River North, Chicago
An old photo I came across from the Google days. This was one of our desserts one day: Chocolate chip cookies with Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups pressed into them.

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On Saturday I hosted a cookie party. My mom, sister-in-law, cousin, nieces, Dallas’ aunts, and some of my girlfriends all came over. Each brought several dozen cookies, which we laid out and sampled over the course of a few hours.

I served some baba ganoush (Dallas and I love the Whole Foods brand of it [...]

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Last week Wednesday, before I went to California and before my family was visiting, Chuck and I met up with Alpana Singh and her husband Charles Blackstone at a wine tasting she was hosting at Osteria Via Stato. Afterwards she had made dinner arrangements for us at David Burke’s Primehouse and also invited Martin Duffy, [...]

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Another thing I baked last weekend were Pecan Fingers. After a failed attempt* and a call to my dad I finally got them to come out right. This is a Southern recipe from my dad’s side of the family. As a little kid, I can remember my relatives in Alabama having pecan trees in their [...]

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Limey’s Skillet Cookie :: Brownstone, North Center, Chicago

Birthday Shots With Our Cute Waitress :: Brownstone, North Center, Chicago

Limes Seems Too Old For This Stuff! :: Brownstone, North Center, Chicago
Yesterday was Limey’s birthday so we all went out to Brownstone. It wasn’t really different than any other Friday this summer except that Limey got a few [...]

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