The very soul of this blog is shaped by my pantry and it’s contents, some great, some funny and some borderline OCD. When you add in that my pantry stocking, for this past year, has been so heavily focused on feeding/growing the Wee Kahunas, who started out so small and off the growth charts that we [...]
Making fresh pasta is one of those simple life things that, for me, gets lost in the pace of actual life. It doesn’t really take much effort to make, but since you have to plan ahead , the last minute grabbing of a bag of dried pasta out of the pantry is so much [...]
Hey Chicago! Haven’t purchased your tickets for the Share Our Strength’s – A Tasteful Pursuit Dinner Yet?! What are you waiting for? A discount? Oh ok, here you go!
Use the discount code “kendallffr” to get a reduced price of $95 (regular ticket price is $150). Enter it in the Discount Code Box when you Click [...]
This not having a summer thing, then jumping straight into depths of cold and misty air as a pretend fall before the real Chicago winter hits is bumming me out. I actually like cold weather more than hot, but this is just…well, it’s just craptastic. My only weapon against the doldrums that this kind of [...]
Main Ingredients:
4 – 6 medium sized fresh beets
1 medium red onion
2 cups carrots
1 cup thinly sliced red cabbage
1 pound beef (you know, if you do that sort of thing..)
Before our trips to Russia last year, my only interaction with Borscht was from a glass jar in the refrigerator of my parents and grandparents homes…filled with sort of gelatinous muck that was made by those same people that make that holiday wine that tastes like sweetened grape juice. And for that matter, beets were [...]
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