Whole Foods, woohoo!

My truffles will be sold in all Whole Foods in Illinois, starting this weekend (depending on when they get the UPCs sorted out). It's pretty darn exciting for me, as I've only been in business a year and a half. They'll be in the specialty department, in round blue boxes with the Katherine Anne logo. It's a trial run for Mother's Day, so we'll see how it goes!

For more info about my company, check out my site at katherine-anne.com - would love to hear LTH's thoughts.

fungi? chocolate?

which?

chocolate

Hmm, perhaps I should have made that more clear. Though I think many LTH 'ers would rather receive the fungi over the chocolate for Mother's Day.

Katherine_84f wrote:Hmm, perhaps I should have made that more clear. Though I think many LTH 'ers would rather receive the fungi over the chocolate for Mother's Day.

And here I was thinkin' there was a nascent fungi(truffle) industry in IL. Dang.

Congratulations! How exciting. I hope it proves to be wonderful for you.

Christopher Gordon wrote:

Katherine_84f wrote:Hmm, perhaps I should have made that more clear. Though I think many LTH 'ers would rather receive the fungi over the chocolate for Mother's Day.

And here I was thinkin' there was a nascent fungi(truffle) industry in IL. Dang.

I was on the same track, though I kept thinking it may be the wrong time of year for harvesting truffles.

Regards,

Now that we have what kind of truffles we're speaking of straightened out, let me make it easier to get to the katherine-anne website.

and, dur...I forgot to offer my congrats

good luck...I'll keep my eye open for your (chocolate)truffles next time I'm in the city

Thanks for the kind words Ann, thanks for making my site address user-friendly. Last time I tried to make a link, I managed to mess it up completely.

A couple of the stores don't have them out yet because of the UPC problems, but they're disappearing rapidly at Halsted. I hope to be doing demos on Friday evening and Saturday afternoon this coming weekend: I'll post my times and locations as I get confirmation, so hopefully people shopping in the area can stop in and say hi, and try some (chocolate) truffles.

Now, I must go celebrate by enjoying some time outside. I've been cooped up in the kitchen or at the computer too long!

Congrats! I'll definitely be on the lookout for your yummy creations!

By the way, I'm curious about your experience working with Kitchen Chicago. I'm at the startup stage myself and I'm still looking for kitchen space...

My experience with Kitchen Chicago was extremely positive. Alexis, the owner I most often worked with, is obviously in it to help small businesses like me succeed. She sets up workshops and gives advice frequently. The kitchen space is kept very clean, and the schedules organized. The reason I ended up leaving was because of the lack of AC: it was impossible to temper chocolate in the summer. Regardless, it's a great starting place to get a small business off the ground.

How wonderful for you! I'll be sure to hunt down your goodies next time I stop by Whole Foods. Much luck!

Best of luck! I'll be sure to support your endeavour if given the chance. Maybe even for Mother's Day.

Hi folks,

It looks like my husband Frank and I will be doing a few demos over the weekend. The schedule is below.

Friday, May 9, 3 or 4pm, going for 4 hours
Lakeview: 3300 N. Ashland. (Katherine)

Saturday, May 10, 12-4
South Loop, 1101 S. Canal (Katherine)

Saturday, May 10, 12-4
Lincoln Park, 1000 W. North Ave (Frank)

Saturday, May 10, 12-3
Gold Coast, 30 W. Huron (friend Nicole)

Sunday, May 11, 12-4
North Halsted, 3640 N. Halsted (Katherine)

Sunday, May 11, 11-2 (pending)
Evanston, 1640 Chicago Ave (Frank)


I'd love to see any of you, so feel free to stop by and say hi. My husband reads more computer forums than food-related ones, thus can discuss Java or Ruby more readily than molecular gastronomy, but he would be delighted to talk chocolate

Cheers!