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Flavor for Everyday Life | November/December 2017 Northwest Ohio

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ADRIENNE MCGEE STERRETT Adrienne is editor of Salt magazine and lifestyle/special sections editor for The Lima News. She believes everyone has a life story worth sharing. Reach her at 567-242-0510 or amcgeesterrett@aimmediamidwest.com.

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Salt Marketplace & Cook Show Williamsburg Christmas dinner Readers favorite holiday memories

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Christmas at the Homestead Holiday Tablescaping In the kitchen with...

Jess Parker

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Recipe Index

Barbecue Beef Brisket............................ 15 Chicken Enchiladas................................. 7 Cream Cheese Pound Cake................... 15 Dog Biscuits........................................... 18 Fettuccine Alfredo.................................... 7 French Toast Casserole.......................... 18 Panzanella.............................................. 18 Taco Meat................................................ 6 Trinidad Stewed Chicken......................... 7 Winter Fruit Bowl................................... 14

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Ready, set, cook.

No, seriously. Do you have a plan for the season?

We’re here for you with the Salt Marketplace and Cook Show.

This is the second year for the event, presented

by Salt magazine and The Lima News.

Featured chefs include Misty Lee, culinary arts

teacher at Lima Senior High School; Trevor Remy, chief of catering at Trevor’s Little Taste; Jonathan Keysor, general manager and part owner of FitMeals; and Carrie Prince, instructor of high school culinary arts at Apollo Career Center.

For details, see Meet the Chefs.

Each presenter will demonstrate a recipe,

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Meet the cooks

TREVOR REMY

MISTY LEE

JONATHAN KEYSOR

CARRIE PRINCE

Born and raised in Lima with a strong Caribbean upbringing by way of Trinidad & Tobago. Food has always been my family’s passion, which led me to want to share my West Indian and American infused cuisines. Currently I am chief of catering of Trevors’ Little Taste, LLC working with an area wellness program teaching kids kitchen techniques and the benefits of making healthier food choices. Throughout my professional career, I have had the opportunity to lead catering teams and express my creativity with food, while on tour with A-list recording artists, bands and music festivals.

Whether it is a corporate event, wedding, or personal dinner, I am ready to bring my love and flavor layered food to the table.

I’m the Culinary Arts Teacher at the Lima Senior High Career Tech Department. I do what I do because I love to help people learn new things, especially about food. It is rewarding to watch students develop their skills and become proficient at their craft.

I am the General Manager and Part Owner of FitMeals LLC. FitMeals was formed from an idea that prepping convenient, healthy and delicious meals was nearly impossible to do on a regular basis. I’ve had conversations with countless colleagues regarding meal prep and how nice it would be to have someone available to do it for us. It was from years of these conversations and the right opportunity at the right time that FitMeals was born. We currently serve over 100 clients in Allen County and are extremely excited about continuing to provide them with great meals that help them eat better, feel better, and live better.

I am the Culinary Arts Instructor at Apollo Career Center. I have been teaching high school culinary arts for 24 years. I graduated from The Ohio State University with a BS in Home Economics Education and from Wright State University with an MS in Curriculum and Supervision. I am married, have two children, two stepchildren and have lived in Lima for 21 years. Work for me is not a job, it’s an adventure!

I love going to Apollo every day teaching high school students in the field of culinary arts, helping them find their passion and assisting them to become productive, responsible adults.

Favorite recipes from the cooks These recipes are not the recipes that will be demonstrated at the show.

TACO MEAT

— From Misty Lee Ingredients: 1 1/2 pounds ground sirloin or ground round 90/10 1 medium onion, diced small 2 cloves garlic, minced, or 1 teaspoon of jarred minced garlic 1 fresh jalapeño, seeded and minced

1 tablespoon chili powder 1 1/2 teaspoon cumin 1/2 small can of tomato paste 1/2 cup beef stock Directions: Onions, garlic and jalapenos are added in with the meat while browning on a medium high heat. Drain if needed. Add dry seasonings, tomato paste, beef stock. Turn down heat to

low medium. Simmer until the liquid is reduced, about 15 minutes.

Salt and pepper to taste. My preference is garlic salt.

Serve over angel hair pasta with cheddar cheese, salsa, sour cream.

This recipe can be utilized for many things such as tacos, loaded fries, nachos, baked potato, chili dogs or chili.

FETTUCCINE ALFREDO

CHICKEN ENCHILADAS

This next recipe is not a FitMeals Recipe, but definitely a recipe we enjoy!

