Peanut Cocoa Butter: A chunky, slightly sweet alternative to the conventional peanut spread

Peanut Cocoa Butter


From all-natural peanut butter cups to almond butter spreads, we’re always on the lookout for a tasty iteration on the classic American staple. Our most recent discovery is Peanut Cocoa butter from Big Spoon Roasters….

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Dave’s Sweet Tooth: The ultimate handmade, homemade, Michigan-made toffee

Dave's Sweet Tooth


The team behind Dave’s Sweet Tooth keep their sugary treats simple. Before indulging in a chunk of their decadent brittle, turn the packaging around for a reassuringly uncomplicated list of ingredients—almonds, butter, sugar and milk chocolate….

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Coffeecake Connection: Gluten-free sweets for the holidays that rival their wheat-laden brethren

Coffeecake Connection


A cup of coffee and a sweet treat is one of life’s simple pleasures—and even more so when our gluten-free friends can join in on the fun. The preservative-free and optionally gluten-free classic treats from Coffeecake…

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Scratch & Grain Cookie Kit: An easy, helpful option for consistently making conventional and gluten-free cookies

Scratch & Grain Cookie Kit


Cookies may not be the most difficult thing you’ll bake this holiday season, but alleviate even more stress without turning to pre-made dough with Scratch & Grain’s cookie kits. Complete with fool-proof, individually portioned ingredient packets—including…

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Vienna Design Week: Bertille & Mathieu + Lobmeyr: The French-Swiss duo reinvents an iconic company’s products in a sweet collaboration

Vienna Design Week: Bertille & Mathieu + Lobmeyr


by Adam Štěch As part of Vienna Design Week—which concludes this Saturday, 5 October—French-Swiss designers Bertille Laguet and Mathieu Rohrer (Bertille & Mathieu) are currently collaborating with iconic glassware…

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Marou, Faiseurs de Chocolat: Two chocolatiers combine Vietnamese ingredients with traditional French methods for award-winning bars

Marou, Faiseurs de Chocolat


Marou, Faiseurs de Chocolat is appealing at first for its sweet packaging, but even more so for what’s inside. Two French chocolatiers, whose names together make Marou, created the first “bean to bar” single-origin chocolate company…

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Wondermade Marshmallows: A naturally sugary indulgence “made with 100% sweet, magic air”

Wondermade Marshmallows


Using only cane sugar and natural flavoring derived from the real thing, Wondermade makes a superior small-batch mallow. Their little one-inch-squared marshmallows pack just enough flavor to bring a slight smile to your face, side stepping…

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Sweeteeth Chocolates: Small batch chocolates oozing with flavor and character

Sweeteeth Chocolates


Admittedly, we were first seduced by Sweeteeth’s irreverent packaging for their “Call of the Wild” port wine caramel chocolate bar, but once unwrapped it became immediately clear that the contents inside were also worth a healthy…

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Five Elephant: Kris Schackman and Sophie Weigensamer are redefining how Berliners take their coffee

Five Elephant


by Jason Kenny There’s a corner of Berlin where three canals meet, separating the über desirable Kreuzberg, the increasingly trendy Neukölln and the largely ignored Treptow. While one of the canals between Kreuzberg and Treptow once served as a part of…

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issue 12: Sevenspoons

photography by Tara O’Brady

Tara O’Brady has been a long-term contributor to UPPERCASE, sharing her gorgeous photography with her excellent prose for our Kitchen and Recipe column. In the current issue #12, Tara writes about a tasty culinary adventure to Louisville, Kentucky. Tara emailed this week to share this fun news: “Zagat named Louisville as the 3rd best food travel destination in the world. I thought it was nice that we scooped them,” she emailed. “Michael Paley, the chef from Proof on Main was also just featured in the last Bon Appetit. Scooped them too!”

Tara also contributes to Kinfolk magazine.