Better than sex cake

    Umami Bites: Get Down with Better than Sex Cake, Find Out Why Great Flour Matters, and Do a Little Good with our Super Bowl Party

    In This Umami Bites We Get Down with Better than Sex Cake, Find Out Why Great Flour Matters and Do a Little Good with our Super Bowl Party
    Simple syrup

    Simple Syrup

    Simple syrup is a staple ingredient in many cocktail recipes and is worth keeping on hand if you like mixing cocktails at home.
    Super Bowl Eatsl

    How to Do Some Good with Your Super Bowl Party

    What kind of impact could we have if everyone used their Super Bowl parties to have fun and fight hunger?
    Lyndale Neighborhood Association Community Award

    Walking the Green Path: Another Brick for the Path

    As I move into year twelve with Butter Bakery Café, I’ve created a new set of supports that feel different from my first years. I think I’m learning more about myself as a businessperson and about the role of my business within this community.

    All The Food Trends You Need To Know about

    Here is everything you need to know about food trends to keep up with what people are going to be eating, drinking, and cooking in 2017.
    Strawberry Raspberry Smoothie Recipe

    Umami Bites: Explore Food Trends, Make Delicious Super Bowl Eats, and Learn a Spanish Chef’s Secrets for Paella

    In this Umami Bites We Explore Food Trends You Need to Know About, Make Delicious Super Bowl Eats, and Learn a Spanish Chef’s Secrets for Paella

    Chef Joan Casas’ Paella Recipe

    Chef Joan Casas’ Paella Recipe

    Chef Joan Casas’ paella recipe has the kind of unique twists and turns that can only come from someone who has made thousands of paellas over the years.
    Strawberry Raspberry Smoothie Recipe

    Strawberry Raspberry Smoothie

    These strawberry raspberry smoothies use strawberries, raspberries, and greek yogurt to create thick, delicious smoothies to get you started the morning.

    Highlights from Umami's 2016

    Umami’s Best Stories and Recipes from 2016

    Here’s a quick rundown of the most delicious food we ate and interesting places we went during this past year at Umami.

    Buttermilk Pancakes

    Umami Bites: Eat Delicious Buttermilk Pancakes, Cook Perfect Sous Vide Duck Breasts, & Explore Our Best Stories and Recipes from 2016

    In This Umami Bites We Eat Delicious Buttermilk Pancakes, Cook Perfect Duck Breasts Sous Vide, & Explore Umami’s Best Stories and Recipes from 2016
    Caramelized Onion White Bean Dip Recipe

    Caramelized Onion White Bean Dip

    This creamy white bean dip recipe is a delicious and healthy appetizer with a touch of sweetness from the caramelized onions that is perfect for serving with crackers or vegetables.

    Community garden at butter

    Walking the Green Path: Being Counter Cultural

    At Butter, we try to be a daily advertisement for efforts to build community and restore our earth through the connections we make with each other, our food, and the world around us. Now, more than ever, this seems like a counter-cultural message.
    Buttermilk Pancakes with Maple Syrup

    Buttermilk Pancakes

    Buttermilk pancakes with warm maple syrup are a great way to start the morning. This pancake recipe creates light golden-brown pancakes with a hint of cinnamon.
    Homemade Turkey Stock

    Homemade Turkey Stock

    Making homemade turkey stock is one of the best ways to use a leftover turkey. Making your own stock lets you get everything you can from the turkey and helps improve the flavor of soups and stews.
    Rebirth of soil

    Walking the Green Path: Growth Beneath the Surface

    I’ve been aching for something that could feed my soul and give me the fuel I need to carry on in a business that at most times is all-consuming and in a world that has been particularly cruel and hate-filled.

    Holiday Dinner

    How to Get Through the Holidays Without Talking About the Election

    Having just finished one of the most contentious presidential elections in American history, lots of people are going to be coming down with something to avoid spending the holidays talking about politics. So how do we get through the holidays without someone brandishing a turkey leg or having people challenge each other to snowballs at ten paces?

    Geese flying in formation

    Walking the Green Path: Support for the Journey

    I understand that on long journeys one person cannot be expected to carry the full weight. When it is shared, the burden is lighter, the investment is deeper, and there is a benefit to having a range of experience to draw upon.

    Fresh summer cherry tomatoes on the vine

    Why We’re so Giddy Over Late Summer Tomatoes

    I get a little giddy when fresh tomatoes take over my favorite farmers market in late summer. Giddy because it takes tomatoes forever to show up and they’re gone in an instant.