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My Best Eats of 2011
So another tasty year is coming to a close, and while my newfound hobby of cooking at home has certainly caused my dining out habits to suffer this year, I definitely had my fill of best bites in Chicago and … Continue reading
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Chocolate parfait at Balsan
A Feast on Fashion luncheon at Balsan in the Elysian had me both drooling over the fall clothes that’ll be available at the soon-to-open Gold Coast location of Perchance boutique, as well as the chocolate parfait I ordered for dessert. … Continue reading
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Guest blog post: JenyLee CupCakery
Last Friday night I attended my friend’s birthday party where his fiance surprised him on stage of the show she was performing in with a song, and a cupcake topped with a plastic Superman ring and a lit candle. Yes, … Continue reading
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Speaking of Michael Jordan’s Steakhouse…
A tour and tasting there this week had me salivating over shrimp and grits, crispy chicken and waffles, juicy bone-in rib-eye and a shrimp “garbage” salad with 23 ingredients, but my favorite bite by far was the crispy, golden, buttery … Continue reading
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Peninsula 10th Anniversary
Chicago picked the right week to finally warm up. Not only did NoMi in the Park Hyatt kick off the post-Memorial Day week with a swank party for their reopening and redesign, but the Peninsula celebrated 10 years last night … Continue reading
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Ode to the doughnut
I noticed an abundance of doughnut shots leaving their sugary mark on my iphoto, and decided to compile a few I’ve been lucky enough to try lately. Seemed appropriate, what with the white-hot Doughnut Vault I’m still dying to check … Continue reading
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Guest blog: Baconfest 2011
While I am not fast enough to jump on Baconfest 2011 tickets, my dedicated readers are! So when Jacky Hackett of cooking blog jaxhouse.com guessed her second post correctly, (this time the mystery goat), she asked if a post on … Continue reading
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Sugar cookies from Sweet Mandy B’s
Oy! WHY do I go in here? Actually, more specifically, why do I drive 3 miles out of my way to go in here? OK, yeah, so it’s the sugar cookies with buttercream frosting I recently discovered at Sweet Mandy … Continue reading
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