Archive for 2007

Ladies & Gentlemen… Start Your Ovens!

Thursday, December 20th, 2007

The race is on over the weekend to finish any last minute shopping, gift wrapping and baking. Just remember, when it comes to baking, Southport Grocery & Cafe
is the ultimate Pit Stop.

For the seasoned veteran, we have everything you need to bake from scratch. Example: We don’t merely carry vanilla, we have Vanilla Powder, Clear Vanilla and Vanilla Extract. Speaking of extracts, we’ve also got
Orange, Lemon, Almond & Coffee Extracts. Food Coloring? How about every color of the rainbow? Varietals of chocolate range from semi-sweet to bittersweet.

If you want to bake, but the clock is against you. We can give you an assist. Try one of the Jacques Torres mixes: Mudslide or French Kiss Cookies, Pure Bliss Brownies ($14.00). The Barefoot Contessa has: Chocolate Chunk, Pecan Shortbread
and Peanut Butter Chocolate Chunk ($11.50). For decandence we steer you to The King’s Cupboard line: White Chocolate Hazelnut Cake Mix ($12.50) and Triple Chocolate layer Cake ($8.25).

If you simply don’t bake or you’d like to augment the cookies you baked yourself Southport Grocery & Cafe still carries a limited amount of our signature, homemade cookie assortments. 1 lb. box ($16.50), 1/2 lb. cylinder ($8.50)

And we don’t condone passing our cookies off as your own…That would be cheating!

The Gift Basket That Keeps On Giving

Friday, December 7th, 2007

As the old adage goes, “Never look a gift horse in the mouth.” But if that gift horse is trying to give you any old gift basket, from any old store you just might have
to look it in the mouth, and say, “Sheesh, you might as well have gotten me a gift certificate.”

If originality is what you’re looking for, look no further than Southport Grocery & Cafe. We create custom unique gift baskets.
You name a price and tell us a little bit about who you’re buying for and we do the rest!

Perfect for anyone from the Burgeoning Gourmand to a Soup & Salad Guy… From Stay-at-Home-Dad to Modern-Mom, our shelves are stocked for Holiday Giving.

If you wait until December 15th, we’ll be able to add our annual batch of holiday cookies to your gift basket.

And those are something no gift horse should go without!

Fall is here!

Tuesday, October 16th, 2007

Despite the warmer-than-usual weather there are signs of fall…a big one, local summer fruits and vegetables are no longer available. So now it is our turn to put some fall flavors into our menu.

I am so excited about the oatmeal pancakes layered with granola and topped with brown sugar cream. Of course the stuffed french toast is now filled with apples…a customer favorite. And the Apple-Manchego-Arugula salad with a Shallot Vinaigrette…this is fall on a plate! Just to name a few new flavors…

Camping 2008

Thursday, August 23rd, 2007

Every year we take my husband’s family camping. Last weekend it was to Covert, Michigan. It was my first time to this part of Michigan and I will definitely be back. Just experiencing this ‘fruit belt’ is reason enough alone.

As a former Girl Scout camping is something that I love to do…once a year. And for me it is all about the food. The classics are always part of the menu…s’mores…but try them with a saltine cracker, our PB Loco Chocolate Peanut Butter and, of course, the roasted marshmallow and a square of chocolate. A new one for 2008…take a plain donut and place it on a piece of foil, sprinkle it with a little cinnamon and sugar, top with fresh blueberries and peaches or whatever fresh fruit you have. Wrap and place on the coals of your campfire. Roast 3 minutes on each side…and then enjoy!!!

So Much New!

Thursday, August 16th, 2007

I am excited…there are so many new grocery items. It was like Christmas the last few weeks…unpacking all the boxes. Some of my favorites…Sonoma Syrup Strawberry Vanilla Syrup…with just a lttile bit of tartness and the right amount of sweetness.

Over the weekend I drizzled it over a roasted plum shortcake… it was so good. And, PB Loco Raspberry White Chocolate Peanut Butter…all you need is toast! Oh and then there is RJ’s Soft Licorice and Eli’s Thins and LA Olive Oil and….

Bea’s Ho-made Frozen Pies

Tuesday, August 7th, 2007

I have been going to Door County since I was 5 years old…so, let’s say for quite some time now. For the first time this Memorial Day weekend I tried one of Bea’s frozen pies….my sister tried to tell me that she was baking:) It was soooo good…so good that we now carry them here in the store…all the way from Bea’s fourth-generation canning business in Ellison Bay, Wisconsin.

Thanks Amy for ‘baking’!