- December 19th, 2012
- lisa
- Comments Off on Field Recordings Fiction Red – Simple and Subtle Complexity
We’ve talked up Field Recordings before – super tasty white blend and the any-time-of-year rose. Recently we got our hands on some of their red. So tasty. With a Zinfandel...
- December 11th, 2012
- lisa
- Comments Off on eSutras Flavored Agave – Sweet Tasty Fun
From the mashing up of fourteen year old plants comes a sweetener that dissipates as fast as simple sugar in drinks, like needy cocktails, or as a sugar substitute in...
- December 6th, 2012
- lisa
- Comments Off on Quince & Apple Rhubarb Hops – Tasty Tongue Wrestling
In the vast expanse of flavor combinations, from sweet and savory, salty and sugary, and more – there is one often forgotten, one that is overlooked often because it can...
- November 21st, 2012
- lisa
- Comments Off on GrownUp KidStuff Dairy Free Chocolate Sauce – Tastiness for all
We’ve got this thing, this… obsession with chocolate, and if you know anything about us – we love GrownUp KidStuff. Its so rich and just about perfect in every way....
- November 16th, 2012
- lisa
- Comments Off on Force of Nature Tempranillo – A Beautiful, Stormy Wine
There are good reasons behind the name of this line of wines from the diverse soil plot of Paso Robles – from the driving ocean winds, shifting temperatures of forty...
- November 15th, 2012
- lisa
- Comments Off on More Than Gourmet Sauces
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...
- November 13th, 2012
- lisa
- Comments Off on Vintage Cupcake Pics – What’s old is new
In a world where things are tossed and forgotten, where a simple piece of plastic with just the right message adorned atop a cupcake could make someone’s day, our owner...
- October 18th, 2012
- lisa
- Comments Off on Rishi Matcha & Sencha – Go Green (Tea)
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...
- October 16th, 2012
- lisa
- Comments Off on The Spice House Chicago Blends – Taste Thy Town
We’ve professed our love for The Spice House a few years ago. We did, however, fail to mention just how spectacular their Chicago blends are. Let’s not mince words here:...
- October 10th, 2012
- lisa
- Comments Off on Quince & Apple – Channeling Greatness
At fancy parties like weddings and nights out, as kids, we drank these mythical pinkish sodas named after a before-our-time child actor; a mix between some kind of deep red...