p>
<p><strong>How we got started baking together:</strong><br /><strong>Debbie:</strong> When I was pregnant rolling dough! But really, Zoey had her hands in the batter since she was 5.<br /><strong>Zoey:</strong> Before I moved to upstate New York for work, I would come in to help at Two Fat Cookies. A few years later, as Two Fat Cookies was growing, I moved home to help run the business.</p>
<p><strong>Favorite thing to bake:</strong><br /><strong>Debbie:</strong> French galette, a butter cookie that I can make in any shape that you could imagine.<br /><strong>Zoey:</strong> I love creating different cupcake flavors.</p>
<p><strong>Best part of working with my daughter: </strong><br /><strong>Debbie:</strong> Watching her creativity flourish. <br /><strong>Best thing about working with my mom: </strong><br /><strong>Zoey:</strong> Knowing that no matter what, we have each other.</p>
<p><strong>Plans for Mother’s Day:</strong> <br /><strong>Debbie:</strong> Having my dearest friends and family at my home.<br /><strong>Zoey:</strong> I am going over to my parents’ house to spend the day with friends, family and extended family.</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}7960792490,original{{/staticFileLink}}"><img src="{{#staticFileLink}}7960792490,original{{/staticFileLink}}" class="align-center" width="600" alt="7960792490?profile=original" /></a><em>Giovanna Cimino with daughter Silvia Fausto at Cosa Duci in Boca Raton. <strong>Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star</strong></em></p>
<p><span style="font-size:14pt;"><strong>Cosa Duci</strong></span><br /><strong>141 NW 20th St., B21, Boca Raton</strong><br /> Cosa Duci, a wholesale and retail bakery, was founded by baker Giovanna Cimino and Silvia Fausto after Giovanna’s son, Giuseppe Fausto, was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis when he was 27. A portion of the bakery’s proceeds go to MS research. <br /> <strong>Mother:</strong> Giovanna Cimino, 71, Boca Raton <br /> <strong>Daughter:</strong> Silvia Fausto, 49, Boca Raton</p>
<p><strong>How long we’ve been working together:</strong><br /><strong>Silvia:</strong> 10 years.</p>
<p><strong>Roles in the business:</strong><br /><strong>Giovanna:</strong> Baker.<br /><strong>Silvia:</strong> Business manager.</p>
<p><strong>How did you get started baking?</strong><br /><strong>Giovanna:</strong> Cooking and baking has always been my passion.<br /><strong>Silvia:</strong> I really don’t bake much. I do love to decorate, run the business and worry about the day-to-day tasks.</p>
<p><strong>Favorite thing to make:</strong><br /><strong>Giovanna:</strong> Ricotta cheesecake and rainbow cookies.<br /><strong>Silvia:</strong> Decorating holiday items. </p>
<p><strong>Best part of working with my daughter: </strong><br /><strong>Giovanna:</strong> We really enjoy creating new products together and we enjoy our friendships with our loyal customers.</p>
<p><strong>Best thing about working with my mom: </strong><br /><strong>Silvia:</strong> Working with my mom is really easy because she’s also my best friend.</p>
<p><strong>Plans for Mother’s Day:</strong><br /><strong>Giovanna:</strong> We spend it together every year.<br /><strong>Silvia:</strong> Dinner with my mom.</p></div>