- 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....
- October 30th, 2012
- lisa
- Comments Off on Our Frozen Pies – Heat and Eat
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...
- October 29th, 2012
- lisa
- Comments Off on Our Bialy – Ideal Baked Polish Fare
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...
- 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 15th, 2012
- lisa
- Comments Off on Beer Menu – October 2012
As the cool weather settles in around us, we reflect that with roasty beers and a hearty update to our menu. Here is the former. Drink up. Allagash – Tripel...
- 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...
- September 5th, 2012
- lisa
- Comments Off on Passion House Coffee – Perfectly Pitched Beans
In a city where it almost seems that our cup runneth over with luxurious coffee beans, from the “big” coffee folks down to the tiny places, all feeding our desire...
- August 23rd, 2012
- lisa
- Comments Off on Mixed Drinks – Our Longtime Loves
We posted recently of our tasty new drinks, but we wanted to make sure a couple of our mixed drinks we’ve had for sometime get some of the spotlight as...
- August 20th, 2012
- lisa
- Comments Off on Summer Preserves – Savor the Sunshine
When Winter finally shows up, or heck even Fall, there are times where we want to be transported back to the days of warm weather, beaches, cookouts and of course...
- 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....