Halloween freaks me out. I am a huge scaredy cat and everywhere I look I am terrified. I can’t drive down my street without seeing my neighbor’s decorations of skull heads and monsters. I turn on the TV and there are hair-raising marathons of Friday the 13th or Nightmare on Elm Street. It will only …
Jamaican Me Twerk Chicken
I really try to think that I keep up with current events, trends and pop culture. But in all honesty, I know I am always a little bit behind what people are talking about at the water cooler. (Or do people just catch up holding their Nalgene bottles?) But there is one thing that I …
Winner. Winner. Chili Dinner!!!
Is there something called “Cooking Contests Annonymous?” If there is such a meeting group, I think I need to join it. Not because I enter a lot of contests, it is because of my behavior once I am in those contests. A perfect example would be my recent experience at The Chopping Block (222 W …
GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN
DUE TO THE GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN FELT LIKE A FOODIE WILL NOT POST THIS WEEK PLEASE ENJOY THE FOLLOWING SUGGESTION FOR DINNER JUST KIDDING: I RAN OUT OF TIME AND HAVEN’T BEEN IN THE KITCHEN! I’LL HAVE A POST UP ON MONDAY!
Hangin’ With My Gnomie Mushroom Soup
Sometimes I wonder about things…odd things. And then I wonder do other people wonder about such odd things or is this just the work of a brilliant brain? (I choose to believe my thoughts are a sign of brilliance and not psychosis.) So I was sitting in the living room this weekend staring out the …
Chicago Gourmet 2013: Star Gazing
We all have annual events that we look forward to and even cherish. For some, it is a holiday like Fourth of July, Thanksgiving or Arbor Day. (I put that in for my tree huggers.) For others, it may be a sporting event like the Super Bowl, the World Series or the Chicago Marathon. For …
Chicago Gourmet 2013: Food Coma
Have you ever heard of the phrase “post prandial narcolepsy?” It is defined as that state of sleepiness that we sometimes feel after eating a large meal. I am tweaking the definition to also include the state of sleepiness that occurs after a weekend of eating dozens of little meals at Chicago Gourmet, which occurred …
The Artisan Table: The Honey Dinner
I must say this last month has been a bit crazy and I just figured out why. September is National Honey Month and I have been busy as a bee!!! With beekeeping and all the positive press lately on the benefits of honey, I had to see what all the buzz was about! Luckily, The …
Le Cordon Bleu: A Taste of Northern Italy Workshop
Articles in magazines, countless cookbooks, numerous television shows and recreational classes have all taught me one thing….how to cook. But even after all this research, I’ve always had the desire to be better and really have unbridled confidence in the kitchen. So when the challenge of taking a 3-day workshop called “A Taste of Northern …
Mod Mex: The New Face of Mexican Food
“Four Chefs. Four Styles. One Cuisine.” On Saturday, September 14, I had the pleasure of watching four of the leading experts in Mexican cuisine (maybe I should call them “mexperts”)come together in a friendly face off to benefit the Full Tuition Frontera Scholarship at Kendall College in Chicago. The morning started with a custom Mezcal breakfast cocktail …