Made From Scratch
Amaranth’s homegrown goods
Shipley and Boucher have been instrumental in the revitalization and development of the Walnut Hill and Washington Park neighborhoods on the city’s West Side. The couple restored one of Walnut Hill’s historic treasures, a pre-Victorian home that was built in 1856. Two and a half years ago, Shipley and Boucher opened their quaint neighborhood bakery just down the street, at 3329 W. Lisbon Ave., as a much-needed gathering spot for the area’s residents. “This business is specific to this neighborhood,” Shipley explains. “I never would have done it anywhere else.” When the cafe is open, customers can sip Alterra coffee and choose from a large and varying selection of breads, cookies and morning pastries. The first to emerge from the ovens in the morning are favorites like almond, chocolate and butter croissants, cinnamon rolls and sweet potato brioche rolls with a pecan maple glaze.
One of the reasons the owners are taking a summer hiatus from their shop is to conserve energy. Though the building’s water is heated with energy derived solely from solar power, the air conditioner is not. By baking for the farmers’ markets on Friday, Saturday and Sunday only, Shipley and Boucher save the air-conditioner from working overtime six days a week in an effort to temper the combination of summer temperatures and the ovens’ heat. Amaranth Bakery can be found at the Fondy Market at 22nd Street and Fond du Lac Avenue on Saturday mornings from 8 a.m. until they sell out, and on Sundays at the Washington Park Senior Center from 11 a.m. until 3 p.m. At the markets, “I’ll be doing breads, seven different kinds of cookies, rolls, morning pastries, pecan bars, raspberry bars and brownies,” Shipley says. The doors of Amaranth Bakery & Cafe on Lisbon will open again on Thursday, Sept. 4.
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