Feed your family. Feed your soul.
In an update on our local celebrity status this week, 10th Avenue Tea squeaked past us in the Windy City Live & Peapod’s “next best” contest to take a spot in the final 3, and Old Arthur’s BBQ Sauce were crowned overall winners in the grand finale. Thank you …read more
At 6.30am on Saturday we packed up our cars and left the comfort of home for a very long day ahead. First stop – Green City Market.
Meg and I switch gears this week to take part in the Green City Market Chef Series. The market continues to provide the backdrop for our recipes for the remainder of February.
Celeriac, the Jabba the hutt of the vegetable display at the market. “Pare off its warty exterior and you’ll uncover the royal vegetable within. A perfect ivory fleshed winter alternative to potatoes and other starches.” by Jack Strauss
In the final of our collaborative series with Michelle at Organa Wellness, we focus on Build: growing, developing, and achieving new goals, the third chapter of the program. Step 1 shares our weekly recipe, followed by Step 2 and a printable exercise from Michelle.
Almost a year ago I pulled a hamstring in a yoga incident (a carelessly taken triangle pose for any yoga enthusiasts who may be reading this) and I am still working hard to recover flexibility.
“Achieving one’s healthy body weight is paramount to achieving long term wellness. Lightening is about dropping the pounds as well as letting go of the emotional weight that goes with them.” – Michelle Swain, Organa Wellness
We’re finishing up the year with a fun and festive classic reinvention of Swiss fondue, using chocolate and liqueur. I’m back at home with my parents this New Year’s Eve and being a child of the ’70’s I managed to dig out and dust off my mum’s …read more
Our traditional English Christmas morning isn’t complete without smoked salmon on buttered triangles of whole grain bread and a glass of Champagne.
Home for the holidays, I’m transported to this vista of early eighteenth century Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire, England.* Over years we have wandered the landscaped Palace grounds striding towards its majestic and austere facade. Dithering pheasants get in our way and run all around awaiting their inevitable demise, sheep dully …read more
Founded in 2007, the Ferrer Foundation has a mission – “Our mission is to inspire peace and hope for children in underserved Chicago communities.”… ” Focusing on, but not limited to children of incarcerated parents..”
The spice trade once again plays its part in our recipe selection this week by virtue of the Dutch East India Company being responsible for the majority of spice transportation around the globe in the late 17th Century, bringing goods and slaves from the East Indies (modern …read more
