- March 1st, 2012
- lisa
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Every once and a while there comes along that thing that makes you want to tell the whole world. Something that makes you proud to be apart of what they...
- February 22nd, 2012
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- Comments Off on McClure’s – Grandma’s Secret
A lot of people just say that Grandmother knows best. When it comes to the McClure’s grandma, Lala – she really did know best. It started with her and her...
- February 13th, 2012
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- Comments Off on From our Chalkboard – Rancho Gordo Bean Recipes
Another round of recipes featuring some of our favorite things off our shelves, this time they come from Rancho Gordo Beans. These are meant as a resource for ideas, not...
- January 30th, 2012
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- Comments Off on Skillet Street Food – Spoonful of Bacon
The way we envision high-end street food – what with tattooed young, recent culinary graduates handing over food from far-flung corners of the world, dressed up and as fresh as a spring morning – it...
- January 27th, 2012
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- Comments Off on Ethereal Confections Chocolate Bars – Beautifully Delicious
On a side street tucked into a shop off the square of a small town, closer to the Wisconsin boarder than to Chicago, a confectionary churns out magically tasty and stunningly beautiful...
- January 25th, 2012
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When you pick up something off our shelf there is always a back story. Behind each item that is placed on our chrome wire racks has a deep passion and love. This...
- 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
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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 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...
- December 31st, 2011
- lisa
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Sweet and Salty. It’s the juxtaposition of flavors that has pushed food to magical places. It’s the thing that makes chocolate with sea salt shine, the reason why cookies almost...