chicago foodie girl

As you've probably noticed, I haven't been posting much lately, despite my ambitious summer plan to work through all of my half-w...

A few weeks ago, I was invited to a spring menu tasting event at Corner Bakery . Unfortunately, due to a prior obligation, I couldn't...

Happy hump day! I hope everyone is having a fantastic (or at least tolerable) week. :-) To be quite honest, I'm having a hard time kee...

Anthony Bourdain + Eric Ripert = über awesomeness Last Friday, Diana and I attended what is totally the culinary equivalent of a roc...

Happy spring! Yes, I realize spring technically started over a month ago; however, it was still very much winter in these parts until jus...

Bacon Nation! Baconfest : we came, we saw, we conquered. Well, realistically, it's more like Baconfest conquered us... no matter h...

Guess what time of year it is?! I'll give you a hint: it has nothing to do with spring (we're still mostly in the wintery ick...

A few months ago, Mario and I were invited to a tasting event at BlackFinn American Grille in Mt. Prospect . Unfortunately, due to my wor...

Back when I lived in Bay City , I was in the annual  St. Patrick's Day Parade almost every year from the time I was six up until...

Happy Tuesday! I hope everyone had a fantastic start to the new week. Thanks to a combination of a ridiculous number of sick days (evil s...

*I had planned to post this last week, but my body was taken over by an evil stomach virus that left me completely out of commission and so...

Welcome to another edition of Starr is way too busy with her giant stacks of papers to grade and homework to complete (and while we'r...

Happy Monday! I hope everyone had a fantastic weekend. I had packed one that included a lovely sushi lunch and movie ( Life of Pi ) wit...

Mario and I went on our first date thirteen years (!!!) ago today. We went to the movies to see The Talented Mr. Ripley . He gave me his l...

Welcome back! I hope everyone had a fabulous Chrismahanukwanzakah, filled with an abundance of good cheer, awesome presents, decadent cooki...

*Tap, tap, tap* Is this thing on? Ahem. I'm finally poking my head out after two insane weeks of student conferences, meetings, and grad...

I've been wanting to try my hand at making cake balls for the last year or so and during my Thanksgiving break, I decided it was finally...