Milk Made

Source from Great American Cheese Collection online

Great American Cheese Collection’s Saturday warehouse sale has long been the city’s best under-the-radar source for hard-to-find, small-batch artisan cheeses. As of...

Sweet Stop

Gingersnap, a new North Center bakery to know

“I can do pretty much anything,” says Jen Templeton of Gingersnap Sweets assuredly when asked about her specialties. Templeton’s new North Center bakery...

Classic Takeout: D'Amato's Bakery

A new reason to visit this classic bakery: sandwiches

The corner of Grand Avenue and May Street has a long, flour-filled history. For 41 years, crowds have flocked to D’Amato’s Bakery for crusty loaves of bread, saucy pan...

Bread Alone

New sandwiches from a historic bakery, Dinkel's

Dinkel’s ovens have been baking classic stollen, strudel, coffee cakes and breads since 1922. Now there’s a new use for its classic loaves: sandwiches, served from 10...

Close Shave

A new source for a summery Mexican treat

The Spanish verb raspar means “to scrape.” And this is exactly what Rene Lemus does at his new Pilsen storefront, The Jam House. His specialty is raspados...

Spice Route

A new cookbook with bold-flavored, meat-free Indian dishes

We’re always looking for an excuse to trawl the Indian and Pakistani stretch of Devon Avenue. The most recent one provides fodder for multiple shopping trips: Vegan Indian...