**Long and photo-heavy post ahead! Rather than spreading this weekend’s events out through 3 or 4 posts, they’re all going into one long post. Don’t say you haven’t been warned!** Why is the post title in French? You’ll soon find out… As an anniversary and wedding gift, my mom’s best friend (you know her as [...]
I decided to spoil Adam and me today. I had it stuck in my head most of the day that I was going to be using something from a far away land to make dinner. Any ideas as to what that is? No? I didn’t either. My sister brought me this airtight package of rice [...]
Last night was a night that I’d been looking forward to for a long time: another meeting of the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pans! It was decided last time we met that the next meeting would be at my mom’s house, and the theme? None other than Italy! Since I have about a billion pictures [...]
*Have you entered to win a $50 shopping spree from iHerb.com yet? What are you waiting for? The lovely folks at iHerb have offered $5 your first purchase when you use the code SIF006* When I started cooking a few years ago, there were quite a few things that I never thought I’d be able [...]
After days and days of eating out, I finally got around to cooking something! When we were at Valli yesterday, we perused some of the aisles that we normally don’t go down, and I found, for a whopping $2.99, a tub of arborio rice. What does one make with arborio rice? Why, risotto of course! [...]
Last night, my family and I went out to dinner to celebrate my sister’s 25th birthday at The Publican restaurant in the Fulton Market District of Chicago. I knew that it was going to be a great meal as most meals out are, but I had no idea that I’d be eating so many new [...]
*This is a LONG and photo-heavy post* It was August 6th when I got the email. I was sitting on the camp bus, presumably sweating and listening to far too many kids being far too loud. “Foodbuzz in Chicago” was the subject, so of course, I was suddenly interested. Foodbuzz is the wonderful sponsor of [...]