Q&A with Diana Moles, The Eli’s Cheesecake Company
An innovator’s perspective on bakery flavor trends
Prepared Foods talks bakery flavor trends with Diana Moles, senior vice president of innovation at The Eli’s Cheesecake Company, Chicago. A graduate of Culinary Institute of America, Moles joined Eli’s in 1987 and also served as vice president of R&D before her current role.
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