Since around the middle of this past summer we’ve started carrying Red Velvet cupcakes in our bakery. It started off simply as someone asking for some in a catering order,...
(Almost) every month we put up some of favorite things on our massive in-store chalkboard: from the grocery, recipe ideas, and more. Here, in online form, is this month’s: We featured...
If you hear strange rumbles while in the back country – fear not. It is merely the sound of one of nature’s tastiest treats getting harvested, the Mirabelle plum. The rumble...
In a small inconspicuous red apartment-looking building on Division street there is a smoke house. A meat emporium of great magnitude, a plume of beefyness wafts in the area, spicy and smokey. Closer to the building...
There are few pastas as beautiful as Land and Sea from Al Dente. Thin stripes of black and white bustle in a bag just waiting to be eaten. But this...
You’ve seen jars of hot pepper jelly in the far flung corners of grocery stores for years. We think it’s an unsung hero of food. Some of the big-store versions...
Baking has it’s draw. There is just something special about getting things just right, pouring/scooping the mix onto the baking sheet or pan, and pulling out a completed dish. A perfect...
It’s that time again! We were super busy keeping up with the holidays and getting our 4 Fortnights together (link) Chef Suzanne Vizethann, of ‘Chopped’ fame, posted a teaser about...
fort·night [fawrt-nahyt] noun: the space of fourteen nights and days; two weeks. Our favorite time of the year is back here in Chicago. Winter time, in Chicago where we hunker...