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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Allison and I went to Venus Greek-Cypriot Cuisine last week. Honestly, I knew it was in Greektown, so I knew it’d be “greekish” food, but Cypriot? Huh? Here’s the deal - It’s the cuisine of Cyprus and is the only Cypriotic restaurant in Chicago. It was great. Read my full review at Chicagoist.
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