Four years ago tonight, I sat down with a cup of coffee… opened up wordpress.com for the very first time, picked out this picture: Came up with a cute headline, and What’s for Dinner? was born. My first post was, by today’s standards, pathetic. No pictures, a lame description of a simple dinner, and absolutely [...]
About a month ago, I was invited by Verizon to become one of their Savvy Gourmet bloggers. I of course accepted the offer, and eagerly awaited the weekend of June 29 for the kick-off event. Bloggers from all over the midwest would be coming together for a day of fun and new technology, and I [...]
Jenn and I have a history of phenomenal dates, many of them involving sushi. We had tried many many times over the past few months to get together, and we finally made it happen! We visited a favorite sushi place (and ran into Eo while there!) and later, went to a Chicago suburban classic place, [...]
It had been an extremely long time since I’d seen my Traveling Pans sisters… since Thanksgiving, to be exact! We kept planning dinners, then life would get in the way and they’d either be canceled or I wouldn’t be able to make it. I promised myself that the next dinner, I’d go, no matter what. [...]
A dinner date with Biz! It amazes me that we don’t get together more often… calamari fries, shared Biz’s chicken and seafood yakisoba spicy tuna and jalapeño and white tuna roll Philly roll Lava cake and green tea ice cream, shared