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Excerpt from Ari’s Top 5 enews A late-season weekend fling with one of my Bakehouse favorites As we move into the final weeks of summer, the Bakehouse has decided to have one … Continued
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Excerpt from Ari’s Top 5 enews Special Hungarian Apple “strudel” from the Bakehouse In Hungary, what Germans and Austrians call strudel is known as “rétes” (pronounced “ray-TESH”). If you go to Hungary, … Continued
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Excerpt from Ari’s Top 5 enews Manna for sweet eaters, and a great way to ring in a sweet New Year The arrival of Rosh Hashanah reminds me each year to again … Continued
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Excerpt from Ari’s Top 5 enews A sweet Jewish New Year’s tradition Eating honey at Rosh Hashanah is a traditional way to ring in a “sweet new year.” As Arthur Schwartz wrote in Arthur Schwartz’s … Continued
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Excerpt from Ari’s Top 5 enews True wheat, now available every day! The commitment everyone at the Bakehouse has made to this bread is a great example of artful thinking at work. … Continued
Pantry Staples
Why are the best artisan pastas so far superior to the mid-range stuff? The basic process for producing dried pasta is fairly simple, and likely familiar, to many folks. Flour … Continued
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Excerpt from Ari’s Top 5 enews Classic herbed cream cheese of Lyon I love little-known local specialties. Many of the most popular foods we work with at Zingerman’s began that way. Balsamic … Continued
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Special smoked chili flakes from Northern Greece A guest inquired about some Slow Food Ark of Taste peppers from Greece called Bukovska peppers, which prompted us to reach out to … Continued
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Excerpt from Ari’s Top 5 enews An ancient way of crafting chocolate, carried on in Sicily I first heard about the Dolceria Bonajuto in the fall of 2002. Three different food people—all … Continued
Favorite Producers
Pastas that are Full of Flavor, but Free of Gluten Dalla Costa is an Italian pasta maker and like the others on our shelves, committed to the traditional methods of … Continued
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One of our favorite pasta makers Filotea is located in the Marche region of eastern Italy, between the Apennine Mountains and the Adriatic Sea. They are a small company, dedicated … Continued
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A Pasta Maker with Thoughtful Agricultural Practices Mancini Pastificio Agricolo makes their pasta in a wood, glass, and concrete factory located in the middle of one of their wheat fields. … Continued