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Pasta Versatility: How to Make and Use Homemade Pasta

I love all things food, from picnics to paella to peaches and now, my latest obsession is pasta. I love teaching Pasta Workshop at The Chopping Block because we show students how to make their own ...

Hate Doing Dishes? Get Your Pots and Pans Clean with these 4 Easy Tips

Cooking allows you to experiment, use your hands, and create an amazing finished product. Sharing that food with your friends and loved ones is even better. But as fun as cooking a dish and sharing ...

How to Eat and Drink Prickly Pear

Anyone who has spent any amount of time in the Southwest knows about the deliciousness that is the prickly pear. Yes, that spiny cactus is edible!

Honey Mustard Roasted Chicken

My husband and I love honey mustard. When given the opportunity, we will slather it on just about anything and everything. So it should be no surprise that it’s the centerpiece of one of our favorite ...

C is for Cupcake: How a Group of Kids Encouraged Me

I’ve had it in my head lately that I would like to create some sort of program that involved kids who are interested in food. It would be educational, yet fun and something I could do on my own time ...

Hand Butchered Meat: A Dying Art Revived

I’m a true ‘Chicago culinary foodie geek’ and my husband Mark is a true ‘Chicago history buff geek,’ so sometimes our conversations result in amazing and interesting treasure hunts. We recently ...

Working with Duck Part 2: Duck Confit

Last month, I wrote about making Consommé. I used most of two whole ducks to prepare that recipe. What I did not use in the Consommé were the four leg and thigh portions. These I turned into Duck ...

The Best Burgers in Chicago: VPT

Let's face it; springtime in Chicago hasn’t been the most exciting thus far. With my seasonal allergies acting up, random downpours of rain, and being pelted by snow recently, I really need something ...

Go Gluten Free with our New Guide: Gluten-Free Gourmet

Going gluten-free is not a sentence to a life of boring and tasteless food. It is possible to give up wheat, barley and rye but not sacrifice flavor, texture or enjoyment of food!

Shepherd's Pie: A Family Favorite

We are pleased to introduce Food Comics from The Chopping Block where our resident Cartoonist Tom O'Brien illustrates his cooking adventures. Here, he illustrates how to make his grandmother's ...

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Pasta Versatility: How to Make and Use Homemade Pasta

Hate Doing Dishes? Get Your Pots and Pans Clean with these 4 Easy Tips

How to Eat and Drink Prickly Pear

Honey Mustard Roasted Chicken

C is for Cupcake: How a Group of Kids Encouraged Me

Hand Butchered Meat: A Dying Art Revived

Working with Duck Part 2: Duck Confit

The Best Burgers in Chicago: VPT

Go Gluten Free with our New Guide: Gluten-Free Gourmet

Shepherd's Pie: A Family Favorite

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