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Butter Boards are the Latest TikTok Craze to Hit Baltimore
Marta in Butchers Hill serves a sourdough boule and a spread of house-cultured butter with Maldon sea salt, herbs, flower petals, and basil oil.
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Fashion Stylist Pascale Lemaire Starts a Baking Biz
The Port-au-Prince native brings her styling background to her baked goods (think: lipstick-shaped cookies), and also honors her heritage by adding Haitian vanilla extract.
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Hannah’s Cafe in Towson Serves the Most Important Meal of the Day
With the help of her family, owner Hannah Seidman fulfilled a dream to open her own cafe—a breakfast-and-lunch spot offering everything from healthy fare to comfort food.
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A Barista at Café Fili in Mt. Vernon is Taking Latte Art to the Next Level
From rainbows and sunflowers to cats and pandas, Jaycee Quitiquit crafts a wide array of colorful coffee designs.
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Alma’s Irena Stein Shares Recipes From New Arepa Cookbook
Due out July 18, the book is the first in the world to highlight the Venezuelan corn cakes stuffed with myriad fillings.
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Review: Syrian Fare Sparkles at Ammoora in Federal Hill
Set inside the Ritz-Carlton Residences, Ammoora celebrates the dishes that tech entrepreneur-owner Jay Salkini and Damascus-born chef Dima Al-Chaar grew up eating.
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Nick Liberatore Carries on the Family Name with Lib’s Grill
Following in the footsteps of his uncles, he operates Liberatore’s sister concepts in Perry Hall, Maple Lawn, and Bel Air.
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Food Influencer Chris Franzoni Uses His Platform to Celebrate the City
Recently, he has transitioned from capturing stationery stills to creating 20-second reels and TikToks—which preview new places and explore food trends.
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Local Chefs Play with Extravagant Ingredients
Exotic sourcing has becoming increasingly de rigueur.
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Café Campli Owners Want Diners to Feel Transported to Italy’s Abruzzo Region
Last year, the Hampden couple ditched their jobs to work toward opening the Lauraville cafe inspired by their travels.
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Review: Woodberry Kitchen Returns as a Tiny Tavern That Still Celebrates Maryland Growers
The new iteration has its own charms, enchanting in a quieter way that honors the original.
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Mary Sue Candies Celebrates 75 Years of Making Easter Eggs
The legacy of Samuel Specter, who began making the chocolate creams out of a rowhome in Southwest Baltimore in the 1940s, lives on today.
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Doozy’s Diner is a Catonsville Classic
Chef/co-owner Steve Colegrove talks favorite dishes, Southwest recipes, and his time in the industry.
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Review: Ash Bar in Mt. Vernon is Pure Fantasy
This all-day cafe, set inside the hip new hotel Ulysses, has a flair for drama.
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How Area Chefs Are Immortalizing Their Elders Through Their Recipes
Nonnas, abuelas, and bubbes have lately been a great source of chef inspiration at local restaurants.
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These Sweet-Heat Pretzels Are Spicing Up the Snack Scene
The local mother-daughter duo behind Carey's Fine Foods dishes on their addictive pretzel bits.
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Columbia Native Elise Smith Lands Baking Gig on Magnolia Network
Smith shares how the six-part series came to be—with a little help from design queen Joanna Gaines—and her recipe for these beautiful blood orange tarts with meringue.
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Review: Marta Breathes New Life into Former Salt Tavern in Butcher’s Hill
The 62-seat boîte has provided chef Matthew Oetting a place to pursue his passion for taking classic dishes and transforming them with his own sophisticated spin.
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Baltimore Restaurants are Having a Lightbulb Moment
Some spots are embracing a recent trend toward lighting individual tables with elegant votives and LED lamps.
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These are the Top Food Trends That Local Spots Tapped Into in 2022
We chatted with a trendologist to break down birria, ranch water, and other national favorites that came onto the local scene this year.
