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Title

  • Kelly Landry interview conducted by Laura Green, 2015-04-01

Summary

  • Kelly Landry talks about her choice to pursue a career in the bakery business and about marrying into the third-generation of the family that launched Baum's Fine Pastries & Chocolates and has operated the business continuously since 1934. Mrs. Landry has an Associate Degree in Culinary Arts from the John Folse Culinary Institute at Nicholls State University in Thibodaux, Louisiana. As part of her training there, she did an internship in New York, and has had plenty of hands-on experience at Baum's. She began working part-time at Baum's in sales when she was 18 years old, just out of high school. With the exception of her internship in New York, she continued working at Baum's throughout the time she attended culinary school. She has worked in every department at Baum's, and currently is the head decorator (specializing in wedding cakes), bridal consultant, and manager at the Florida Boulevard store, the larger of Baum's' two locations in Baton Rouge. This interview covers various bakery traditions, including king cakes, wedding and groom's cakes, and Baum's' specialties, such as petite-fours and "dobasch" cakes. (Baum's' spelling of a cake that is known at other bakeries as "doberge"). Mrs. Landry reflects on some of the Baum's unchanging traditions--such as their butter cream recipe; and on some innovations that have been initiated or that she and her husband, Jason, envision for the future. Some of these innovations include new king cake fillings, gelato, and the possible expansion of the business. She also talks about trends in cake decorating, which often first reach the bakery through customers, who find inspirations on television food programs or social network sites. The interview covers various baking and decorating techniques, and working with wedding parties to plan and deliver their cakes. She shares a great story about salvaging a wedding cake "meltdown," when half the icing slid off of a cake that was delivered for an outdoor ceremony in August. She looks forward to teaching her daughter, now a baby, about baking, and hopes that she will keep the family tradition going. The interview took place at the wedding consultation table at Baum's Bakery. Unfortunately, the recording was damaged and approximately 30 minutes of the interview was lost. The interview is in two portions: before and after the recording malfunction. Prior to receiving an Archie Green Fellowship, preliminary fieldwork was conducted at Baum's Bakery as part of an earlier phase of the Baton Rouge Folklife Survey. Some photos from the 2014 Mardi Gras (February) and Graduation (May) seasons are included with the photos taken during the 2015 Archie Green Fellowship fieldwork. For fieldnotes on this project, which includes research on bakeries, cakes and St. Joseph's Altar traditions, milliners, and hat wearing traditions see: afc2014023_01961.

Names

  • Landry, Kelly, 1986- interviewee
  • Green, Laura Marcus, interviewer
  • Occupational Folklife Project, sponsor

Created / Published

  • 2015-04-01

Headings

  • -  Landry, Kelly,--1986---Interviews
  • -  Bakers--Louisiana--Interviews
  • -  Bakeries--Louisiana--Baton Rouge
  • -  Children of working parents
  • -  Trade schools
  • -  Vocational education
  • -  Work and family
  • -  Work ethic
  • -  Working mothers
  • -  Shop stewards
  • -  Age and employment
  • -  Employees--Training of
  • -  Family-owned business enterprises
  • -  Hours of labor
  • -  Humor in the workplace
  • -  Job satisfaction
  • -  Job stress
  • -  Mentoring
  • -  Non-formal education
  • -  Occupational training
  • -  Part-time employment
  • -  Professional associations
  • -  Quality of products
  • -  Quality of work life
  • -  Blue collar workers
  • -  Retirement
  • -  Small business
  • -  Merchants--Louisiana--Baton Rouge--Interviews
  • -  Business enterprises--Louisiana--Baton Rouge
  • -  Baton Rouge (La.)--Social life and customs
  • -  Baton Rouge (La.)--Commerce

Genre

  • Sound recordings
  • Digital photographs--Color--2010-2020
  • Interviews
  • Oral histories
  • Personal narratives

Notes

  • -  Recorded at Baum's Bakery, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, April 1, 2015.
  • -  Baton Rouge Small Businesses and Trades: Archie Green Fellows Project, 2014-2015 (AFC 2014/023: 02201) American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
  • -  To honor the memory of Archie Green (1917-2009), a fellowship program was established at the American Folklife Center in 2010. Archie Green Fellowships support new research in the contemporary culture and traditions of American workers.
  • -  In English.

Medium

  • 2 sound recordings (01:54:16) : digital, sound, wav
  • 35 photographs : digital, jpg, color
  • 1 manuscript : pdf, text file

Source Collection

  • Baton Rouge Small Businesses and Trades: Archie Green Fellows Project, 2014-2015 AFC 2014/023: 02201

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Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2020655629

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  • pdf
  • image

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