I recently took a vacation to visit my family and escape the NATO craziness in Chicago. While I was in Omaha I went to one of my favorite...

My friend S. sent me an email this morning with this link . Coming this Summer to Chicago's Sprinkles, a 24 hour cupcake ATM. The curren...

Found this lovely site and thought I'd share. Type in what you're listening to or what you want to listen to and Drinkify will give...

Some friends of mine just returned from a trip to New York City...which got me thinking that I haven't been back since June, 2010. I thi...

Check out the adorable and yummy cupcakes from a good friend's baby shower this weekend. I tried the red velvet cupcake with fondant mon...

Foursquare says i havent been in a year,  seems too long. I opted out of my standard truffled egg toast for bruscettas and a fontina egg asp...

No, I'm not talking about myself and the 1/4 of my family heritage. I'm talking about ONE of the many awesome "steamed sandwich...

Well, for the life of me, I can't get the "Read More" or "Continue Reading" to work for me and I've got waaaay t...

Two Fridays ago I met S. for a movie and then dinner in what I thought was always the Lincoln Park neighborhood, but I now see by the banner...

And so it begins...another summer in Chicago . Though it's still chilly today, at least it's sunny. Somehow with the sun, the food a...

After a morning at our favourite farmers' market , we were inspired by the fresh sheep ricotta we bought at the Highmark Farms table so ...

I went to see my parents in Omaha for Thanksgiving...American style. I arrived the day before Thanksgiving, which was my Dad's Birthday....

I got an early Christmas present from Prosecco—a tub of Pork Lard! In return I promised to post everything I make with this delicious gift. ...

While out in the eastern townships over the long weekend, I brought home two bags of peaches and cream corn (among many other eat-able, drin...

Thanks to an unusually warm (some might say sweltering) summer, the annual tomato sauce-making weekend came early this year. Last year we di...

Holy crap, I'm in trouble. Sprinkles Cupcakes opened on Monday in my neighborhood. It's a lovely and very welcome addition to the G...

Chicago is a great city. Spending a long weekend with Cupcake, eating and drinking our way across town, was as much fun as the last time we ...

Not really... but when I saw the bartender make this from a distance I thought he was pouring ketchup over ice, adding some lime juice and p...

I was lucky enough to be gifted a precious petri dish of saffron, transported across the ocean by a generous friend a couple...

YAY! Sprinkles Cupcakes !! I love the exterior design of their stores and cannot wait to taste their many flavors of cupcakes. I hope the...

Its been a while, rabbit pappardelle at hearth new york, zow.

It's Rhubarb season! Enjoy it while it's fresh!

A wish I've had for the past year has finally come true. I finally had the chance to eat dinner at the fantastic pig-centric Publican la...

In the past couple years, I've become quite fond of ricotta cheese. And when I was on a liver cleanse last month, it was one of the onl...

This was not made by me but thoroughly enjoyed by me. Prepared by Maurizio, C's cousin, we had brisket with gravy, rice and beans, a cr...

I've been on a liver cleanse for the better part of 21 days. No coffee, no alcohol, no dairy, no wheat, no fruit except for organic bana...

 I grew oyster mushrooms in my living room. Crazy, right? I must admit, it was a bit creepy when I first spotted the little fungus nubbins ...