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May 30, 2009

Top Chef Tour Recap

by Mara @ What's For Dinner?

About 2 weeks ago, my friend Kristin called me, SUPER excited because “TOP CHEF IS COMING!!!” I was confused. They already DID a Top Chef Chicago! She calmed down enough to tell me that there’s this Top Chef Tour, and 2 of the chefs were coming to Chicago on May 30 to do a demo [...]

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May 30, 2009

Cute Food Saturday!

by Mara @ What's For Dinner?

I can’t believe it! This is the FOURTEENTH Cute Food Saturday!! Have you missed the other installments? Go here to see the other 13 pages of cuteness! This week is another conglomeration of random cuteness, and I completely forgot the reference pages. If they’re your pictures, let me know and I’ll link you! Enjoy! Have [...]

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May 29, 2009

Take Me Out…

by Mara @ What's For Dinner?

… TO THE BALL GAME! Today, I was a bad girl. Well, not really. I called in “sick” to work (even though bunches of people knew where I was really going) and went with my mom and my sister to the Chicago Cubs game! We had amazing seats, right behind the Cubs dugout thanks to [...]

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May 28, 2009

An Ode to One of the Best

by Mara @ What's For Dinner?

*Warning: slight sap fest ahead* Almost two-and-a-half years ago, my fabulous grandma, Bertha passed away after being sick for a very short time at the age of 89. When I say fabulous, I mean fabulous! She volunteered at the local hospital, read books like a fiend, played Chopin on the piano as her “finger exercises” [...]

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May 27, 2009

Wednesday is Now: MEAT DAY!

by Mara @ What's For Dinner?

Last Wednesday was the first time in a LONG time I had REAL people over for dinner. Sure, I have plenty of “Guests for Dinner”, but rarely actual people. It was really nice to have people over, eat my cooking, and just hang out. So, when my foodie friend wanted a repeat this week, I [...]

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