Well this is just peachy. If you’re an artisan ice cream maker using fresh ingredients like – oh the horrors! – fresh strawberries in Illinois, you’re going to get slapped with a cease and desist order by the health department. But if you’re willing to use irradiated strawberries (tasteless) or processed strawberry syrup, go right [...]

Tags: dairy license, health department, health food, ice cream, local, Nice Cream, regulations
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Attention Chicago beer-lovers: tomorrow from 3-7 in Oak Park, you’ve got a chance to taste over 75 craft beers from 25 Illinois and Midwest microbreweries at the Oak Park Micro Brew Review. The list of participating local breweries isn’t half bad – aside from mainstay Goose Island, there’s a decent showing of smaller, Midwestern breweries, [...]

Tags: beer, festival, local, microbrewery, Oak Park, organic, sustainable
Filed under: beer, Chicago, festivals, food, outdoors