Chicago Bakeries

Chicago Bakery Employees Sue Coworkers, Saying They Were Cut Out Of Lottery Jackpot

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.24.2012

Tossing a few bucks into your office lottery doesn't sound like the type of thing that would end in a multimillion-dollar lawsuit. Then again, no one ...

Activists Call For Bakery Boycott Over 'Racist' Remarks

Posted 02.24.2012

Members of Chicago's Humboldt Park community gathered Thursday outside TipsyCake, a bakery whose owner has come under criticism after she made controv...

Celebrate National Baklava Day With Chicago's Best

Posted 11.18.2011

In case we need to remind you, Nov. 17 marks National Baklava Day. The important holiday recognizes the enigmatic dessert comprised of layers of p...

Joseph Erbentraut

Baker Launches Cross-Country 'Tour Of Pie'

HuffingtonPost.com | Joseph Erbentraut | Posted 01.30.2012

Food can carry any number of different meanings to any number of people. And sometimes specific foods can carry an unmatched power to comfort -- as we...

Popular Polish Bakery Destroyed In Extra-Alarm Blaze

Posted 11.12.2011

An extra-alarm fire that took nearly four hours to be put out by firefighters destroyed a well-liked Polish bakery located on Milwaukee Avenue in Chic...

It's Paczki Day Somewhere: Where To Get The Sweet Treats

Posted 05.25.2011

Last year, Chicagoans celebrated Paczki Day on Fat Tuesday, but some say the Polish tradition of eating lots of the sweet pastries actually falls on t...

Crumbs Bake Shop Opens In Chicago

Posted 05.25.2011

Crumbs Bake Shop, the infamous East Coast cupcake spot, is making a new home right here in Chicago. The bakery known for their beautiful looking and ...

Sunny Anderson Bakes For The Troops In Chicago

Posted 05.25.2011

The Food Network's newest star Sunny Anderson is in Chicago this week and seeking fellow bakers to help her ship tasty treats to the troops. Anderso...

Cupcakes With Carlos Boozer Today

Posted 05.25.2011

Don't miss the chance to order a special Chicago Bulls cupcake from Bulls player Carlos Boozer today. Benny the Bull will join Boozer at Sprinkles C...

Chicago's Cupcake Craze Here To Stay? Sprinkles Coming In May

Crain's Chicago Business | Posted 05.25.2011

Can Candace and Charles Nelson, owners of Sprinkles, The Original Cupcake Bakery, prove the cupcake craze is here to stay? The former investment ba...

Real Pastry: The Places So Good They Stop Me In My Tracks

Gale Gand | Posted 05.25.2011

Gale Gand

I've been searching for that flavor of real butter, real cream, that sublime texture of hand made, not machine punched out, pastries.

A Chicagoan Takes on Pastry Olympics

Flora Lazar | Posted 05.25.2011

Flora Lazar

By any standard, Dimitri Fayard has a grueling schedule. But add to it training for the year's most prestigious international pastry competition and you get a sense of this French-born Chicagoan's determination.