Chocolate Hazelnut Banana Bread, Roscoe Village, Chicago

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Stephanie and I made blueberry zucchini bread with blueberries and zucchini that we got at the farmers market that morning. Steph was in charge of the eggs, wet ingredients, blueberries and the Kitchenaid. I took care of the zucchini and the dry ingredients. The recipe we were following was for 4 mini loafs, but we [...]

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On Tuesday, Stephanie and I went to the farmers’ market. I don’t know if she’d ever been to a farmers’ market before. She wasn’t too terribly interested. Vegetables are not cool, apparently. Although, I must admit that she did try some things I doubted she would. Thank you baba ganoush for all of that. Back [...]

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Bacon Bread, Blue Ribbon Bakery, Greenwich Village, New York
This bread at Blue Ribbon Bakery had bacon in it. Any bread with bacon in it is good in my book.
We also shared mushroom ravioli, an endive & watercress salad, and a barbecue pork sandwich. Everything was so great. Usually when I’m back in The Village [...]

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Egg in a Basket, East Ukrainian Village, Chicago
Growing up we always called this “Egg in a Basket” which I sometimes refer to as “Chicken in a Basket,” because .. you know.. same thing, right? Also, maybe sometimes I confuse the name with the name of a yummy cracker*. I’ve sometimes heard it referred to as [...]

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