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Mar 03 2010

Restaurant week in Chicago

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There isn’t a whole lot to look forward to in Chicago during the month of February.  Unless of course you are a fan of gray skies, slushy sidewalks and cold temps.  One bright spot in this otherwise dreary month is restaurant week.  For those of you not familiar with the concept, several restaurants (many upscale) [...]

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Feb 11 2010

Must have kitchen gadget – microplane

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As promised, I’m going to review each of my must have kitchen gadgets in a bit more detail.  I still remember the first time I learned about the microplane – I was taking a cooking class at The Chopping Block and all of the sudden the chef whips out a microplane and starts rapidly zesting [...]

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Feb 09 2010

See how easily you can cook like a pro – 10 kitchen tools every at home chef needs

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If you are like me I’m sure you have a few “must have” tools in your kitchen.  I’m going to be doing a series highlighting my top ten favorites in the kitchen along with some product reviews so hopefully this will get you started and may even expose you to a new kitchen gadget.  Here [...]

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Jan 29 2010

10 Pantry staples

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I’ve been perusing some other cooking blogs the past of couple of days and I am thoroughly impressed.  I posted a few links to some of my favorites.  The photos of some of the food are really beautiful – I’m feeling a little out of my league but I’m sure with some time and practice [...]

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Jan 26 2010

Meet the Cooking Chemist

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Well, I’ve been talking about starting a blog for quite some time now so I finally did it (with much help from my blog-savvy husband!)  Please bear with me as I start on this new adventure and feel free to leave comments, forward to your friends and make suggestions for anything you would like to [...]

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