Prepping for The Brooklyn Flea!

Butter + Love is going to be at The Brooklyn Flea this weekend! That's right - get excited, folks. We'll be sharing a booth with the lovely ladies of Maiden Preserves. We use their tasty Orange-Bourbon Marmalade for our Orange Cardamom Shortbread, so they'll be plenty of that for you to try. (You're welcome.)

We'll also be unveiling a new menu item featuring another of their creative concoctions: Poppy Seed + Lemon Vanilla Bean Jam Sandwich Cookies. Take a gander, if you will...

These cookies have a really delicate and delicious flavor and are oh so soft. Lemons, poppy seeds, vanilla beans, oh my! 

So, please do stop by our booth and say hi. We're so, so excited to be a part of one of my personal favorite things about Brooklyn - The Flea...

Purveyors: Brooklyn Victory Garden

This week we're adding one close to home - keeping the love in Fort Greene at Brooklyn Victory Garden!

When I first dropped off a Sample Box at this charming addition to the ever-gentrifying Fulton Street, I was immediately taken with the ease and friendliness of the manager, Dawne. Although I had heard great things about the shop, I hadn't actually been in the store before that, but five minutes into chatting with her I knew I wanted this shop to be a home for my Bits of Baked Goodness. It's a warm, inviting store full of delicious gourmet goods - what's not to love about that? My desire to be a part of it only increased after a phone call with the owner, Tess, who was equally friendly and warm - two qualities this Midwesterner always appreciates in a New Yorker! At the end of that conversation we had decided we were going to make it happen, and we did.

All that to say - we're happy to be there along with a slew of other fantastic, Brooklyn made products. So whether you're wandering about Clinton Hill or make a special trip just because, do stop in and say hello! Pick up your Butter + Love fix and tell them we sent you...

Purveyors: Stinky Bklyn

Butter + Love's delectable Jam Sandwich Cookies, Shortbread, and the ever-popular Gingerbread Mustachios are now available at Stinky Bklyn!

A few months ago I found out that Mark - my "Cheese Guy" - was leaving The Greene Grape and I was bummed. Who was going to know what kind of cheese I was in the mood for before I did? Who was going to perfectly put together a selection of three to four cheeses to compliment my menu for dinner parties? Who was going to be both witty and knowledgeable about the sometimes overwhelming world of cheese?!

Well, luckily Mark didn't go far... just over a couple of neighborhoods to Carroll Gardens and the amazing cheese shop Stinky Bklyn. If you haven't been in there, then you should go - now. It's a great shop full to the brim with all sorts of gourmet deliciousness... including Butter + Love's very own delectable goods.

So stop in at Stinky, grab a Gingerbread Mustachio (or two!) and let the knowledgeable cheesemongers help make all your Cheese Dreams come true...

Purveyors: Brooklyn Farmacy & Soda Fountain

Our Gingerbread Mustaches are now available at Brooklyn Farmacy & Soda Fountain!

Take one step inside this shop and you'll feel like you've been transported back to another era; a gentler time when the highlight of your week involved strolling down to the neighborhood soda fountain, finding a table in the back corner and making eyes at your "steady" while sharing a delicious milkshake or ice cream sunday. Two straws, one glass, please! 

Oh, who am I kidding - that would be the highlight of my week now! Suffice it to say, we are pleased as punch to be selling our gingery Gingerbread Mustaches at this impossibly charming, Cobble Hill favorite. 

So grab your steady and ready yourself for a trip back in time... except this "time" allows you to mustachio yourself and post it to Facebook. That's a win-win, if you ask me.

Purveyors: The Greene Grape Annex

Manager in plaid shirt, Michael Hayes. Delicious baked goods front and center, Butter + Love.

Well, it's about time! Fort Greene just got a little more swanky with the addition of The Greene Grape Annex, serving Blue Bottle Coffee and Butter + Love's baked goodness. This is just the sort of spot you hope to stumble across while walking around Brooklyn; a spot where you can bring your laptop or current read and sit a spell...

snapshots from the kitchen

Necessity of a New Business