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What Exactly IS Gelato?

As we celebrate another exciting National food holiday – (yes, today is National Mint Chocolate Day), I’d like to bring your attention to a noteworthy Mint Chocolate item that I found quite delightful. This item comes from Fusion Coffeehouse in Ridgeland’s The Township. Mint Chocolate Chip Gelato. I have often heard of gelato… but honestly, [...]

The Sweetest of the Valentine's Day Treats

Valentine’s Day is fast approaching! One of the most classic ways to impress your valentine is to shower him or her with food and sweets. A good meal, some cupcakes, some candy, some chocolate… We’re pretty sure it’s human nature to enjoy sweets-eating, and what better day to indulge in all things sweet than on [...]

Behind the Scenes at Seattle Drip Coffee Company

We recently had the pleasure of getting to hang out at Seattle Drip Coffee Company‘s Lakeland Drive location in Flowood! Abigail Chen, Seattle Drip owner, and a couple of her baristas, let us follow them around with a camera and ask a bunch of questions! It was really something to see the magic that happens [...]

Madison's Newest Frozen Yogurt Joint

I was at Kroger in Madison not too long ago (the one on Hwy. 463 at Colony Crossing, NOT the new Kroger theme park on Hwy. 51) when I noticed that they had a new neighbor. About halfway between Kroger and Papito’s (in that same Madison shopping center) was a new frozen yogurt place called [...]

The Best (Cupcake) I Ever Had… WOW!

I had the best cupcakes that I’ve ever had in my life the other day. I know that’s a big statement, but seriously… On a scale from one to ten, they were a 15. They were that good. And they’re from right here in Jackson! They are our Patty Peck Honda Take Out of the [...]

The Perfect Way to End Cookie Cutter Week

National Cookie Cutter Week is drawing to an end… It’ll be ok, we’ll give you a moment… (sniff, sniff!) This week, we’ve shared a video of Mitchell Moore at Campbell’s Bakery giving you tips on how to make the best cookies you can. We’ve given you ideas on how to spread the love on National [...]

Cookie of the Day: Snowflake Cookie from Beagle Bagel

Let’s continue our celebration of National Cookie Cutter Week, shall we?  Our next Cookie of the Day is from Beagle Bagel in Highland Village. The sheer sight of this snowflake-shaped confection brought smiles to our faces (and made us wish for snow… If it’s going to be this cold, we at least need some good [...]

Cookie of the Day: Candy Cane Tea Cake Cookie from Campbells

You may remember Mitchell Moore from Campbell’s Bakery giving us a little video intro to National Cookie Cutter Week, complete with three tips on how to make the best cookies possible! Now that we know part of his secret, let’s see the result of some cookies he whipped up, using his own rules! While we [...]

Cookie of the Day: Gingerbread Man from Primos

National Cookie Cutter week continues, as does our celebration of great Jackson cookies! Today’s cookie comes from Primos on Lakeland Drive in Flowood. The Gingerbread Man: a favorite amongst the young and the young at heart. We don’t know of many folks who don’t love a good Gingerbread Man Cookie. The one Primos makes is [...]

Cookie of the Day: Snowman Sugar Cookie from Broad Street

This week is National Cookie Cutter Week, so we’d like to celebrate by highlighting a different cookie cutter treat in and around Jackson every day this week! Our first cookie cutter of the day is the Snowman Sugar Cookie from Broad Street Baking Company.  Similar to our last featured cookie from Broad Street, this sugar [...]