Bloom Archives
Category: Food & Drink
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LIFEDesigns Week of Chocolate Now More Than 2 Weeks Long
This February, during the annual LIFEDesigns Week of Chocolate, chocolate lovers can satisfy their sweet cravings while helping support people with developmental disabilities and…
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BLU Boy Has Special Sweets For Weekend Date Nights
BLU Boy Chocolate Café and Cakery has been serving hand-crafted chocolates, pastries, ice cream, and hot drinks in the little shop next to the…
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The Schmutz in Your Glass
If you’ve ever finished a bottle of wine, you’ve probably had the experience of pouring the last of it out and finding some unappetizing…
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Two Sticks Bakery: Owners Are Living the Dream
While working together at Feast Bakery Cafe and Feast Market & Cellar, Kassie Jensen and Amanda Armstrong began to think they just might have…
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Munich Dunkel: Don’t Fear the Dark
Each autumn, everyone who loves beer seems to turn German, celebrating Oktoberfest and drinking its namesake beer. While that style is certainly laudable, another…
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What’s for Dinner? Alpaca, Kangaroo, Camel!
At The Butcher’s Block you can get the standard tailgate and backyard barbecue favorites—steaks and ribs, brats and chicken. But behind the counter, a…
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Oliver Winery & Cardinal Spirits Create a Bloomington Brandy
American brandy is making a comeback, and a made-in-Bloomington brandy has just joined the renaissance.
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Friendly Beasts Cider Co. — B-town Home of Hard Ciders
As owners of Friendly Beasts Cider Company, Fatima Carson and her husband, Ben Romlein, enjoy creating hard ciders that they say challenge people’s expectation…
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Review: Hive—Healthy Comfort Food and Pie
Start with the pie. Really. It’s all good at Hive but if you don’t save room for the Hive Pie (aka, buttermilk pie) you…