Archives in Category: Dining/Food

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Wicker Park

Posted on September 13, 2015

I am slowly returning home from a long weekend in Fargo, ND, and am currently waiting for my next connection in Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport.

I’ve never particularly liked O’Hare; it’s big and dirty and impersonal. It’s filled with high

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India

Posted on April 26, 2015

Today was another sea day, so we visited India.  My friend Carol would have loved it, since she has been attracted to that country for as long as I can remember.  In fact, she and her son are going there

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Hungry Anyone?

Posted on April 19, 2015

I’d always heard that the easiest way to gain five pounds was to take a three-day cruise. The 24-hour buffet, plus three squares a day in the dining rooms, guaranteed success.  The thing is: Who needs to gain five pounds

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Spice Exchange Possibly Postponed

Posted on March 29, 2015

Yesterday I wrote about how to share the spice jars in my cupboard before they reach their expiration dates.  Today, I’m in research mode to see if I can find a usage beyond the particular recipe for which I purchased

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Spice Exchange

Posted on March 28, 2015

I’ve been known to purchase a certain spice or herb for a particular recipe, only to find we didn’t like the final result. Perhaps I used a quarter of a teaspoon and am now stuck with the rest of a

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Potato, Potato

Posted on March 10, 2015

I never met a potato I didn’t like, which is why I try to keep them out of my kitchen.  Otherwise, I would eat them every day. Idaho, Russet, Red, Sweet, Yukon Gold (although this last is my least favorite),

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Costco

Posted on March 6, 2015

I don’t remember if I’ve written about the Costco experience before, but what does it matter?  If I can’t remember every one of my blogs over the past decade I’m assuming nobody else will either.  So . . . Costco.

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Comfort Food

Posted on February 20, 2015

It was an important text from my son who lives in upstate New York.  It read “Thinking of you. (Actually he wrote ‘u’, but I can’t bring myself to do that.) About to have Spaghettios ® for dinner. Very excited.”

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Fat Tuesday

Posted on February 17, 2015

To celebrate the last day before the Lenten season begins, my friends and I went to a local bakery known for its paczkis.  That’s a Polish word, pronounced ‘poonchkeys,’ for what would be a jelly donut on other days.

But

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Haute Culture

Posted on February 15, 2015

It’s a good thing Earl and I celebrated Valentine’s Day early since we were snowed in yesterday, the official Hallmark holiday.  So by today, I yearned for some distractions and went looking for cultural outlets. I was not denied.

First,

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