It’s hard to believe this is my first restaurant review this year. Where has the time gone?
Tags: Casual, Burgers, Food, Chicago, Restaurants, Windy City, City Life, Brunch, Chicago Dining, Dinner, Neighborhood Restaurant, American Comfort Food, Beer, Flatbread, Veggie Burger, Menu
Rice is perhaps the most common food staple in the world. It’s the single most consumed cereal grain on earth, and it’s many varieties are used in different cuisines the world over. I’ve been known to stuff my fat face with fried rice, red beans and rice, and even Rice Krispies a time or two. This particular side dish, while it won’t feed the world, will certainly liven up that boneless, skinless chicken breast that’s taking up space in your freezer.
Tags: Casual, Cheese, Chicago, City Life, Dairy, Dinner, Family, Food, Home Life, Kitchen, Monterey Jack Cheese, Poblano Peppers, Rice, Side Dish, Southern, Windy City
Last week I didn’t post anything as I was out of town and this week has been crazy-busy, but now I’m back with a quick and delicious recipe that will knock your socks off. This is a fairly short post – I’ve made lots of things in the past weeks and am a little backed up on getting everything posted. And now, on with the show.
Tags: Casual, Chicago, Chicken, City Life, Cooking, Dinner, Family, Food, Garlic, Home Life, Kitchen, Lemon, Lemon Zest, Main Course, Poultry, Thyme, White Wine, Windy City
Growing up on a farm, having fresh-grown asparagus whenever I wanted was something I grew up accustomed to. It’s just how we rolled down on the farm, ya’ll. It has always been one of my favorite vegetables – if not my top favorite. And, fresh asparagus always heralds the arrival of Spring. That, and Bradford pear trees blooming. And irises blooming. And Passover. And Easter. And spring break . . .
Tags: Asparagus, Casual, Chicago, City Life, Family, Food, Grilling, Home Life, Soup, Spring, Spring Fever, Spring Time, Windy City
Tags: Bloom, Blossom, Casual, Chicago, City Life, Cloudy, Day, Flower, Images, Photography, Rainy Day, Spring, Spring Fever, Springtime, Trees, Windy City
I know I posted about chocolate chip banana bread last month – this is similar, in that it has bananas and chocolate chips – but that’s where the similarities end. This recipe was also a bit over the top, even for me. But doggone it was good.
Tags: Bananas, Bread, Breakfast, Brown Sugar, Brunch, Butter, Casual, Chocolate, Chocolate Chips, Cinnamon, City Life, Condensed Milk, Dessert, Food, Gorilla Bread, Home Life, Kitchen, Monkey Bread, Southern, Sweets, Walnuts
This recipe is originally from Ina Garten on Foodnetwork.com - it turned out to be as delicious as I thought it would. It also resulted in some of the best biscuits I’ve ever made.
Tags: Biscuits, Casual, Chicken, City Life, Family, Food, Home Life, Kitchen, Main Course, Poultry, Southern, Stew, Vegetables
This soup is the perfect meal for the cold weather this time of year. Now that January and February are over, it seems like only a matter of days before a spring time mentality will start setting in for everyone here in Chicago – and elsewhere for that matter. But it will probably be awhile before Mother Nature catches up. Le sigh.
Tags: Casual, City Life, Family, Food, Home Life, Kitchen, Leeks, Potatoes, Shallots, Soup
