Have you tried Pekara’s maple bacon butter yet? It’s delicious. I’m usually more of a savory-savory compound butter person, but this sweet-savory combo is special. It’s put together simply: butter, maple syrup, cooked bacon pieces. …
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What are you eating for breakfast?
What do you eat for breakfast? We have plenty of options in C-U (find them here). I tend to go for the same thing, but it’s important to change things up. Here are a few …
Here’s some of what you missed at 4th Annual Urbana Art Expo
Did you check out the 4th Annual Urbana Art Expo?
El Oasis just made Concord grape ice cream
That’s right…with local(ish) grapes from Appledew Farms in Dewey. Who knows how long it will last, so go get some soon. Like, now. I’ll see you there. Photo from Facebook
A delicious food match made at the market
Sometimes the internet can be a place for nice things, like puppies, food porn, and this post: Visit Facebook for more info about Sidney Dairy Barn and Page Roasting Company. Top photo from Urbana’s …
Hopscotch will have breakfast tomorrow morning
Hopscotch Bakery + Market will have a breakfast menu tomorrow, Saturday, September 15th. There aren’t many details, but the menu is $10, so perhaps that is a few items at $10, or a plated breakfast …
Great Authors at the Library: Colson Whitehead
Colson Whitehead visited Champaign Public Library last night, and it was wonderful.
Unnatural Disasters begins today
This weekend, The Unit for Criticism and Interpretive Theory at the U of I hosts Unnatural Disasters: Climate Change and the Limits of the Knowable, a conference about — you guessed it — climate change and environmental studies. …
Bossa Nova Café opening in Downtown Champaign
Bossa Nova Café, a new coffee shop, will open in Downtown Champaign in the space formerly occupied by Snow Meets Coffee. You can follow on Facebook (linked above), or check out the website for details. Photos …
PechaKucha Volume 28 is Friday, October 5th
PechaKucha Volume 28 is happening on Friday, October 5th. Event presenters have 20 slides at 20 seconds per slide to tell their stories, making each person’s presentation 6 minutes and 40 seconds, no more, no …