Chicago

This is one of those meals that calls for inexpensive ingredients, little preparation time, and feeds lots of people. I served this at Blogging & Brunching on Saturday and several people …

Summer House Santa Monica is the sister restaurant to Stella Barra, in Chicago’s Lincoln Park. The restaurants are connected in the middle by a sweets stand, but they couldn’t be any …

  A couple of weeks ago I joined a few fellow food bloggers for a dinner at Tesori, an Italian restaurant in the Loop. Tesori is a sophisticated yet low …

Happy Cabernet Day everyone! I started the celebration early. Last week I was invited to dine at Chicago’s most legendary steakhouse, Gibsons, with Wine Channel TV and St. Supéry. If …

The Purple Pig is a restaurant right on Michigan Avenue that serves tapas style Spanish and Mediterranean food. The restaurant had been on my Chicago restaurant bucket list for years, …

We moved to Old Town two months ago, and one of our favorite things to do on weekends is to explore neighborhood brunch spots. Recently we went to Old Town …

   Kanela Breakfast Club is a charming spot in Old Town with sidewalk seating. We moved to Chicago’s Old Town neighborhood earlier this summer, and have enjoyed exploring the eateries …

There are parties…. and then there are parties that involve sharks, and stingrays, and whales. Chicago’s spectacular aquarium, The Shedd Aquarium has asked me to be the official food blogger at …

Once known for primarily serving up steak, Epic, in Chicago’s River North has mixed things up with a new modern American menu with both Asian and Hawaiian influences. When Epic …

Watch out Chicago. A new restaurant has hit the scene and it is serving up my favorite foods: tacos and doughnuts. Más is a modern Mexican restaurant that just opened in …

   Charles and I stayed in Chicago over Memorial Day, and we enjoyed a deserted Chicago. Even popular bars and restaurants had seating. Michigan Avenue wasn’t packed. It was calm …