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The innovative, cutting-edge baking equipment installed in the back-of-the-house kitchens in the recently opened Apple Pie Bakery Cafe, located at the Culinary Institute of America (CIA), Hyde Park, N.Y., could represent the future of baking technology. Four computerized refrigeration units, manufactured especially for the CIA by the Dutch company Koma, feature compartments that can be individually programmed for cooling to deep freezing. These timeand space-saving units provide unusual flexibility in production planning for the facility's chefs and students, who can produce a wide range of fresh products every day while reducing waste. Four computerized refrigerator/proofers, also manufactured for the CIA bakery kitchen by Koma, allow temperature adjustments to be programmed into the equipment.