May 2010

Happy Birthday Kevin!

May 30, 2010

My husband turned 37 this Memorial Day weekend and we are spending a few days celebrating with family. Kevin loves chocolate so for his birthday, I made him a flourless chocolate cake. The recipe can be found here on Allrecipes.com. It’s super-easy to make and was a big hit. Lessons learned: –Kevin loves the waffle [...]

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Pizza & Hotdogs & Comedy = Chicago

May 22, 2010

In my entire life I never thought I would utter, ‘there is just too much cheese,’ and yet that’s exactly what I found myself exclaiming when eating Giordano’s stuffed crust deep dish pizza. There was so much cheese that I briefly worried about it being a choking hazard. If I choked on the long strands [...]

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Toni, Sue and Mother’s Day Ribs

May 9, 2010

Walk into Sue Cassidy’s kitchen and you’ll see her cat, Clyde, sitting at her feet listening to Sue as she cooks and sings. Her taste in music is all over the map and includes Eric Clapton, Dire Straits, Counting Crows, Elton John, Sheryl Crow,  Tina Turner and her all-time favorite band, Southside Johnny & the [...]

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Better Burger

May 7, 2010

The Butcher & Singer Burger rocks! I don’t normally write restaurant reviews so I’m not going to comment on their impeccable service or clear commitment to excellent food. I’m not going to tell you about the awesome burgers. The ones that are so good that I can close my eyes and imagine eating one right [...]

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The 40 Year Old Meatloaf

May 1, 2010

Once upon a time, about 40 years ago, my mother in law Dale wanted to surprise her husband George so she made him a meatloaf; one of his favorite meals. Although not a huge meatloaf fan herself, she wanted to do something nice for her sweetie. Dale lovingly went to the store, purchased the ingredients, shaped the loaf, [...]

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