When you find something really amazing, I mean really amazing, you want to tell everyone about it and yet tell nobody about it at the same time – for fear of spoiling it. I’ve debated, and I am going to tell you about Jersey. It’s just too awesome not to share. A wind tossed spec [...]
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I really have been remiss. Over the course of this past year, I have been fortunate enough to visit Chicago on many occasions, and other than Hot Doug’s Sausage Superstore, I have not shared any of my dining experiences from the windy city. There are so many choices when it comes to restaurants in Chicago, [...]
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A new year tends to make you reflect. I am incredibly lucky. I have so much to be grateful for. Two amazing children. A wonderful husband who supports me in all I do. The opportunity to do what I love for a living. Truly the best friends anyone could ask for. 2011 was a pretty [...]
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I want a chicken for my birthday. The kind that will lay me a fresh egg every day. There are websites dedicated to the cause of the urban chicken. It really does not look so difficult. But alas – my family flatly refuses – Read walks away whenever I mention it – maybe he thinks [...]
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Nothing says summer like hot dogs. I think I only eat ‘em during the months of July and August. But alas, I do not live in Chicago, where the ketchup-less dog reigns supreme year round. Please, NEVER ask for ketchup on your Red Hot while in Chicago. You may start a violent revolution, right on [...]
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When I woke up this morning, I just had a feeling they were out there. Waiting for me. Maybe it was last night’s dessert…. I fear we may have had the last of this year’s amazing Ontario strawberries. Maybe I was hopeful that with strawberries on their way out, blueberries were surely on their way [...]
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“A whiz wit, and a provolone wit.” I mean, I knew I did not want it without. It had to be better “wit”. Right? But I was really unsure about whiz. In the end, I decided I had to try it. A sign emblazoned with the star spangled banner and a nasty looking bald eagle [...]
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The other night I was tucking my 10 year old daughter in to bed, and she says to me “Mom, remind again what the fifth taste is….” A little taken aback I said…”Umm..do you mean UMAMI?” “Yes! I love that word! Sweet, sour, salty, bitter and umami!” OK. So I know I am to blame. [...]
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