Ingredients: 10 ounces fresh fettuccine or tagliatelle 8 tablespoons unsalted butter, at room temperature 1/2 cup freshly grated Parmigiano Reggiano (Parmesan), at room temperature, plus extra cheese to pass at the table 1 cup heavy cream, very lightly whipped Salt and freshly ground pepper (use white pepper if you have it) Directions: Set the pasta water to boil. Timing is important with this dish. Ideally, the pasta finishes cooking when your sauce is ready, although the sauce will hold for a short while on very low heat. If you are using fresh fettuccine, it can cook in as little as 2 minutes (plus the time it takes your water to boil), so you must prepare your ingredients accordingly.

Fettuccine Alfredo is finished in the pan — the cooked and drained pasta is added directly to the warmed and mixed ingredients in the pan.

In a pan large enough to hold all the pasta, melt the butter over low heat. Add slowly the slightly whipped heavy cream and whisk either with a whisk or stir continuously with a wooden spoon until it is hot and slightly reduced.

(Variation: use half of the cream here and add the rest just at the end before you add the pasta.) Add slowly the grated cheese as you continue stirring or whisking. Cook the pasta. Add salt and pepper to taste. Add the cooked and drained pasta. Mix well with a wooden spoon. Turn into a warmed serving bowl or directly onto warmed plates.

Pass grated Parmesan at the table.

Ingredients: 4 bone-in chicken breast halves 2 tablespoons olive oil 4 ounce can diced green chili peppers 1 jalapeno pepper, chopped 1 clove garlic, minced 8 ounces cream cheese 2 cup shredded Monterey Jack cheese, divided 1/2 cup milk 8 (10-inch) flour tortillas 1 - 2 cups heavy cream Directions: Place the chicken breast halves into a saucepan, and fill with enough water to cover. Bring to a boil, and cook until the chicken is cooked through, about 20 minutes. Remove from the water, and set aside to cool.

Preheat the oven to 375 F. Remove the chicken meat from the breasts, and discard the skin and bones. Chop the meat. Set aside.

Heat the olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat.

Add the green chilies, jalapeno and garlic. Cook and stir for a few minutes, until fragrant, then stir in the cream cheese and half of the Monterey Jack.

As the cheese begins to melt, gradually stir in the milk. Add the chicken meat, and stir into the skillet. Remove from the heat.

Spoon the chicken mixture into tortillas, and roll up.

Place the rolls seam side down in a sprayed 9-by-13 inch baking dish. Sprinkle the remaining Monterey Jack cheese over the top. Pour cream over all to cover.

Bake covered for 30 minutes in the preheated oven, or until the enchiladas are hot (165 degrees.)

— From Jonathan Keysor

— From Trevor Remy

Serves 6-8 Ingredients: 4 pounds chicken, cut into 2-inch pieces (buy precut if possible) 1 lemon 1 cup chopped scallions (white and green parts) 1 medium tomato, diced 1/2 cup sweet onion, chopped 4 large garlic cloves, minced 1 tablespoon olive oil 2 tablespoons brown sugar 4 sprigs thyme Fresh habanero or pimento pepper, optional Salt and pepper Optional ingredients include: 1 cup of cooked peas or red beans and/or sliced carrots Sliced avocado or mango on side

Directions: Wash chicken with the juice of one lemon or vinegar and water mixed, rubbing chicken to remove any excess skin, fat or slime. Wash chicken a second time with plain water then drain.

Wash and chop scallions, tomatoes, peel and chop onion and garlic, cut pimento or habanero if using. In a large pot over medium heat, add oil.

When hot but not smoking, add brown sugar and allow your sugar to bubble, froth and darken. This is the common practice for making pelau and stew beef or lamb.

Add chicken to pot and listen to it sizzle. Now for the fun part! Almost immediately raise the heat to high and stir your pot coating the chicken with brown sugar for 1-2 minutes. Add some flavor to your pot introducing all of your listed ingredients and stir for another 1-2 minutes. Carrots should be added at this time, if using.

Cook for 15-20 minutes, uncovered on high heat so the juices from the meat evaporate. Common practice is to stir every 5 minutes, keeping chicken from sticking to your pot. Adding one cup of water to a covered pot brings you a nice bubble for sauce. The more water, the more gravy “sauce” is made.

Another 10-15 minutes covered, add salt and pepper to taste and allow your stew chicken to become tender but not shred.

Trinidadian Stew Chicken is served hot over rice with stewed beans and a salad of your choice.

