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Mon. 06 Apr '09

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Say "Buona Pasqua" with a legendary Italian Easter cake. We've always envied the trappings of a traditional Italian Easter: While we gnaw on chocolate bunnies and sweaty... more
Thu. 21 May '09

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Official pie partner of the 2010 Lobster Roll Claw-off Party. Steve Tarpin is a key lime pie evangelist, and he's spreading the gospel of fresh-squeezed juice, homemade... more
Fri. 04 Jun '10

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Bleeding Heart Bakery's new cupcake cookbook . Roscoe Village's Bleeding Heart Bakery is known for its brightly colored cakes--adorned with lightning bolts and classic... more
Wed. 15 Jul '09

People

A Chicago-born Italian makes the city's sweetest lobster roll . Culinary school can provide a valuable education, but going door-to-door in Sicily, begging elderly bakers... more
Wed. 25 Mar '09

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It was inevitable. Cupcake, meet bacon.. Bacon's sweet-smoky essence has found its way into every corner of our lives, including our medicine cabinets, pockets, closets... more
Fri. 06 Aug '10

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Pick-me-ups from a new SoMa takeout window. We'd rather pass out cold than chug an energy drink when the afternoon doldrums hit. Thankfully, the new Goody Goodie Cream... more
Tue. 08 Jun '10

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An exclusive pie flight at Four & Twenty Blackbirds. Filling may win the popular vote, but as pie enthusiasts well know, the crust is the cornerstone of pastry... more
Fri. 14 May '10

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Diminutive treats get a warm-weather filling. It's counterintuitive, to say the least, that adding a frozen filling to pastry would make it less sweet. But such was... more
Fri. 07 May '10

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Experience the season's fleeting Japanese sweets. This spring, there's a world of seasonal treats beyond asparagus, artichokes and fava beans. To experience them, step... more
Wed. 21 Apr '10

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Pastries you'll stalk the FedEx guy for. When pastry chef Romina Rasmussen first set up her bakery, Les Madeleines, in Salt Lake City, most customers reached for the... more
Fri. 02 Apr '10

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Kinski brings Austrian coffeehouse cuisine to the LES. Those on a caloric budget should walk right past Kinski, the little Austrian coffee shop that opened on the Lower... more
Thu. 01 Apr '10

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Fried pies at your doorstep. Relishing the traditional treats of the American South usually requires a ream of Internet research, a road trip and a strong sense of... more
Mon. 08 Mar '10

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Wake up the morning with John Campbell's griddle cakes. The Outer Richmond is not far to travel for farls, but our money is on the griddle cakes. The former are flat... more
Thu. 25 Feb '10

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A Chicago cupcake boutique goes national. The cupcake had its heyday, and the world has moved on (pudding, anyone?). But here's a reason to re-spark the flame: creative... more
Wed. 27 Jan '10

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Two online resources for better eating in 2010 . Passion for local food--and the lack of a straightforward resource for where to find it--led Cristal Mendlen to launch... more
Mon. 28 Dec '09

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Midtown's source for amazing baklava . A quick stroll from Turkish eateries Sip Sak and Taksim, Güllüoglu Baklava & Café is the sweet spot of a... more
Mon. 16 Nov '09

People

Red Truck Bakery is worth a detour. For years, Brian Noyes dealt in fonts and pixels as the art director of high-end glossies like House and Garden and Smithsonian... more
Mon. 16 Nov '09

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Panya's revamped treats will get you through winter. The sudden closure of the Japanese bakery Panya last winter made the season particularly bleak. And just as we were... more
Tue. 27 Oct '09

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La Farm Bakery turns ten. When you break bread with Lionel Vatinet, you don't just grab a slice and eat it. You begin by squeezing the loaf to feel its crisp (but pliant)... more
Fri. 28 Aug '09

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BabyCakes's vegan doughnuts have us deliciously fooled. Who said it's impossible to make a healthy doughnut that tastes as good as the real (fried) thing? We did--and... more
Tue. 25 Aug '09

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Grandma's recipes (and oven) live on in Williamsburg . Recently, pizzas have been all the rage in Brooklyn, from Bushwick to Bed-Stuy, but let's not forget the other kind... more
Mon. 28 Jun '10

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For better bread, just add booze?. They say that beer is "liquid bread," but at Orwasher's Bakery, bread is baked beer. Last year, owner Keith Cohen introduced a line of... more
Wed. 23 Jun '10

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The experimental spectacle of Robicelli's Cupcakes. For the past few years, the cupcake has been, well, everywhere, and embracing every imaginable meme and mash-up (from... more
Wed. 23 Jun '10

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Stylish sweets at Hendrickx Belgian Bread Crafter. With its dramatic black and orange color scheme and artfully arranged displays of breads and sweets, the Gold Coast's... more
Fri. 14 May '10

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Find new perks from familiar faces at 331 Cortland. Staying put can be extremely advantageous. For proof, ask some of San Francisco's favorite mobile food purveyors, who... more
Fri. 30 Apr '10

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The month in meals. They say that when it rains, it pours--a particularly appropriate maxim for April. But more than the weather, we've been soaked by a windfall of great... more
Fri. 30 Apr '10

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The best of the month's finds. This month, we unearthed some seriously delicious finds. And now that we're hooked on April's best offerings, not even a giant volcano... more
Wed. 28 Apr '10

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MilkMade's ingenious ice cream mash-ups. When the partners behind MilkMade--a new ice cream delivery service--set out to make ice cream using local ingredients, they were... more
Tue. 27 Apr '10

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Head to the rear of Local for Knead's knockout pastries. Pastry fans, please move to the back of the restaurant. There, at the rear of the new Local: Mission Eatery,... more
Mon. 26 Apr '10

