A rare treat pops up at the Deli One of the Deli’s most delicious treasures comes in a modest, two-inch-tall jar—so unassuming that most people are likely to walk right past it. Still, there it sits on the retail shelves, a short, squat little glass bottle, holding some of the most incredible roasted peppers you’ll […]

Newly Arrived Olive Oil from Western Greece Captain Vassilis Constantakopoulos was born in 1935 in the small village Diavolitsi in Messenia in the southwest of Greece—due north of the town of Kalamata, and due east of the island of Sicily that I wrote about last week. As a young man, he was forced to flee the […]

Spend a week eating and drinking with us in the Mediterranean You might not want to tell the owner of X, but the Colombian author Gabriel Garcìa Màrquez (who won the Nobel Prize the year we opened the Deli in 1982) once said, “Going to Sicily is better than going to the moon.” For a […]

A wonderful way to take your coffee drink to the next level From a bit of butterscotch in the flavor of the Roquefort to the very wonderful butterscotch syrup that the crew in the Roadshow crafts regularly. It has quietly become one of the most remarkably delicious things we make! Butterscotch was “invented” near the […]

Made in Milwaukee since 1880 A few weeks ago, the New York Times published a piece by Dan Berry that ran with the title, “Farewell to a Lost Love of Lunches Past: Liverwurst.” The headline was sad, but in truth, caught me by surprise. Barry writes that his beloved liverwurst “is disappearing right in front of me.” […]

Terrific, toasted cashews in a lovely sheet of caramelized sugar A tasty treat if you’re in the mood for something sort of sweet, a touch savory, and mostly, just really, really good. It’s been a bit of a surprise sleeper on the Candy Manufactory scene—it showed up on the shelves 10 years or so ago […]