Don’t be afraid to add some fried plantains, sliced avocado, mango chutney or as my grandfather likes his — with a big ice cold glass of mauby, sorrel or my mother’s famous homemade lemonade. That’s another recipe and dinner date.

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Trevor’s Little Taste Trinidad Stewed Chicken

— From Carrie Prince

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Enjoy a Williamsburg Christmas dinner in Fort Loramie

Williamsburg Christmas Dinners

6:15 p.m. Nov. 30, Dec. 1-3 (Nov. 30 and Dec. 1 sold out as of presstime.)

Wilderness Trail Museum, 37 N. Main St., Fort Loramie Tickets are $30. Call Dorothy Quinlin at 937-295-2659 to make reservations. Reservations are mandatory.

Handicapped accessible.

Photos courtesy of Fort Loramie Historical Association

By Merri Hanjora Experience a Christmas dinner in an 1853 boardinghouse/hotel which has been decorated for Christmas with a costumed doorman, waiters and waitresses at the Wilderness Trail Museum’s Williamsburg Christmas Dinners.

This is the 44th year the Fort Loramie Historical Association has held the Williamsburg Christmas Dinners.

“This is the only money maker that we do,” said Dorothy Quinlin with the Fort Loramie Historical Association.

“We serve over 100 people a night. We do it four nights with just one seating.”

Reservations are mandatory and often fill quickly.

“We do send out cards in August to the people that were there last year.

That’s how we already have gotten more than 300 reservations,” said Quinlin.

Guests will be treated to hors d’oeuvres, a roasted turkey dinner complete with all the trimmings, dessert and a drink. Drinks are a choice of banana slush, eggnog, hot cider, water, coffee and wine.

“They all seem to have plenty to eat, and they seem to enjoy it,” said Quinlin.

“It usually starts at 6:15 p.m. and then we have hors d’oeuvres and the main

course. We have Renaissance singers, which is four people, and they go from each room and sing Christmas carols in each room — this is up and down. It’s over by 9:15 p.m.”

The entire museum is festive for the season, inside and outside.

“It’s decorated from the time you walk in. There’s a tree in about every room.

We use about every room to seat people. All of the rooms have a Christmas tree, besides a lot of other decorations indoors. When people come in they really think it’s nice,” said Quinlin.

The outside is decorated with a wreath in every window and Christmas lights strung along the building.

“Then we have a school age child, around 12, who is at the door and greets the people. They are dressed in sort of a Williamsburg effect. The boys have knee pants on with white socks and vests. The girls have long black skirts with white aprons over them and the caps on their heads,” said Quinlin.

There are plenty of opportunities for photos to be taken. “(Guests) are welcome to take pictures. We also invite them to go from room to room to see the decorations.

We have a lot of time spent on decorating,” said Quinlin.

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Homestead

“The fireplaces are lit, there’s hearth cooking going on and there’s bread being baked in the indoor bread oven.

There’s very often some sort of soup bubbling away in a kettle.”

— Gary Wetherill, president of the Swiss Community Historical Society

Christmas at the Homestead

Photos courtesy of Swiss Community Historical Society

2-7 p.m. Dec. 2 Schumacher Swiss Homestead, 8350 Bixel Road, Bluffton Admission is free.

Donations are accepted.

An intimate start to the holiday season

By Merri Hanjora

cooking going on and there’s bread being baked in the indoor bread oven.

There’s very often some sort of soup bubbling away in a kettle.”

The historical society sets up chairs in the parlor so guests can sit and listen to the music.

Guests are treated to refreshments, generally homemade cookies, that volunteers provide along with something to drink.

“If people want to come later in the evening, then the house is lit by candlelight. The house is electrified as it had been, but the lights that are there are there to simulate candles, so they are a very low wattage and there are usually candles in all the windows. Candles will be on some of the tables that are burning,” said Wetherill.

The historical society provides a fun,

time-period, activity in the basement of the house.

“In the cellar at the house the children — well, anybody who wants to — can hand-dip a candle to take home. That’s a super popular thing for the kids. We have a method I learned at another historical site that’s relatively safe for kids to dip candles. Some children go out of there with some interesting shaped candles,” said Wetherill.

The house is full of photo opportunities for any family. Wetherill suggests bringing a camera and snapping away.

The open house includes the workshop as well, where guests will see period tools such as a foot treadle lathe and a Schnitzelbonk, which is a shaving horse.

“This open house is a thank you to the community for their support,” said Wetherill.

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Start your season with the Swiss Community Historical Society Christmas open house, Christmas at the Homestead.

