My Dear Readers. I had a post scheduled this morning about a “fun day” I had on Friday. As much as I want to share my food adventure, I want to take a couple of days and regroup my thoughts. I have feelings of guilt that while I was eating a fabulous feast, there was …
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Keep The Home Fries Burning
This is the time of year that I get a lot of questions emailed to me. Easy ones like asking for simple appetizers to bring to a cocktail party. Or where do you find certain cooking items. I usually can respond quickly and accurately. (I have also been asked some freaky stuff but I’ll keep …
Italian Sausage Soup…There is no substitute
Substitute. Is it a good word or a bad word? Do you hear it and shudder or jump for joy? I started thinking about that word yesterday. It is kind of interesting that substitute is such a simple word and yet has many connotations. (Yep, that is the kind of stuff I find interesting.) For …
Understanding Garlic Bread
There are a lot of things I don’t understand…for example, maps and geography. (Or are those the same things? That is how much I don’t understand them.) Either way it is a subject matter that doesn’t click in my brain. I also don’t understand push-up bras. Why do you want to fill your bra with …
“Veruca Salt”ed Double Baked Potatoes
“Gooses! Geeses! I want my geese to lay gold eggs for Easter.” (Who knows where I am going with this one?) I was scrubbing potatoes today and all of a sudden was possessed by Veruca Salt from the 1971 movie, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. My original plan was just to have baked potatoes …
FLAF’s Holiday Shopping Guide 2012
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas (or Hanukah or Kwanza or whatever excuse you need to be merry). I personally thought that the world really pushed the winter holidays on us a little too quickly. But now that Thanksgiving is over, I am one of those people freaking out about holiday shopping. I …
Foodie Fun Day: CHILL 2012
I officially have been going to food events for over year. And there is one consistent thread that runs through each event…my mouth waters. Whether it is the rich aromas that roam through the halls or my first view of a perfectly plated dish of food…my mouth waters. When I see the chefs walking in …
Foodie Fun Day: Food & Wine Chef Showcase 2012
I don’t know what it is about the Food and Wine Chef Showcase in Chicago that makes me smile, it just does. Not just any smile, but a smile that makes my cheeks hurt. It is the kind of smile that resonates through your whole body and makes you put a spring in your step. …
Give Thanks for Lists
It is two weeks before Thanksgiving…that means it is time for a list! I love making lists more than any normal person should. I make lists for food, contents of the fridge and people who make me mad. (I also hold grudges but that is another blog. PS Dave G., you are no longer on …
Duck Fat Pumpkin Pie Crust
I can’t believe it is already November. It is one of the busiest months of the year with the election tomorrow, Food and Wine Chef Showcase and CHILL next week. (And for those of you who have asked which Presidential candidate I am supporting….I can only give you a hint…it is a man.) November is …