I was driving in my minty van the other week and got hungry. It wasn’t the run of the mill hungries but it was the kind of hungry that makes you look at everything and want to stop. I saw a burger place and slowed down and then sped up as I got to the entrance. Nope, that …
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Rosarios’ Ristorante: A Chicago Northwest Restaurant Preview
The restaurant industry is one of the toughest businesses out there. The statistics according to the google is that only 5-10% of restaurants get past that hard first year. How do you succeed while keeping up the evolution of the industry and remain true to your customer base? Maybe you should ask the Bucaro Family because they …
Francesca’s Tavola
I had a case of the Monday blues today because this will be my final post previewing the upcoming Chicago Northwest Restaurant Week. (February 22, 2019-March 3, 2019.). I had a great time dreaming of all the places that I could go and say “Let’s Not Cook.” (Here is a list of participating restaurants and some of …
Chicago Prime Italian: A Meet Northwest Chicago Foodie Fun Day
Happy Friday. It is hard to believe it was just last week that I went to Schaumburg, IL to try some new favorite restaurants as part of a super-preview of Meet Chicago Northwest Restaurant week. (Check back on their website soon to see the participating restaurants.) I’ll remind you again that the dates are February 23, …
Easy Peasy Parmigiana Caprese
My favorite week of the year is finally here….it is time for Chicago Gourmet!!!! For those of you who are new readers, Chicago Gourmet is an annual food event set in Millennium Park. To call it a “food event” is an injustice, it is a weekend filled with celebrity chefs, cooking demonstrations, book signings, lots …
Inside-Out Vegetable Lasagna
When you hear the words “inside-out”, what do you think of? Do you think of the film where every emotion has a character? (If you haven’t seen the movie, it is cute.) Do you think about accidently wearing a piece of clothes the wrong way? (I went to the beach last week and put my …
Out with Old, In With the New Year
When do you realize that you are starting to get old? Is it a number that makes you old? 40? 50? 60? 70? Is it when you and your friends start every conversation with the weather and commentary on your aches and pains? Maybe it is when you start putting the word “the” before other …
A Short Rib about my Imaginary Restaurant
Do you still make believe? Do you see yourself as a rock star when you are singing into your loofah in the shower? Do you put on a new outfit and walk down the hall like a supermodel? Maybe when you are training your puppy to sit you pretend to be a lion tamer in …
Beg, Borrow or Steal
I’m a thief…a no good rotten thief!!! Now before you start looking at FBI posters for my picture, let me say what I’m guilty of. I steal from restaurants….kind of. You are probably saying “Barb, you can’t “kind of” steal. You either do it or you don’t!” Let me tell you what I steal before …
Undressed
Clothing. Who decided that we needed to wear clothing? We aren’t born that way. (If you think about it, you really can’t be created at all without some nudity involved.) Little kids seem to be content with walking around in the buff and there are parts of this world where indigenous nudity is the norm. …