Bloom Archives
Category: Food & Drink
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Crumble: A Tasty Success Story
Laura Edgar wasn’t planning on making a career out of coffee and pastries when she opened Crumble Coffee & Bakery in 2013.
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Capisce: A New Italian Market
Quail eggs, dry-aged steaks, microgreens, hickory-smoked wild boar bratwurst—these are some of the delicacies carried at Capisce Catering & Market, an Italian delicatessen that…
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The Elm: New Upscale Eatery Scheduled to Open in Summer
Most of the American Elm trees in the Elm Heights neighborhood are lost to disease, but one remains at the corner of East 2nd…
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Bloomington & Vine: Expand Your Wine Vocabulary
Word is, we are seeing the “light at the end of the tunnel.” Perhaps later this year, perhaps next, we will be able to…
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My Plate or Yours: A Woman and Her Morels
For a brief and shining moment—a short four seasons—we lived in an Indiana morel patch.
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Butcher’s Block Now Has Affordable Meals-to-Go
For the first time in the 17 years that The Butcher’s Block has been a culinary presence on the east side, it is offering…
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World Foods Market: New Name, New Owners, New Wines
Local grocery store Sahara Mart experienced several changes in 2020— including name and ownership—but new owner Sara Noori says international offerings will remain the…
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For Foodies: 9 New Places to Indulge!
The throes of a pandemic might seem an inauspicious time to open a new restaurant or food store, but Bloomington has seen a healthy…
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Award-Winning Chili Recipe + Tips for Making Good Soup
For soup-lovers searching for a good chili recipe as winter approaches, Bloom reached out to Neville Vaughan, a battalion chief with the City of…