The Dairy Godmother ice cream cart, posted up on the corner of North Hamilton and East Pinkney streets, offers a respite to Dane County Farmers’ Market shoppers on summer Saturday mornings. There, Stella Buckley sells 6-ounce ice cream containers, each flavor $5. Kids love these ice creams, of course. But Buckley also has an “extensive girlhood” among fellow 20-something women, saying “keep going. I’m so proud of you.” “It’s so nice to hear,” she said. At Dairy Godmother, which Buckley intends to rename “Dairy Godmom” so as not to be confused with another store by the same name in Virginia, Buckley sells six…

GoodDays Canned Cocktails, established in Athens, Georgia, offers a way to enjoy your favorite classics without the usual effort.Founders Jason Miller and Matt Beacham, who are both Georgia natives, collaborated to create the canned cocktail, GoodDays. They formed the concept after seeing the success of the hydration drink and their former employer, BIOLYTE.After Beacham and Miller’s time at BIOLYTE, they took a liking to the beverage world and used their prior knowledge and things they learned to create GoodDays. Beacham said authenticity is top of mind for their brand, and they want to offer drinks that can be enjoyed on…

The Amherst Rotary Club will host its annual Wing Walk event from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Sept. 11 during Walkin’ on Wednesday in downtown Amherst.During the Wing Walk, guests can sample chicken wings from different establishments in the downtown district and vote for their favorite.According to Rotary president Jeri Leigh Siss, the competing restaurants include Ghost Tree Brewing Co., Cole’s Public House, D’Tutanelli’s Pizza, Ziggy’s Pub and Restaurant and The Brew Kettle.“There’s going to be a lot to do that day for people when they go down there,” Siss said.Tickets are $25 per person, with a limited amount available…

A San Jose woman with a passion for art is channeling her creativity into making entremets: layered, mousse-filled cakes with shiny mirror glazes.Gaurangi “Gauri” Malekar’s company, Better Butter Bakes, can be found every Sunday at the Cupertino farmers’ market at De Anza College from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Better Butter Bakes also participated in three San Jose Made events over the summer.“I wanted to make cakes that weren’t just desserts but also pieces of art, where food and creativity intersect,” said Malekar.“The process is meticulous,” she added, “and I take pride in offering cakes that not only taste exceptional…

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The Lorain Pastelillo House, 1700 E. 31st St. in Lorain, was closed for the last two months, according to owner Julio Quinonez.As of Aug. 29, the south Lorain staple is back up and running.The restaurant partially closed its doors due to staffing issues, Quinonez said.However, Quinonez also said he was dealing with some serious health issues, which made running the restaurant nearly impossible.“We were closed for a couple months, due to some health issues,” Quinonez said. “I had to get some surgery.“(But), we were closed because we were really short on staff, basically. It was hard to keep up. So,…

We know that it doesn’t seem like it, but summer will be over before we know it. Don’t believe us, take a look at your local grocery store. The odds are they’ve already set up Halloween candy displays. And while the end of the summer can feel like a bit of a bummer, it’s not all bad news. Fall on the horizon means tailgate season. The college football and NFL seasons are here, and with them comes all the mouth-watering food and delicious drinks that will be aplenty at your pregame tailgate party. What beer and booze to bring YesMore…

For Hong Kong residents looking for somewhere new to enjoy food and fun without the need to travel far, Shenzhen has emerged as a convenient playground.The city was once considered a backwater, but then a tech and industrial boom changed everything.Many of China’s young, upwardly mobile professionals flooded into the city, leading to a population boom and a relatively low average age among its now 17 million inhabitants – just 32.5 years, according to data from 2020.This has resulted in a flourishing food and beverage scene featuring many of China’s most innovative bars, cafes and restaurants, offering everything from regional…

Birdbox’s fried chicken sandwiches are making a comeback at a pop-up, Quince’s sister wine bar Verjus is finally reopening, and Oakland’s Burdell makes a splash on the national stage, all in this week’s food news.Maybe the biggest food-news item this week was Oakland’s barely one-year-old Burdell being named Food & Wine’s restaurant of the year. The magazine’s editors praised chef-owner Geoff Davis, saying his soul food, inspired by his grandmother’s, is “grounded in the past, forward-looking, and brain-meltingly delicious.” And they call out the restaurant’s 70s-inspired design and overall “grandma energy.”Quince and Cotogna’s sister wine bar Verjus (550 Washington Street),…

Nostalgia in the Gaslamp Quarter After a series of unexplained delays over the past year, Good Night John Boy by Forward Hospitality Group has finally opened. The 11,000-square-foot eating-and-drinking venue shows off a disco atmosphere replete with a vintage-style dance floor, shag carpeting, groovy wallpaper and paneled walls. “Good Night John Boy” refers to the closing line heard in each episode of the ‘70s television series “The Waltons.” At the end of each episode, as its rural-life family members tucked into their beds every evening, one of them would say “good night” to show’s central character named John Boy. The…