St. Louis Magazine – July 2019

OAKED

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PRIME 55

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LILIANA’S

ITALIAN

KITCHEN

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Photography by Kevin A. Roberts July 2019 stlmag.com Ĕĕ

One of the joys of visiting the

Tower Grove Farmers’ Market

on a balmy summer Saturday

morning is stopping by Whisk:

a Sustainable Bakeshop. Check

out the flavors of ice pops that

owner Kaylen Wissinger has on

hand—eight to 10 at any one time,

made from hyper-local seasonal

ingredients. The bounty from

this week’s farmers’ market is

transformed into the next week’s

flavors. Big sellers include such

unusual selections as sweet corn,

Honeycomb cereal milk, gooey

butter, and strawberry balsamic

goat cheese—“or goat cheese

anything,” says Wissinger. The

pops’ popularity has launched

PoptimismSTL, a converted

1984 mail truck (nicknamed Toto

because it’s cute and hails from

Kansas). Although the flavor

gamut appeals to kids of all ages,

Wissinger says her best custom-

ers are bona fide kids (who usu-

ally order by color). “Last week,

a boy said, ‘I want blue!’ and had

to settle for a purple Concord

grape. I have to work on that.”

—GEORGE MAHE

THE DISH

Whisk’s

Ice Pops