$36 Well Spent at the Lincoln Square Farmers’ Market

July 20th, 2008 · 4 Comments · Uncategorized

Lincoln Square Farmers’ Market, Lincoln Square, Chicago

Lincoln Square Farmers’ Market, Lincoln Square, Chicago

Farmers’ Market Produce, Roscoe Village, Chicago
Back in Chicago means back at the Tuesday Lincoln Square farmers’ market. For $36 I brought home:
- 3 large portabello tops
- small portabellos
- raspberries
- blueberries
- cherries
- 2 sage plants
- green onions
- two types of zucchini
- yellow squash
- grape [...]

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Killian & Liz’s Wedding Music

June 10th, 2008 · No Comments · Uncategorized

Touche

Liz’s Brother Bill

Liz’s Brother Greg

Brian, Rob, Dallas

Bill

Dancing

Imran

Max

Guy, Amber

Jason, Brian, Dallas, Max

Brian, Jason, Dallas, Steve, Max, Guy

Colleen, Rob

You don’t have to go home, but you can’t stay here.
Killian and Liz are surrounded by very artistic family and friends so it was no surprise that the music at their wedding was fabulous. Liz’s brothers Greg and Bill [...]

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Laughing Cow: Real or Fake Cheese?

May 27th, 2008 · 3 Comments · Uncategorized

Laughing Cow at Jewel, Roscoe Village, Chicago
At my local Jewel, Laughing Cow used to be located in an unrefrigerated aisle next to all the other fake cheese - the Velveeta, the Cheez Wiz, etc. On a recent trip to the supermarket it wasn’t there. I couldn’t find it anywhere. Then I had an idea: Maybe [...]

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Signs Point to New Orleans

April 3rd, 2008 · No Comments · Uncategorized

Several weeks ago I noticed that Whole Foods carries Cafe du Monde coffee and chicory. Cafe du Monde is where I had coffee and beignets when I was in New Orleans. Then a few weeks later I noticed that Jewel carries Cafe du Monde’s beignet mix. I’ve taken these sightings as signs that I should [...]

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Green Beans with Caramelized Shallots and Gremolata

August 16th, 2007 · 1 Comment · Uncategorized

Dallas and I haven’t been cooking much at all this summer. We still grill a lot, but we haven’t been cooking new things, really. The last cooking posts I made here were in April and May. Over the weekend I bought some buy one get one free bags of beans at Jewel, so I looked [...]

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