Co-Op Sauce: A Chicago Hot Sauce Company With a Great Mission — Maker Tour

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Open Maker Tour

Who: Mike Bancroft of Co-op Sauce
What: Hot sauce on a mission! Fifty percent of Co-op Sauce proceeds go to fund nonprofit arts and culinary education programs around Chicago.
Where: Chicago, Illinois

As someone who likes her chilaquiles soggy with salsa and needs more than cheese on my enchiladas, I was interested when Co-op Hot Sauce starting popping up all over Chicago. I first encountered the small red and green bottles as wedding favors and then in my neighborhood grocery store, The Dill Pickle. When I saw the Co-op Hot Sauce stand at the Logan Square Farmer’s Market, I had to know more. As it turns out, Co-Op Hot Sauce started as a way to raise money for local arts and culinary education programs in Chicago — and the story just gets better from there.

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Recipe: Gooey, Crunchy, Chocolate-Filled S’mores Pie — Recipes from The Kitchn

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Recipe: S'mores Pie

Fall is my favorite season for spending time in the great outdoors, because it means steaming hot cocoa and hearty chili cooked over an open flame. But if you don’t have a campfire nearby, this s’mores pie is the next best thing. A graham cracker crust holds sweet chocolate custard and light-as-air marshmallow cream. After a quick toast with a kitchen torch, you may never bother with original s’mores again!

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10 Essential Recipes for Fall Cooking — Recipes from The Kitchn

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We’re definitely all thinking it: How is it September already? Is summer really over? But don’t be glum — we’re heading into one of our favorite times of year for cooking! These are the days when chilly evenings make it a pleasure to be in the kitchen, especially when the result is something that fills the house with tantalizing aromas.

We’ve gathered here some of the recipes that we think are essential for this time of year, like our favorite homemade sandwich bread, stovetop mac n’ cheese for a cozy weeknight meal, snack bars to help you through your longest days, and maple blondies for a quick and well-deserved treat.

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Small and Quiet — Weekend Meditation

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Pink Pearl Apples

This is the weekend of summer’s end, the last roar of the golden lion before the autumn routine sweeps in and tames his fire. All around me, the energy is bright and active as people scurry out to catch the last few drops of sunshine, rushing to squeeze in all the summertime things: picnics and backyard grilling and impulsive leaps off of the pier into a still warm lake. All this vitality and celebration is quite wonderful but I’m not feeling it as I gently tilt my shutters against the sun and turn off my cellphone. I’m a bit out of step, but this weekend I’m feeling low-key and want a scaled down, less brightly lit universe. Small and quiet.

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