July 23, 2008
A few months ago, I received wonderfully exciting news that a farmer’s market would be setting up shop across the street from my apartment every Sunday morning this summer. I was immediately fantasizing about stepping outside my door and browsing the stands, choosing locally grown fruits and vegetables for the week. I already told you about my love of the Madison farmer’s market and I was hoping to rekindle that love in the River North neighborhood.
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July 10, 2008
For most college students, the ideal birthday present is either beer or money to buy beer. But me, I’ve always preferred cookies. In fact, many of my fond birthday memories center around cookies. My freshman year, my friend ordered the Cookie Guy - a genius service that delivers hot, freshly baked cookies to your door (or dorm room) with cold milk to wash it down. (Hillary has expressed similar love for the University of Illinois version.)
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May 19, 2008
I often meet my grandma for lunch during the week because she lives very close to my office. It is a wonderful treat that I take very much for granted since I forget that most people cannot meet their 84 year-old grandmothers for a hot dog just to catch up and chat during their lunch breaks. My grandma is many wonderful things, but possibly her most well-known trait is her phenomenal talent for baking (and tennis and knitting, but that’s just not relevant here). I have mentioned before that baking is a very serious matter in my family, so it shouldn’t have come as any surprise when she pulled this out of her purse today at lunch:
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January 21, 2008
One of my New Year’s Resolutions for the blog is not only to cook more (as Hillary has already put into action), but to take more instructional pictures. I think one of the reasons I watch so much Food Network is because I am a very visual learner. If I see how a recipe is supposed to be made, it’s easier for me to follow the instructions on my own. So, for all you visual learners out there, I bring you the first edition of Step by Step - Chew on That’s Instructional Guide. (Editor’s note: The name of this may change, depending on if I can come up with some witty, cooking-related pun to use instead. Suggestions?)
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