Keepin'em Steamin' Since 1988 -- Stella's

Welcome to the home of the *original* Hot & Spicy Cheese Bread. Our family has been serving up this infamous Wisconsin icon for over 25 years — since the day our mother invented the recipe, after a baking disaster ended our batch of empanadas destined for the market that day.

That happy accident was the birth of the mighty Hot & Spicy Cheese Bread — the perfect buttery blend of red pepper, chives, provolone and monterey jack cheeses, and our secret sweet dough that melts in your mouth.

It all started with Stella, our great grandmother, who couldn't bake a lick. She taught the next generations how to nourish a soul with food and keep a family strong.

About 80 years later, and from one isthmus to another, my parents, Max & Coralia, arrived in Wisconsin and sold vegetables from their farm just outside Madison. My brother, my sisters, we all helped out on the farm and it was grueling work! We all cherish the day my mother tried her hand at baking - it was the day we could put down our shovels! It's been many years, and after we all ventured off on different paths, the bakery has brought us together again to carry on Stella's good work.