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Dinner can get complicated fast, but More Than Gourmet is about to un-complicate things.
When cooking a meal at home, planned or otherwise, sometimes a pan sauce or something more complex is required or dreamed up. Sure, deglazing could result in something similar to your mind’s eye conception – but sometimes they are found to be flat and uninteresting. Well, More Than Gourmet has made that special dinner (or any dinner, really) pitch perfect. Their Red Wine Shallot Sauce is everything a red wine pan sauce should be, encapsulated in a tiny tube. It’s nice when things are suddenly easy, sure, but what if they are easy and absolutely freaking tasty all at the same time? Like the Lemon Dill sauce, sticking a balance between creamy, punchy tart lemons, and the easily overpowering dill, unlike anything we’ve seen from a package let alone professional kitchens or home-made (sorry Grandma). When pork is on the menu, the Dijon Wine Sauce is just about perfect – pork and sweet mustard sauce? Oh my. These sauces are for everyone, all three are all natural and gluten free to boot!
Pick up a box of these fantastic sauces or all three to keep them around when the mood strikes you; really cannot go wrong with these More Than Gourmet’s sauce packets.
Our newest artist is a Chicago native who grew up drawing his favorite super heroes, like most kids. In his case, he never let go of the pencil, well metaphorically speaking because his move to digital art using a stylus and tablet as well as the brilliant colors of paint that now adorn our walls are proof. 
Pie is like a gift given to us from some higher power. The fact that this dessert culminates and helps define family gatherings and traditions, then to top off it’s own adage of “American as Apple Pie” – pie has a special place is nearly everyone’s heart. It’s the buttery/flaky crust that melts in your mouth and wraps itself tenderly around exquisitely sweet filling, it’s the end of a perfect meal. We’ve baked up some american pie staples with a twist then froze them to finish off at home. To make them table-ready, simply heat, take it out (and let it cool for a hot-minute), slice and eat. Exact times vary depending on the pie due to thickness/ingredients – but they all come out tasty and perfect.
Our new baker is pretty skilled, really “bringing it” with our wide selection of baked goods, and now tossing our own bread for the first time, in-house. First baked off were a replacement to our bagels – our Bialy.
This may not be news to a whole lot of you, but we makes some pretty dadgum tasty 
Rishi Tea has been providing us with the highest quality loose tea leaves for a long while now. They are the tea that is served in our cafe, both hot and cold, they have long been proudly displayed on our shelves. We love their work and glad to have a close connection to a great local company like theirs. That is why we’re proud to show off a couple of great new pieces from Rishi.
Sweet Matcha
On this upcoming Saturday, we’ve got a pretty special guest coming in to sign her book – Kathleen King. She started Tate’s Cookies, proprietors of outrageously delicious cookies that even we couldn’t shy away from. We love them so much they are the only other cookie to adorn our shelves! Because there is just something about that perfect cookie, so simple in it’s facade, but complex and nearly impossible to perfect. Well, through what we can only assume was magic (or a ton of work) Kathleen came up with a flawless cookie recipe. She used that as a stepping off point to create a whole line of unbelievable treats just ready for the noshing.
