Peter Stromquist

Category: Food Business

  • Caradaro Club Pizza Review – Milwaukee WI

    Arguably Milwaukee’s oldest pizzeria, the Caradaro Club was started in the mid 40s, as the popularity of pizza grew in the US due to returning European theater GI’s, who had experienced in while serving. Starting with a fully-proofed, very thin crust made with low gluten flour, the Caradaro is all about “tavern style” pizza, cracker […]

  • Buona Beef Meatballs Review – In Chicago Area Grocers

    Buona Beef Meatballs Review Buona Beef is a local Chicago restaurant chain, started about thirty years ago. They have been on an expansion tear recently, and it seems like they are popping up on a regular basis. As well, they have a few of their products in the grocery stores now. The chain specializes in […]

  • Teasia Tea and Coffees Review

    Although only a few years old, Southern California’s “Teasia” have become known and praised for high quality teas,  coffees, and excellent customer service. In the tea line, they specialize in K-cup products, with a variety of Oolong teas from Taiwan, and florals from around the globe. I drink (literally) a bucket of coffee each day, […]

  • Gortons Shrimp Bowl Meal Review – With Black Garlic and Wine Risotto

    I personally think that the sudden glut of frozen heat and eat meals at the grocery is due to the success of the “meal kit” business. Those deals where they send you portion cut ingredients and a recipe and it’s supposed to be so easy to create a gourmet meal with no fuss.  ( I […]

  • Harpers Country Ham Review

    Man I love good ham. OK, I love bad ham, too.  But “country cured” – a dry cure lengthy process with salt, hickory smoked,  that’ll get me everytime. I’ve driven back roads of Missouri, Virginia, the Carolinas and Kentucky in search of small processors. I’d never heard of Harper’s, even tho they’ve been around since […]

  • Panamei Seafood Review – in Grocery Stores Nationwide

    Panamei is one of the brands available from Quirch Foods, an importer, exporter, distributor of quality products to groceries and industrial accounts. They trace their roots back to the early 20th century in Cuba, then after 59, immigrated to Puerto Rico, set up there, and finally to establish a base in the Miami area, where […]

  • Wahlburgers At Home Review – Ground Beef at the Grocery

    So the Wahlberg family from Boston, ex con, one celebrity, one half celebrity, one fry cook, one overbearing parent. Start a burger restaurant, sign lots of expansion deals – “coming soon” is their most famous location. Wahlburgers they call it. They’ve made a big deal with the Iowa-base grocery chain of Hy-Vee, which is attempting […]

  • Schweid & Sons Burger Patties Review

    Different blends of beef for burgers have been the rage for awhile. The method not only provides distinctive flavor and texture, but also gives processors a premium product. Until recently, you only ran into these in restaurants, unless you have an able butcher who was willing to do it for you in-house. Schweid & Sons […]

  • Outsiders Pizza Review – Nationwide Frozen Food Product

    Do you remember when craft beer started to take off, to the surprise of the giant brewers? So what did they do, they created spin-off “mini-companies” with new brews, and marketing them as such.  So we didn’t know that Miller (or whomever) was behind “Bob’s Garage Brew – the beer made with sink water from […]

  • Hometown Sausage Kitchen Gyro Sausage Review

    The ‘gyro’ is a Greek inspired sandwich, with meat (generally beef and lamb) cooked on a vertical roaster, placed in a pita, dressed with tomato, cucumber, and tatziki sauce. Some purveyors add lettuce and onion. The word “gyro” is from the Greek word for “circle” or “turn.” The meat is generally seasoned with salt, hot and sweet paprika, […]