Carmen sits down with Noshfolio's Executive Director Dominic Hahn and finds out what we need to know.
Posts by Carmen Shaffer:
El Progreso: Champaign’s hidden gema
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Carmen goes shopping at El Progreso after hearing about their amazing deli and prices.
Back to School Bento Boxes: An attempt at a Japanese boxed lunch
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Carmen provides a look at the history of bento and how some local businesses are promoting this convenient boxed lunch culture. She even tries her hand at it.
Small Batch Pickling: three recipes for your farmers market finds
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Not sure about what to do with your extra produce? Pickle it! Carmen shares three simple recipes.
Destihl Brewery and Gastrobrewpub: A canning line and new chef
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Destihl opens their 20,000 square foot brewery in Bloomington to house a canning line, and hires a new chef at the Champaign location!
Three recipes for your summer zucchini
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Carmen shares some tried-and-true recipes for this summer's zucchini.
Five gardening tips to save your sanity through July
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Carmen shares essential tips for maintaining your garden in the heat of the summer.
Mike ‘N Molly’s hosts Carnivàle Debauche
Carmen reviews the beer and burlesque that flowed at Mike 'N Molly's this past Saturday.
Art Mart adds the flare to your 4th
Tired of the standard hamburgers and hotdogs? This 4th of July, Art Mart has everything you need to bring your cookout from traditional to an Epicurean experience.
Laissez les bons temps rouler! Crane Alley’s 5th Annual Crawfish Boil
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Crane Alley transports New Orleans to Urbana with their own infusions.