Tag Archives: Food
What’s in Season this Spring?
Buying produce in season makes forehead-smackingly simple sense: not only are fruits and vegetables more plentiful and flavorful when allowed to ripen in their own sweet time, but buying in season … Continue reading
Tongue Twisted: How to Properly Pronounce Forty Foreign Foods
We’ve all been there — bistro menu in hand, our waiter hovering expectantly over us, two years of high school french all but forgotten. The bouillabaisse with Boudin Nicoise sounds delicious, as does a glass of … Continue reading
In the Footsteps of Artusi: A Food Pilgrimage for Women Only
There’s a pretty little medieval town called Forlimpopoli tucked away in Northern Italy. It has been, for the past several generations, the absolute mecca for food lovers from every corner of … Continue reading
“The Food Lover’s Companion” — A Book to Devour
I learned about the Food Lover’s Companion from a minor celebrity chef I worked with briefly, years ago. He turned out to be an arrogant asshole, and he didn’t last long at our restaurant. … Continue reading
The Cafe of a Thousand Insults
We couldn’t remember the name of the place, or even what street it was on. But I knew we’d recognize The Cafe of a Thousand Insults as soon as we saw it, … Continue reading
March’s Weird National Food Holidays
March is National Frozen Food Month and National Peanut Month, and is also the month when we celebrate the following weird national food holidays: March 1st: Peanut Butter Lover’s Day March … Continue reading
February’s Freaky Food Holidays
Get ready to celebrate, because February is: Canned Food Month Great American Pie Month National Cherry Month National Grapefruit Month Now I know what you’re thinking — who comes up … Continue reading
My Random Encounter with the Next Big Chef (?)
“So, do you study at Le Cordon Bleu?” I asked the man sitting next to me. It was an idiotic question. He was wearing checked twill pants, a crisp white … Continue reading
The Spice House – My Favorite New Obsession!
I knew I was doomed as I got within twenty feet of the place. I could smell it. It was a warm early-October evening, and the air in front of … Continue reading
Like a Kid in a Candy Store
It doesn’t look like much from the outside – a squat cinder-block building perched above the Dan Ryan expressway on Chicago’s gritty South Side. But for those with a sweet … Continue reading
