- August 14th, 2012
- lisa
- Comments Off on Pork Confit – An Exercise in Restraint
So we like to shake up the menu, keep things fresh. Sometimes in these refreshes we strike gold and really like the new thing. Sometimes, we strike… diamonds or platinum...
- August 13th, 2012
- lisa
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Hot Fudge, it’s pretty close to the best thing to top ice cream with. It’s like stepping inside the way-back machine to a time when your treat for being a...
- August 10th, 2012
- lisa
- Comments Off on Recipes From Our Chalkboard – Cranberry-Red Grape Sauce Recipes
Featured on our board right now is our super-tasty Cranberry-Red Grape Sauce, perfect for ham sandwiches, a side on a cheese plate, or any number of dishes. Below are a...
- August 8th, 2012
- lisa
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We love caramel, and we love chocolate. There really is no hiding either fact. Enrobe your caramels in super delicious ultra-fine chocolates? Our interest is peeked for sure. But Amella...
- July 26th, 2012
- lisa
- Comments Off on Askinosie CollaBARation™ Bars – Zingerman’s & Licorice
Having eaten through our first round of CollaBARation bars, we thought we should give the others a go. To our delight the renowned ‘El rustico’, which previously only sold at...
- July 24th, 2012
- lisa
- Comments Off on Our Pickled Beets – Red Canned Memories
A lot of the canning we do in store is bringing the old nearly forgotten recipes, those recipes that our mom’s used to make us, and making them shine again....
- July 20th, 2012
- lisa
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Lately, is seems we cannot get enough of Salted Caramel. This time around we’ve picked up their Carousel Cookies. They are the cookie-answer to those who just can’t get enough...
- July 18th, 2012
- lisa
- Comments Off on Illinois Sparkling Co’s Stereo – Turned Up To 11
Illinois Sparkling Co is a pretty awesome winery, this we know. We know they make fantastic bubbly from the hearth of Illinois. We know their passion for getting things ‘right.’...
- July 18th, 2012
- lisa
- Comments Off on Fresh Ginger Passion Fruit – Our New Passion
Fresh Ginger Ginger Ale, and their new Passion Fruit is no different. It’s sweet from the pure cane sugar and shockingly prevalent passion fruit flavor, but not overly sugared like...
- July 18th, 2012
- lisa
- Comments Off on Field Recordings Wine – Must Be Fiction
There are small companies that bring a passion and expertise in a package that makes you just want to be apart of what they are doing. Like being drawn in...