- January 23rd, 2012
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- Comments Off on Red Velvet Cupcake – A Red Mystery
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,...
- January 20th, 2012
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- Comments Off on January 2012 Chalkboard
(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...
- January 18th, 2012
- lisa
- Comments Off on Mirabelle Plum Preserves – Like Fresh Picked Summer
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...
- January 17th, 2012
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- Comments Off on Smoke Daddy’s Bloody Smokin’ Mary – Take ‘er Home
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...
- January 14th, 2012
- lisa
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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...
- January 12th, 2012
- lisa
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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...
- January 9th, 2012
- lisa
- Comments Off on LorAnn Professional Kitchen Bakery Emulsions – Better [than] Extract
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...
- January 4th, 2012
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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...
- January 2nd, 2012
- lisa
- Comments Off on 4 Fortnights – Real Winter Wonders
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...