“It’s a really pleasant, quiet, peaceful way to start your holiday,” said Gary Wetherill, president of the Swiss Community Historical Society.

Guests are invited to the refurbished 1843 homestead decorated for Christmas by six volunteers that spend at least three days decorating the house.

The decorations are all natural decorations.

“At best, if we do a tree at all, it will be a small tabletop tree, which was the tradition in the mid 1800s.

They didn’t necessarily have the big, huge Christmas trees,” said Wetherill.

The ambiance and Christmas spirit can be found in the intimate setting.

“We have period music in the parlor. We have a dulcimer group that plays and the local high school string group comes and plays and there are other guitarists,” said Wetherill. “The fireplaces are lit, there’s hearth

Holiday tablescaping

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Lima woman shares ideas for your gathering

By Adrienne McGee Sterrett Kathryn Yingst can point to an episode in the past that influences yet today. She was a young wife with little children, in an era when people would often go to each other’s homes for dinner after church.

She remembers her husband invited over a visiting family from Greece. They were well to do and owned a restaurant.

The dinner she had prepared was simple — meatloaf and baked potatoes. And she realized at the last minute that she was out of paper napkins. Instead of sobbing in the corner, she improvised.

“I had nothing but washcloths to put on the table,” she said, laughing. “I was never going to be without napkins again.”

She met up with that Greek

family years later, and they had no memory of her faux pas and expressed gratitude for the meal.

“That’s part of being a good guest and being a good hostess,” she said.

The Miami County native now has an extensive collection of tableware.

“I’ve always loved dishes,” she said. “If we ever downsize, my tablescaping days may be over.”

“I feel like just having a pretty table people feel special. It’s a satisfaction from that. You have created something that people enjoy.”

— Kathryn Yingst, of Lima

Photos by Adrienne McGee Sterrett

KATHRYN’S TIPS • Consider formal versus informal.

“I think the first thing you need to do is think about your guests,” she said.

Not everyone is comfortable at an extremely formal table. Will there be young children in attendance? While she believes young people should be exposed to formal dinners for good life training, the maturity level does matter.

She likes cloth napkins for a formal setting and paper napkins for an informal setting, but do what you enjoy. (Look online for how to fold napkins, paper or cloth.)

• Match the food to the setting.

Fancy plates deserve fancy food. Save the tacos for another meal. And vice versa.

• Take stock of what you own.

Do you have enough plates to set the

table for a large party? Do you have a coordinating tablecloth? Do you need to borrow items from a friend?

There is no shame in any of that. For the formal, classic Christmas table photographed for this story, she began with the china.

“This green china was something that was given to me as a graduation present from my grandparents,” she said.

Next, she set out several tablecloths before she found one that inspired her on the look she was picturing. Then, she asked a friend if she could borrow the gold reindeer and mini lanterns to make a centerpiece decoration on a runner. She cut a few branches of greenery for filler from her yard.

Have a rectangular tablecloth but need it to be square? Fold it, tucking the extra under.

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A late aunt’s collection recently added about five sets to her stash, and that’s not to mention the tablecloths and napkin rings and glassware and decor. But don’t be fooled — she enjoys thrift stores, dollar stores and garage sales, eager to pick up that just-right item to set the perfect table. (And yes, she has paper plates in her cupboard, too.)

“I feel like just having a pretty table makes people feel special,” she said. “It’s a satisfaction from that. You have created something that people enjoy.”

The holidays bring that urge — as well as cooking her family’s traditional favorites — to the forefront.

“People tend to have more company during the holidays,” she said.

“People are busy but yet they make time for family and friends, especially.

“Have a welcoming spirit.”

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• Think about trends.

Chargers are very in and can be found at low prices. She suggested spray painting them to dial in the exact color you need. Or, explore the internet for various painting techniques. She recently tried painting a vase in a mercury glass look with great results.

Mismatched everything is also very on trend. This can help a host to stretch the dinnerware already owned, if nothing really “has” to match.

• Centerpieces can be tricky.

The first thing to decide is if you’re going to serve food family style or if you’re doing a buffet style. If the serving dishes are not going to be on the table, there is more room for decor. One caution: the decor should not be too high and impede the view. Feel free to put the tall decor over on the side table.

• Etiquette is important.

In the past, Yingst was taught candles do not belong on the dining room table until after 4 p.m.

“But I think it probably went out with the white shoes after Labor Day kind of thing,” she said, laughing.

Not sure how to set silverware properly? Google it. The knife blade goes toward the plate, for instance. Dessert spoon and coffee spoon are above the plate.

