It’s not just king cakes at here Three Brothers this Mardi Gras season. This holiday has so much history and tradition and we just love every bit of it! We’ve got the perfect treat for any of your Mardi Gras gatherings. Interested in learning more about the tradition of the King Cake? Just click here to read our previous post all about it! If you were lucky enough to find […]
Is there a greater pair than cookies and milk? We say: probably not, and if there is, we’re not sure we want to know about it because nothing makes us feel more like kids than the tasty combination! The perfect cookie and a tall glass of milk will take you back to childhood, when mom had fresh baked cookies waiting for you after school. Maybe your milk and cookies experience […]
It’s officially fall in Houston! While the temperature isn’t lowering just yet, our minds are buzzing with excitement for the upcoming holiday season. The atmosphere (and food!) fall provides are like nothing else. Our city offers a variety of family-friendly activities for you to take advantage of the season. We’ve compiled a list of some of the best autumn activities around town for you and your family to make some […]
October 18 is National Chocolate Cupcake Day and you better believe Three Brothers Bakery is celebrating! For years we have offered a variety of fantastic cupcakes and we take pride in their decoration and most importantly, taste! With so many options for decorating you just can’t go wrong. Some like them covered in candies, while others prefer sprinkles. We’re even fans of just good ole buttercream frosting. You can play […]
This fall, Three Brothers Bakery is getting in the election season spirit! Both locations are now serving cookies for the presidential candidates Barack Obama and Mitt Romney and interestingly, each location has a different man in the lead! Today, at our Memorial location, Romney is in the lead with 32 cookies sold while Barack is close behind at 27. At our Braeswood location, Obama is in the lead at 52 […]
In the early 1990s I was working at a telecommunications company in Dallas. Someone in our company met Nancy Brinker who had just created a charity called Susan G. Komen, in memory of her sister and with the purpose to wipe out breast cancer. It was a fledgling operation and finally they were moving into an office. Our company donated a phone system, and I was the liaison between our […]
Ralph Lauren’s Olympic uniforms were made in China with a promise next time they will be made in America. My question is where in America? We pushed this industry away from our skilled hands into the hands of those living in other countries. Shuttered sewing factories can be found all over the nation, including San Antonio where my family had a contract sewing factory in the 1990s. (Just a reminder […]
Wedding season is upon us and many, especially in the northern, Midwest and eastern U.S. ask what is a Groom’s cake? Just ask a Southerner from the United States to hear about the “must have” of the Southern wedding. “After a century of transformation, the Groom’s cake of today expresses the personality of the Groom,” explained Bobby
As a breast cancer survivor I wanted to explain why I continue to support Susan G. Komen for the Cure. Please also note: I am writing this blog post on my own and from my heart. I have no affiliation with the organization except for occasional volunteer and annual walker in Race for the Cure. In the wake of the decision to not support Planned Parenthood and reversal of the […]
Could Hamantaschen be going mainstream? According to Bobby Jucker, 5th generation baker and co-owner of Three Brothers Bakery, “Based on our daily sales, I believe the Hamantaschen will take on a life similar to the bagel or ruggelach. In 2011 we sold approximately 35,000.” Hamantaschen, a triangle shaped cookie filled with usually poppy, prune or apricot, and sold in most places only during the Jewish holiday of Purim are found daily at Three Brothers Bakery in none other than Houston, Texas.