As we sat in the grass biting into our hot-off-the-grill personal pizzas and looked out over the lake at the Chicago skyline, Andrew commented, “Why isn’t this a Chicago tradition? I mean, it has all these Chicago elements: pizza, the lake, summer grilling in the park…” I had no explanation. I couldn’t stop [...]
Perhaps the only thing better than getting to bike too and from a fabulous farmers market is preparing (and eating!) a meal so fresh and delicious that even a skeptic’s eyes are widened with surprise as he chews what he expected to be a dry and bland slice of pizza.
This was a happenstance meal, my [...]
Lunch for me can be either daunting or thrilling, or both. When we got back home from Georgia (I know, I know, enough about Georgia already), I vowed to make myself fresh, healthy, vegetarian lunches for the rest of the summer. This is daunting because there are always dishes to be done post [...]