Spring is on the horizon!   

The fact that the snow is melting (again) and it's Spring break for certain schools means spring is on the horizon and we have Easter bunnies on parade!

We apologize for being quiet on our emails lately.  Someone decided it was a great time for a vacation - namely the one who generally writes these things.  Thanks for understanding!  Now without further adieu...

In the next weeks we'll continue to highlight new displays with brunch opportunities with new mixes and mixing bowls and chocolates, caramels and easy dips, desserts and other such fantastic items.

This winter, I have also already been to shows purchasing away so many things to prepare for the spring & summer (and can you believe for the holidays as well?) 

We look forward to seeing you so you can check out our newest displays.  At the bottom of this newsletter you'll see 3 boxes with sneak previews of items that are in the store!

~Amy 

Gluggle Gluggle Gluggle

What is better than the sweet gluggle of water pouring from a pitcher

shaped like a fish?   

This is the all rage in tabletop!

In two sizes and three colors, we've got some gluggle jugs that can grace your table or kitchen counter...at $29 for the medium and $39 for the large size we're excited for  

fish table mania ~ coming right up!

Bourbon Barrel Week - This Week! 

Just before the holidays we finally got a shipment of Bourbon Barrel Foods.  We let you know, but that probably wasn't enough.

That's why this week you can try a whole slew of fun foods made from Bourbon Barrel products - all you have to do is stop in for samples!

Bourbon Barrel Foods produces in small batch a handful of different products that taste great, are natural and are quite good for you.

Their soy and worcestershire sauces
are

• all natural
• lower in sodium  
• contain good for you nonGMO soybeans and such other goodness
• All the sauces are 0grams of fat and low in all the other bad things!
• THey're naturally brewed, then aged in repurposed bourbon barrels and taste amazing!
  
  Today Chef Kate made a new recipe that is just stunning - it's on tap for Wednesday too!
  
  Buttermilk Blue Cheese & Toasted Walnut Crostini with Kentucky Sweet Sorghum
  
  Of course this recipe uses one of our favorite blues as well but the answer to it all is this crazy little (but powerful!) ingredient called Kentucky Sweet Sorghum.
  
  This is known as: 

  "Kentucky's maple syrup" and is loaded with antioxidants. It's earthy and sweet with hints of exotic spice. It is milled in Kentucky from a single crop and not blended with sorghum from other growers. Use sweet sorghum in place of other syrups, honey, molasses or brown sugar.

   

  Really want that recipe, don't you?  Here it is (and it's easy!)

   

  6-8oz crumbled Buttermilk Blue cheese

  2oz walnut pieces

  Bourbon Barrel Kentucky Sweet Sorghum

  1 baguette sliced into rounds

   

  Directions:

  Preheat oven to 375 degrees

  Mix cheese & nuts and portion onto bread rounds

  Drizzle sorghum on top and toast until melted and slightly browned

  Garnish with fresh herbs or fruit...or just leave it as is!

  Can be served warm or at room temperature. 

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