I’ve talked about my love of entertaining for brunch. But sometimes I can’t decide whether I want to make a sweet brunch, or a savory one. Why not both?
Share We are pleased to introduce Food Comics from The Chopping Block where our resident Cartoonist Tom O'Brien illustrates his cooking adventures. Here, he shows us how to make Thumbprint Cookies ...
Three Easy S’more Recipes that Don’t Require a Bonfire
We did it; we survived another winter. There is only one way to celebrate: S’mores! We’re talking fluffy marshmallows and melted chocolate sandwiched between two crisp graham crackers. The summer is ...
Pinot Blanc, an Eggs-ellent Wine for Breakfast (Lunch and Dinner)
Between Winter’s silvery chill and Summer’s golden heat is the mellow yellow, shimmering warmth of Spring sunshine. Between the minerally leanness of Alpine Pinot Grigio and lush California ...
In the past few weeks, I’ve been making an effort to eat more protein and less carbohydrates. Chicken breast is one of my favorite proteins because it’s lean and so versatile. It can be cooked using ...
I recently had the honor of making a wedding cake for a friend. I had creative control with the exception of the cake flavor, which had to be chocolate. I thumbed through my collection of recipes ...
As far as holiday dinners go, I think my favorite is Easter dinner. It wasn’t always that way, though. Back in the day, when my sister bought her first house, Thanksgiving quickly became her holiday ...
4 Ways to Enhance your Diet that Could Save your Life
I can hear the counterpoint playing in my mind, “But we’re all going to go some day anyway so why should I change my diet?” Yes, I know, but what if I told you that you could improve the quality of ...
Spring is upon us, even though it did not look like it a couple of weeks ago here in Chicago. We had a mixture of snow and hail on a Sunday, and we even needed to salt the sidewalk at our Lincoln ...
We obviously eat food every single day of our lives. Our country's diabetes, obesity, and heart disease rates certainly don't lie about the types of food that we choose to eat, but I think we have ...
