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Stories from the Road
Travel dispatches, restaurant reviews, chef interviews, cookbook deep dives, and the occasional detour into true crime and history.
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Book signings, Chicago restaurants, Chicagoland Area, Read It and Eat, Regional & Ethnic, UncategorizedPizza City: Steve Dolinsky’s Homage to the Best Pizza Town in the U.S.
Steve Dolinsky has written a user-friendly guide to all things dough, sauce and toppings divided into chapters on pizza categories:: Tavern-Style (Chicago-Style Thin), Thin, Artisan,…
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Lost Restaurant Recipes Found: Finally, the famous Mead Chicken Recipe!!
In the years I’ve been writing about food for the Herald Palladium, the largest newspaper in Southwest Michigan, I’ve received many requests from readers…
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Lighten Up, Y’all: Virginia Willis Yummy French & Southern Cuisine
Georgia-born, French-trained Chef Virginia Willis has cooked with Julia Child and cooked for President Bill Clinton but when she found herself in “unhealthy situation.” She was overweight…
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It’s Always Five O’Clock Somewhere: Geoffrey Zacharian
An hour before Geoffrey Zakarian’s Interactive Cooking Demonstration at the 77th Senior PGA Championship began, the large room at the KitchenAid Fairway Club at Harbor…
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French Fries and Heavy Cream: Staying Slim the Quebecoise Way
First of all, I’ve found that books with titles like French Women Don’t Get Fat, well, unfortunately they’re true. There should also be books titled…
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Gifts In Jars: Homemade Cookie Mixes, Soup Mixes, Candles, Lotions, Teas, and More!
I love making edible gifts to give for the holidays and besides my old standbys, this year I’ll be using recipes Natalie Wise’s Gifts…
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Cookbooks for Holiday Giving
I always think cookbooks make great holiday presents and so I asked Carrie Bachman and Joyce Lin, two of my good friends who work…
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Sunset Ranch: On the Trail High in the Hollywood Hills
One last turn took us to a dead end and the beginnings of the Hollywood Hills. And here we made another find, Sunset Ranch Hollywood…
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Road Trip: The Back Roads Guide to America’s Favorite President
Indiana University Press is running a Goodreads giveaway for my new book Lincoln Road Trip (due out this spring) from now until December 19th. If…
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A Golden Lamb Thanksgiving: A Treat Since 1870
I’ve spent a lot of time lately traversing Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky and Ohio following, so to speak, in Abraham Lincoln’s footsteps . And while…
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Eataly: All About Pasta: A Complete Guide with Recipes
The largest marketplace of all things doing with Italian edibles in the U.S., the 63,000-square-foot Eataly in Chicago is a mecca for food lovers, a…
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Herbsaint: A New, New Orleans Classic
I was in New Orleans this fall and stayed at the B&W Courtyards, a charming bed and breakfast on Chartres Street that is a collection…