She jokes with her grandchildren about setting the table: “This is the groom,” pointing to the knife, “this is the bride,” pointing to the spoon, and “this is the mother in law,” pointing to the fork on the opposite side of the plate.

And something that surprised even her? Dessert plates are not to be set on the charger. Chargers are removed from the table with the dinner plate when it is cleared.

• Contrast is your friend.

A basic white or cream plate looks rather boring against a white tablecloth. But placed on a dark charger and a bright placemat, the contrast is visually pleasing.

“I feel like (a placemat) frames the plate, especially if you have a patterned tablecloth,” she said.

WINTER FRUIT BOWL

Servings: 12 Ingredients: 3 medium grapefruits 1/2 cup sugar 1/2 cup orange marmalade 2 cups fresh cranberries 3 medium bananas, sliced Directions: Cut a thick slice from the end of each grapefruit. Using a serrated knife and cutting from the top of the fruit down, cut off the grapefruit peel and the white membrane. Working over a bowl to catch the juices, cut between one fruit section and the membrane.

Cut to the center of the fruit. Turn the knife and slide it up the other side of the section next to the membrane; repeat to make sections.

Remove any seeds from the fruit sections. Set aside. There should be about 3 cups.

Add enough water to the reserved grapefruit juice to measure 1 cup. In a medium saucepan, combine the juice, sugar and marmalade. Heat to boiling, stirring to dissolve sugar. Add cranberries; cook and stir for 5 to 8 minutes or until skins pop. Remove from heat and cool. Stir grapefruit into cranberry mixture. Cover and refrigerate until thoroughly chilled. Just before serving, stir in sliced bananas.

BARBECUE BEEF BRISKET

Servings: 15 Ingredients: 8 pounds beef brisket Garlic cloves, sliced, to taste 1 small bottle Italian dressing Salt and pepper Worcestershire sauce, to taste Chili powder, to taste Tony Chachere’s Creole Gumbo File, optional Barbecue sauce, KC Masterpiece preferred Directions: Make slices in beef brisket and poke in sliced garlic cloves about every 1 to 1 1/2 inches. Pour Italian dressing over and marinate overnight. Leave dressing on and sprinkle the Worcestershire sauce, chili powder and gumbo file on meat. Bake covered at 300 F for 5 to 6 hours. Let cool; drain and slice. This may be shredded if the meat becomes too tender. Pour barbecue sauce over the sliced meat and return to 300 F oven for about 1 hour or until heated through just prior to serving.

CREAM CHEESE POUND CAKE

Ingredients: 1 1/2 cups butter 8 ounces cream cheese 2 1/3 cups sugar 6 eggs, room temperature 3 cups flour 1 teaspoon vanilla

Directions: Cream butter and cream cheese.

Gradually add sugar, beating until light and fluffy — 5 to 7 minutes.

Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add vanilla.

Gradually add flour, beating just until blended. Pour into a greased and floured 10-inch tube pan. Bake at 300 F for 1 1/2 hours. Cool 15 minutes before removing from pan.

Tablescapes

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Kathryn Yingst has entered the Tablescapes class at the Allen County Fair in Lima for several years. She is a longtime entrant of baked goods, and this newer class intrigued her. The themed competition entails bringing a card table or a long table and setting it for a meal or buffet. A menu card must be included with the entry and is also part of the judging.

Department head Terry Acheson said Yingst always draws a crowd.

“Her ideas are just like ‘Wow,’ ” he said. “When she brings it in, everyone just stands and watches her and says, ‘What is she going to do next?’”

Tablescapes has been offered at the fair for five years, and both Acheson and Yingst expressed their excitement about it.

“I love to help people,” Yingst said, explaining she enjoys talking with people about ideas. She encouraged everyone to give it a try. “You don’t have to be like me and enter eight tables. I find there’s a lot of people who like to decorate.”

In the kitchen with … Jess Parker Photos by Kelli Cardinal

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By Michelle Stein With a focus on fresh, wholesome ingredients — and indulgent flavors that won’t disappoint — The Bent Spoon in Shawnee Township has already established itself as a neighborhood bakery since opening its doors in January.

However, the beginnings of this familyowned business might surprise you.

Owners Jess and Justin Parker were actually part of the local farmers market scene before setting up shop at their 2508 Shawnee Road location.

“My husband had been doing other jobs, and he was just tired of working for other people,” Jess Parker said.

