GypsyKitchen

05/02/2026

05/02/2026

Today I got my plates! Next step health dept. You’ll soon be seeing Gypsy Kitchen out and about. Please stay tuned. And thank you to those who have always and still support us.

02/04/2026

I’m now accepting bread pre-orders for pickup

Hello! My name is Katie and I make and sell bread. Don't forget to subscribe to get notified about my drops!

02/03/2026

💥 THANK YOU, LACON! 💥

What an INCREDIBLE Rooftop Ransom fundraiser — we are beyond excited to share that together we raised $10,074 🙌💸

This event would not have been possible without the amazing people and businesses who stepped up, showed up, and made it unforgettable.

🏢 Special thank you to Dawn and Jonathan Krieghauser - Country Financial for generously allowing us to use their building, making us popcorn and helping us throughout the day.

🚒 A huge shout-out to the Lacon - Sparland Fire Protection District and Lacon-Sparland Ambulance Service for participating, facilitating, and keeping everything running safely and smoothly.

🏆 Congratulations to our award winners!
• 🥇 Biggest Bail Raised: Terri & Yatish from IGA — coming together to raise an impressive $1,020 💪
• ⚡ Fastest to Escape Award: Justin
• ⛓️ Lifer Award: Johnathan — last to raise bail and held strong till the end!

🍕 Thank you to Wildey’s Country Diner and Yarger's for feeding everyone, Midwest Farm Charm for supplying us with some cozy giveaways, and to High 5 Apparel for doing an AMAZING job on the shirts — they turned out fantastic! We would also like to thank WMBD news channel 31 for covering the event and Eric Lytle Photography & Drone Services for their amazing aerial video!!

We truly appreciate every participant, sponsor, volunteer, and supporter. Because of you, we are that much closer to reaching our fundraising goal for the Hot Air Balloon Festival on September 26th 🎈✨

😎 We can’t wait to see everyone back on the roof in 2027 for our 2nd Annual Rooftop Ransom!

Thank you for showing up, supporting local, and helping us lift Lacon to new heights ❤️

01/23/2026

Your homemade bread isn’t going to taste like store-bought bread.
And that’s the point.

Store-bought bread is engineered to be ultra soft, ultra light, and “fresh” for way longer than bread naturally stays fresh. Homemade bread is real food. It has a shorter shelf life, it stales faster, and it tastes like… actual bread.

Here’s the kind of stuff commercial bakeries often use to keep bread pillowy and slow down staling:
• Enriched flour (bleached)
• High fructose corn syrup or corn syrup solids
• Added “vital wheat gluten” to change texture
• Soy flour
• Vegetable oils (soybean/canola)
• Mono- and diglycerides
• DATEM (dough conditioner/emulsifier)
• Calcium propionate (mold inhibitor/preservative)
• Sodium stearoyl lactylate (emulsifier)
• Polysorbate 60/80 (emulsifier)
• Azodicarbonamide (flour treatment agent)
• Potassium bromate (dough strengthener)
• Ammonium sulfate (dough conditioner)
• Calcium sulfate (dough conditioner)
• Enzymes (amylase, fungal enzymes, etc.)
• “Natural flavors” (a mystery category all its own)
• Added gums (guar gum, xanthan gum)
• Soy lecithin
• Added conditioners and “improvers”

So if you bake a loaf at home with flour, water, salt, yeast (or sourdough starter), maybe a little honey or butter… it’s going to be different. It might be a little denser. It might have a real crust. It might not stay squishy for 10 days.

And honestly? That’s the re-learning.

Sometimes baking at home means we have to retrain our taste buds to remember what real food tastes like when it hasn’t been optimized for shipping, shelf life, and “perfect texture.”

Homemade bread isn’t meant to live on your counter for two weeks.
It’s meant to feed your people today.

01/23/2026

I will be open 2:30-sold out tomorrow(Sat)
Curbside available just pull up and call 323-7813
Delivery also available

01/22/2026

Starting next Wednesday Feb, 4th bread days will be on Wednesday’s instead of Saturday’s. I will be open starting at 10am until sold out. I want to thank everyone for the continued support!

01/15/2026

Gypsy Kitchen Bakery – Saturday 11-2

I will be back in the kitchen this weeknd with baked fresh sourdough bread and baked goods. We would love for you to stop by and support us!

All proceeds from this weekend’s sales will go toward finishing our food trailer for the upcoming season — your support truly makes a difference.

Available:

• Traditional loaves
• Fudgy Sourdough Brownies
• Cheddar Jalapeño Sourdough
• Double Chocolate Strawberry Sourdough
• Raisin Cinnamon Sourdough

Thank you for supporting local, small-batch baking. We look forward to seeing you this weekend!

— Gypsy Kitchen Bakery
📍 Lacon, Illinois

01/03/2026

I’ve got sourdough available today 10am-2pm!! I’ve got plain and jalepeno and cheddar.

233 5th street Lacon. Down the stairs

12/31/2025

I’ll be at my commercial kitchen Saturday selling sourdough
233 5th St Lacon
10-2pm
Lower Level