Feed your family. Feed your soul.
Last week Vonda packed up Piper and saw her off to the University of South Carolina for her Freshman year. Meg’s daughter heads back into Europe for her post-grad year. Meanwhile here in England my girls are returning to school in person next week, for …read more
I did not know that Italian Beef was a thing at all until I lived in Chicago. It quickly became one of my favorite home cooked easy dinner fixes. There are a plethora of restaurants such as Al’s, Tony’s, Roma’s, and Mr Beef all devoted …read more
As a Gen X’er I reside firmly in the facebook cohort and value it mostly for keeping us connected with our friends on the other side of the pond.
Veganuary may well be a familiar bandwagon, and one which I have unashamedly jumped on this year. For a variety of personal health goals, and the wider issue of helping our planet I ditched meat and fish entirely, and sought dairy alternatives to bring you …read more
“A perfect plate of risotto should flow like lava if you tilt the plate.” I love this description from J. KENJI LÓPEZ-ALT’s serious science behind risotto. J’s book The Food Lab – Better Home Cooking Through Science – has become a favorite at home, with tried and tested …read more
After two failed slow cooker recipes in the same day, a blackberry jam which burned (!) and a cherry almond rice pudding with an unpalatable outcome, I gave up on the sweet stuff. Instead, I turned to a fail-safe favorite 2 minute prep recipe which …read more
Earlier this month we were invited to Green City Market for the second year to participate in their Chef Demo series to share our award winning chicken tortilla soup recipe with the audience.
No trip to Wisconsin from Chicago is complete without a rest stop at the Mars Cheese Castle to stock up on New Glarus beer and cheese curds, and a detour on the way home to pick apples and drink cider. The inspiration behind our Wisconsin …read more
In wrapping up our month of breakfast recipes we turn to comfort food this week. A hot breakfast with eggs evokes a real sense of well being in our house, possibly because it means that we all have time to actually sit and commune.
Preparing meals for two isn’t confined to the lifestyles of empty nesters and single parents. In our many hours of research, we’ve learned that single friends regularly use their crock pot to cook for two – dinner for the evening and a hot lunch the following …read more
Happy, dazed and “in a fog” is how I felt when I brought my first newborn, Lily, home from the hospital. I was pretty much useless in any other capacity than as a new mum and despite an enormous appetite I had little enthusiasm for …read more
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