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First Prize Pies: from bake-off to business. We were only one bite into a slice of s'mores pie when the name of Allison Kave's burgeoning enterprise, First Prize Pies,... more
Fri. 23 Apr '10

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Floriole bakery gets permanent digs and even more flavor. For four years, Floriole Bakery has been supplying the Green City Market with beautiful, French-inspired... more
Tue. 13 Apr '10

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The renegade preserves of Kitty Myers. Round these parts, it seems a new artisanal jam company is born every other month. Jelly, though? A disheartening rarity. Until... more
Wed. 07 Apr '10

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Pain d'Avignon is the belle of the breadbasket. Though the LES has no dearth of baked goods, the options have been primarily the carbs of the Old World: matzo, knishes... more
Tue. 23 Mar '10

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A new reason to visit Hoosier Mama Pie Company: Pie flights. If you've eaten your way across the Green City Market or had a sweet craving at Metropolis Coffee, you've... more
Fri. 19 Mar '10

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Local's cookbook lending library is inspired genius. Food blogs are fine for a quick menu fix or a glimpse of gastroporn, but there's no substitute for dog-eared,... more
Wed. 03 Mar '10

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The pull-apart pastry that swings both ways. When it comes to monkey bread, pulling apart the little orbs of puffy dough is almost as fun as eating them. You can find... more
Tue. 02 Mar '10

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Van Leeuwen ice cream gets grounded. Nearly two years since hitting the streets with small-batch artisanal ice cream, the butter-yellow Van Leeuwen truck has found a... more
Wed. 24 Feb '10

People

A cult bread baker goes sweet. When we got word that Matthew Tilden, the 27-year-old solo act behind SCRATCHbread, had put a moratorium on his sought-after loaves, panic... more
Tue. 16 Feb '10

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A sandwich worth celebrating at Hyde Park's The Big Easy. With such a wild variety of styles, it could be argued that there's no such thing as a "true" New Orleans... more
Fri. 12 Feb '10

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Celebrate New Year's and V-Day the Viet way. This Sunday, Lunar New Year falls on Valentine's Day, a rare convergence that happens a couple of times each... more
Fri. 05 Feb '10

People

A pop-up bakery in an unlikely location. For years, we've turned to the books of culinary scribe Dorie Greenspan for baking inspiration and advice. Now the popular... more
Fri. 15 Jan '10

Dining

There's nothing lazy about this Little Tokyo gastropub. Little Tokyo is no longer just home to off-the-radar sushi spots and Japanese bakeries--it's a virtual melting pot... more
Tue. 12 Jan '10

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Lake Bluff dining that's worth the North Shore trek. In the past year, three newcomers have caused a stir on the quiet streets of downtown Lake Bluff. Plan a trip around... more
Tue. 12 Jan '10

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Cascabel wrestles for top taco. If a food fight broke out in NYC, we'd want tacos in our corner--especially if they came from Upper East Side newcomer Cascabel. This... more
Tue. 05 Jan '10

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Tastes of summer to get you through winter. Summer never seems farther away than during the first, frigid days of the New Year. These beacons of summery hope will lighten... more
Tue. 05 Jan '10

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The Bay Area's outstanding toast to English muffins. The bulk of the exceptional pastries at the new Sandbox Bakery in Bernal Heights are made with Japanese-style challah... more
Wed. 16 Dec '09

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Presents that won't throw your budget overboard. We splurge on gifts for those closest to us, but the majority of our giving takes place at a more middle-of-the-road... more
Mon. 30 Nov '09

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Savor the holiday season with this traditional German sweet bread. Fruitcake gets a bad rap this time of year: always given and rarely eaten. But in Chef Hans... more
Tue. 17 Nov '09

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DeLise Café takes holiday dessert in a new direction. We mean no offense to Grandma's pecan pie. But one of the easiest ways to breathe life into Thanksgiving is... more
Mon. 02 Nov '09

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All hands are cooking up a storm at tiny Saltie. As the founding chef of Diner and its sibling Marlow & Sons, Caroline Fidanza has championed the use of simply... more
Fri. 30 Oct '09

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Spastic weather aside, October has been a delectable month. The leaves have since changed, but these October bites are just as good as they were the first time around.... more
Tue. 20 Oct '09

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A Georgian flatbread specialty changes up the game. When it comes to pizza in this town, there's usually a debate among Californian vs. Chicago deep-dish vs. New York... more
Wed. 14 Oct '09

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West Town's most impressive pastry spread is at La Farine. The crusty, airy, yeasty French baguette alone makes La Farine a lodestone for breadophiles. But that's just... more
Mon. 31 Aug '09

Dining

Don't let the final tastes of summer pass you by. There are precious few days of summer left (as last weekend's weather gently reminded us). Make each and every one of... more
Fri. 14 Aug '09

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Try Fritz Pastry's not-too-sweet afternoon snack. Watching Nathaniel Meads deftly work what will soon become a Danish, it's obvious--the man loves his dough. He opened... more
Fri. 03 Jul '09

People

Kris Swanberg's Nice Cream is a cross-town culinary effort. When teacher Kris Swanberg got laid off last summer, she turned to her never-used ice cream maker and, in her... more
Wed. 03 Jun '09

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Bklyn Larder (finally) opens. For months, Park Slope has been tapping its toes in anticipation of Bklyn Larder, a food market from the team behind beloved Franny's down... more
Mon. 18 May '09

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Three Tarts sells one-bite sweets at bite-size prices. When wallets start to thin, the sweetest things in life are the first to go. Fortunately, one Chelsea shop is... more
Wed. 30 Dec '09

Dining

Looking back at the year's best flavors. Any late-2008 fears of the recession's impact on Chicago's food scene were quickly quelled by 2009's surge in new restaurants,... more