gourmet & specialty foods

New Enfield Candy Shop Brings Sweet Memories Of Childhood For Owner

Enfield, CT - Lynn Piemonte is trying to become the candy maven of Enfield.Piemonte, who lives in Suffield but is from Enfield, recently moved her candy shop, Sweet Stuff, from Suffield to her hometown and... more »

Marine City Candy Store Set to Move to Get More Room

Marine City, MI - The Sweet Tooth in Marine City is looking to get a little bit sweeter.The candy shop is planning to move across the Water Street.With 700 different candies, owner Todd May said... more »

From Bean to Bar: Cellar Door Chocolates to Make Chocolate From Scratch

Louisville, KY - Owner Erika Chavez-Graziano founded the Cellar Door Chocolates more than seven years ago as a boutique chocolate company.Cellar Door Chocolates has a candy shop and a kitchen in Butchertown Market, 1201 Story... more »

Sisters Put Twist on Family Farming Tradition

Helena, MT - Sisters Karla Militello and Karrie Meyer are the fourth generation to work on their family’s Helena farm, but they’ve put a new twist on “farm work.”Their earliest ancestors raised crops on the... more »

Merchants Say Shop Local Effort Worked For Small Businesses

The wrapping paper may (or may not) have made it to the trash yet, but — anecdotally at least — it appears that local stores had a decent Christmas shopping season. Joining together for "Shop... more »

Dad of UC Football Player Killed in Crash Opens Candy Shop in Son’s Memory

Sharonville, OH - Months after a University of Cincinnati football player was killed in a motorcycle accident, his father is opening up a candy store in his son's name.Chamoda Kennedy-Palmore, 19, was a terrific football... more »

Hilliards’ Chocolates Comes to Mansfield

Mansfield, MA - The new Hilliards’ Chocolates at Mansfield Pavilion on School Street is the latest expansion of an Easton family business.Today Judy Hilliard McCarthy and her husband, Charlie McCarthy, own and operate shops in... more »

A Little Carmel Chocolate Shop With Big Plans

Carmel, IN - Julie Bolejack sits as silently as a yogi in mediation behind the counter at her fledgling Chocolate for the Spirit shop in Carmel. The barely audible crinkle of gold foil she's wrapping... more »