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Store Review: Fromagination

Twelve South Carroll Madison, Wisconsin (608) 255-2430 www.fromagination.com A relatively new addition to the capital square in Madison, Wis., Fromagination is a cheese and specialty food shop with...

Store Review: Savenor's Market

If you're throwing a swanky dinner and want a spread that will really impress your guests, Savenor's in Boston is the place to go. We had just such a party in the works, so we decided to indulge our c...

Store Review: Milwaukee Public Market

400 North Water Street Milwaukee, Wisconsin (414) 336-1111 www.milwaukeepublicmarket.com If you think Milwaukee's culinary offerings are limited to cheese, sausage and beer, you haven't been to th...

Store Review: Penzeys Spices

If you've only ever ordered from Penzeys Spices online and have never been to a brick-and-mortar store, we highly recommend seeing if there's one in your area. For home cooks like us, visiting the sto...

Storyville Coffee Company: Fresh Coffee at Your Door

We recently had the opportunity to try out fresh coffee beans from Storyville, a Seattle coffee company that sends their beans direct to your door. But this isn't just any mail-order coffee service. S...

Store Review: Whisk
New York

We just got back from a visit to Williamsburg, Brooklyn, where we stopped in at Whisk, a comprehensive, one-stop cooking shop (with charm to boot) that opened just a few months ago......

Store Review: Macy's Cellar

We'll admit, a trip to Macy's in Herald Square in New York during the holiday season is not something we'd wish on our worst enemy. It's madness down there. However... Macy's Cellar is a one-stop shop...

Store Review: Cookin'
San Francisco

We went to this store on a recent trip to San Francisco, led by a friend who knew we'd get lost in it. True, we could have stayed and browsed for hours in this dimly lit (excuse the grainy photographs...

San Francisco Farmer's Market Report: Alemany - Summer to Fall

We're seeing the summer winding down at the Alemany Farmer's Market. The stone fruits and tomatoes are dwindling, and the winter squashes, potatoes, and nuts are coming in slowly....

Source for Salumi: Boccalone in San Francisco

Even if you don't live in San Francisco, it's worth a peek at this salumi store's website, if only for the tagline: "Tasty Salty Pig Parts." There are also recipes and the opportunity to sign up for a...

Survey: Shopping for Bargains at Whole Foods

Whole Foods wants the name calling to stop. Yep, that's right, with the economy slipping Whole Foods just doesn't want to be known as Whole Paycheck anymore. Whole Foods insists they can be an economi...

SF Report: Avedano’s Holly Park Market

My first visit to Avedano’s market was in December of 07 when my friend Mimi and I sought them out for our second annual marrowbone holiday feast. When it comes to marrowbones, you see, we wanted t...

San Francisco Farmer's Market Report: Alemany

Green walnuts, sour grapes, plums, and much more were seen at the Alemany Farmer's Market last weekend. It's the peak of the season, and the stalls were just bulging with fresh produce of all kinds! ...

San Francisco: Victory Garden Project

Starting yesterday, Slow Food Nation has begun stripping up the sod in front of San Francisco's City Hall in preparation of planting a large victory garden. With food prices rising and arable land sh...

San Francisco Farmer's Market Report: Crocker Galleria

Cherry tomatoes and varieties of squash and bitter melon Yesterday we hopped to the Crocker Galleria Farmer's Market to pick up a bag of edible flower salad greens from Happy Boy Farms, and snapped t...

Shopping for Ingredients in Chicago's Albany Park: Andy's Fruit Ranch and Al-Khyam Bakery

A recipe for vegetable skewers with muhamarra – our new favorite dip – from Supernatural Cooking by Heidi Swanson sent us to Chicago's Albany Park neighborhood this weekend. We were in search of o...

San Francisco Market: Far West Fungi

Are you making mushroom soup? Do you want to try a matsutake mushroom? How about some truffle oil? Chances are, if you live in San Francisco, we know where you can find all these mushrooms, and mor...

San Francisco Farmer's Market Report: Noe Valley

Delicious radishes The Noe Valley Farmer's Market is located at 3861 24th Street, between Sanchez and Vicksburg Streets and is held every Saturday from 8 AM to 1 PM. It's a smaller than the other tw...

San Francisco Market Report: Ferry Building Farmer's Market

Here's a roundup of what's fresh at the Ferry Building Farmer's Market in San Francisco this week! The photo above shows a small sampling of our haul. Clockwise from top: baby dandelion greens, drie...

Store Review: Bonnie Slotnick Cookbooks

We admit it. We have a cookbook addiction. Our bookshelves are overflowing, and yet we keep buying them. In New York, our favorite place to feed that delicious addiction is Bonnie Slotnick Cookbooks. ...

Small Business Spotlight: La Quercia Artisan Cured Meats

These days, whenever we mention the Midwest, it seems like all we talk about are the politics of corn, CAFOs, or other unpleasant realities of our current food culture. So it's nice when a small busin...

San Francisco Grocery Review: Bombay Bazar

So you've decided to make your own Garam Masala, a fitting goal for any aspiring foodie. You do have copious amounts of cinnamon, green and black cardamom pods, cumin, coriander, cloves, nutmeg, ch...

Store Review: Urban Rustic

The John Deere tractor on the sign out front is your first clue that Urban Rustic isn't your average Brooklyn corner market. Stepping inside on a recent visit, we felt as if we'd suddenly been tran...

Store Review: New York Cake & Baking Supply

This store is not unlike the act of baking itself - slightly messy, occasionally overwhelming, but ultimately satisfying in the sweetest way. On our last visit, we overheard the following conversa...

Specialty Bottle: Online

We are big fans of label-free living and cutting down on visual clutter. Getting your dish soap into a small bottle also saves precious counter space. So we're always on the lookout for good sources f...