“And it was always our goal, since we started to cooking together in the kitchen and stuff like that, he’s like, ‘We need to start our own place.’ So a few years back, he said, ‘I’m tired of working for other people.’ And I said, ‘OK, well let’s start doing this.’

The Parkers decided to start off with a focus on bagels, since there didn’t seem to be anyone specializing in them at area farmers markets. “You’d get a lot of variety of some really great, homemade breads and other baked goods.

But there’s none of that kind of stuff,” Jess said. “And you know, just because they’re from a small town doesn’t mean people don’t have metropolitan tastes.”

Jess and Justin gradually grew their business from home, hitting up farmers markets during the warmer months and freelancing during wintertime for about three years.

“We did bread for a grocery store in Leipsic for a while, but then they needed more bread and they were an hour away,” Jess said. “So after a while, it just got kind of unfeasable to make stuff for people an hour away.”

That’s when the Parkers started making scones for Coffe Amor — and how the couple ended up hearing about the availability of their current location, which formerly housed the coffee shop.

Since opening up a physical storefront in Shawnee Township, the Parkers now offer a wide variety of baked items. From pastries, to gourmet bagels, rolls, croissants, breakfast sandwiches and more, there’s some-

thing for all tastes. This includes stuffed and unstuffed scones — in flavors like lemon blueberry, orange cranberry, turtle, espresso and chocolate chip — along with seasonal favorites, like pecan pumpkin scones stuffed with homemade apple butter in the fall.

(Heck, you might even find a tasty treat for your canine companions, as Jess and Justin have started experimenting with dog biscuits.)

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Jess said. “We use real butter. We use whole milk. We use real food instead of preservatives or genetically modified stuff. For our whole-wheat bread, we use locally-sourced honey instead of sugar in it. And for things like our bagels, there’s a dozen to a batch and there’s only 2 tablespoons of sugar in the whole batch. And that’s pretty much just to activate the yeast.”

In addition quality ingredients, the

fact that their goods are all prepared and baked right there is key to the finished product, Jess explained.

“Everything that’s in the store that’s like icing or stuffing or jelly-related, we do all of that in house. We do everything in house,” she said. “We do roasted garlic asiago bagels that we roast the garlic ourselves and everything. We even grate the cheese ourselves for it.”

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“Whatever you think of, I can probably do. Sometimes, my husband will just start playing with the dough and we can see what’s going on from there. And if it looks pretty, we sell it.

And if we don’t, we just eat it all,” Jess laughed.

The Bent Spoon’s approach to ingredients is what sets it apart from competition, she explained.

“We don’t skimp on the ingredients,”

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With all of these indulgent options in their line-up, The Bent Spoon has quickly become a grab-and-go breakfast stop for people heading to work in the Shawnee area, Jess said. (And while they’re popping in for a tasty treat or breakfast sandwich, many customers also like to grab some coffee, chai tea, orange juice or apple juice.)

“We always get our people between 6 and 8 that generally come in for one of the chocolate croissants, or one of the scones, and a cup of coffee,” she said. “On Sundays, we get a lot of people coming for cinnamon rolls because $2 cinnamon rolls on Sunday. And our cinnamon rolls are pretty much the same size as Cinnabon’s.”

And whether you’re looking for something to take to a party or a social gathering — or just a tasty treat to share at home with family, The Bent Spoon does take orders for loaves of bread and more.

“We do a really great cinnamon swirl bread that makes excellent french toast or bread pudding,” Jess said. “We also do great coffee cakes. They’re huge.

Quite frankly, if someone says, ‘Do you do this?’ we usually don’t tell them no.

We just say yes and then figure out how to do it.”

“We always do any holiday baking you might need,” she added. “And also, we’re probably going to start adding things like french toast casserole and my husband, he was playing with some waffles and he actually posted them on our Instagram page.”

If you’re wondering how the Parkers came up with the unique name of their business, there’s a story there, too. It all started with a set of spoons.

“We had always tried to come up with different names, and we weren’t sure what we wanted to do,” Jess said. “The set has a smaller one that has a slight curve to the stem of the spoon. I cooked something that was really good, and my husband says, ‘Oh man, that was delicious.’ And I said, ‘Oh, another bent spoon production.’

Because I don’t know why, but this spoon was one of my favorite spoons to use — probably because it’s small, so you knew it was getting in the nooks and crannies. And we were just kind of like, ‘Oh, Bent Spoon! That’s what it is.’ ”

“And you know, just because they’re from a small town doesn’t mean people don’t have metropolitan tastes.”

— Jess Parker, who owns the shop with her husband, Justin

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