Saturday, July 19, 2008

Weekend in Minneapolis

We spent 7/18-7/20 in Minneapolis visiting our friends Balint and Daniel. On Saturday Dhruba and Rita had a Das Caramelini demo at Whole Foods Minneapolis and St. Paul. Good folks in Twin Cities love our caramels: Dhruba and Rita had a good time telling everyone about our caramels and sampling our delicious flavors. Also, we visited St. Paul's farmers market: we loved the fact that only the local vendors (i.e. those who grow or produce their products within 150 mi radius of St. Paul) are allowed to sell their produce there. We also enjoyed a free performance of a cajun band and people dancing spontaneously :)

After picking up fresh produce, Balint cooked a perfect summer meal while Katie managed Das Foods emails in the afternoon.
Our menu was as follows:
1. Roasted fingerling potatoes with peppers and young garlic
2..Sandwiches with mustard glazed chicken and swiss cheese
3. Fresh radish and bulb onion salad
4. Baby carrots (the real baby carrots not the ones sold in the store 365 days a year- the fake baby carrots) sauteed in extra virgin olive oil and fresh parsley
5. Moroccan ice mint tea (brewed with mint leaves from the garden)
6. Fresh fruit (inclung my favorite- hard to find red currants!)
7. Reisling-Gewurstaminer blend from Germany- chilled to perfection!
At night we went to see "Dark Knight" -I would say the only emotion I had coming out was the sense that this movie could have been concluded in 1 1/2 hr vs. 2 1/2 hr which was absolutely over the top which was partially compensated by enthusiastic audience was that participating in movie viewing experience.

Wednesday, July 16, 2008

food411.com - Your Online Food Directory

food411.com - Your Online Food Directory
check our our newest obsession- Food 411, an online directory of all things delicious (and Weight Watchers be darned). Of course, we love the fact that Food 411 also loves us back and even featured our caramels in their recent newsletter AND right on their web page!

Ideal Bite - Today's Chicago Bite

Ideal Bite - Today's Chicago Bite- Ideal Bite Chicago thinks that Das Caramelini Salted Caramels are Super-yummy and super-green!

Das Caramelini's day out!

Das Caramelini caramels also went for a walk recently. It visited many places in NYC (carved stone owl in Central park is our favorite), took a ride on antique carousel, stopped by New York Times HQ, and even sneaked next to the masterpieces of modern art at MOMA. It ended the day across the Brooklyn bridge marveling at gorgeous fireworks over Manhattan.






Tuesday, July 15, 2008

Our Vacation in NYC

While attending Fancy Foods show in NYC a few weeks ago we did A LOT of walking, even though we were completely exhausted sometimes after staffing our trade booth at the show most of the day. This was our very 1st time in NYC and we were determined to see as much as we possibly could. Here are some highlights:



We Rock The Fancy Foods show in NYC!

On 6/29-7/1 we attended our very first Fancy Foods Show in NYC. What an event! We were blown away by the quality and quantity of exhibitors and all of deliciousness around us! Our booth was located between the space for the very excellent Teryaki sauce (Soy Vey- highly recommended!) and O Vinegar and Olive oil products. Evidently our caramels were a crowd favorite. We were happy to see everyone stop at our booth for some Delicious caramels: from good folks at Williams and Sonoma to journalists from NY Times and Martha Stewart Living who were covering the show. The show was great for business and networking- we are already looking forward to the next year's show!

Monday, July 7, 2008

Video Podcast The Hungry Hound June 25, 2008 Video

Steve Dolinsky from Chicago's own Hungry Hound segment on ABC News visited our caramel factory and sent this report. Enjoy!
Video Podcast The Hungry Hound June 25, 2008 Video