When it’s freezing outside, there’s only one thing on my mind: getting and staying warm. I have this issue with cold toes. When my toes are cold, it doesn’t matter how warm the rest of me is, I feel cold. During the week, this is a rare occurrence because my school building is quite warm. [...]
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I’m extremely picky about products that I’ll accept to try “for the blog”. I’m not one to just try something because it’s free, though there was a time where that was the case. Usually, I’d rather try a new product from a trusted company than throw caution to the wind and try something like dehydrated [...]
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Fall in Chicagoland is marked by many distinctive things. The changing of leaves is one, as is the cooler temperature, and the obligatory pumpkin spice latte from Starbucks. In more recent years (since college to be honest) it’s not officially fall until I go apple picking. There’s something about grabbing fresh apples right off the [...]
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I’ve been saying for months that I’ve lost my cooking mojo. With the stress of last winter, then the craziness of Summer and camp, and now with the beginning of the school year, I just didn’t have the energy or desire to come home and cook a meal. But now, I’m into a rhythm with [...]
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Sometimes time will go by, and my sister and I will realize that we haven’t seen each other in weeks, so we plan a sister date. Sometimes we hang out near my house, and sometimes it’s near hers, but there’s always great conversation and fantastic food involved. Sometimes we go to a fairly nice restaurant [...]
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Chicagoland is famous for many things throughout the Summer: great beaches, outdoor dining, baseball games at Wrigley Field (we don’t talk about that other team)…but my favorite thing about Chicagoland in the Summer are the festivals and fairs. There’s something about the ferris wheels, tilt-a-whirls, funnel cakes, and silly carnival games that just put a [...]
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I give up trying to be wordless. It just doesn’t happen! So, we’ll call it “Slightly Loquacious Wednesday” instead. A couple days ago I made pork bao buns. They were pretty good, but not perfect. I’ll have to try again. I also made whole wheat linguine with clams. It was amazing and I was [...]
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I’ve waxed poetic about meals before. I’ve said before that a dinner was “the best ever”. I was wrong. I was invited by the lovely Jackie from I Am A Feeder to join her during the Chicago leg of her “great adventure” for the experience that is dinner at Alinea, the famous restaurant by chef [...]
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Needless to say, it’s been a little challenging in past weeks to get my cooking mojo back. You may have noticed that there have been more baking recipes, more simple “throw-together” type meals… and that’s for good reason. I think my creative button is broken. Never fear, it will be back. But, in the mean [...]
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On Sunday, I had the pleasure of meeting up with some amazing Chicago-area bloggers at Big Bowl, a local Asian-fusion restaurant. I’ve been going to Big Bowl for as long as I can remember, but even though its only a few minutes away, I never go anymore! I was excited to go to the restaurant, [...]
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