A tiny slice of flan with black and blue berries helped my sweet tooth get adjusted to the new MO. Bon Appetit!

Our favorite Inovasi chef John des Rosiers' opened his new store in the former Village Market space at 28 E Scranton in Lake Bluff and w...

I was on a roll this morning and quickly decided half way through chopping up the vegetables for the red beans and rice that I would also ma...

I decided after coming off great red beans and rice at the Delta Café in Tulsa last week, I would try to make my own. I studied so many re...

I know – we all got a little out of control this season - especially me. For the first time in years the sweets tasted “sweet” and I found ...

At 615 N State Street, this new restaurant is housed in one of the most inviting old buildings in downtown Chicago so I was immediately take...

Isn’t it remarkable after all these years I can go to a party and still find people making fondue? It just never goes out of style because t...

Got the morning after blahs? Down some electrolytes! The salt and potassium in soup replaces lost electrolytes, relieving some of the sympto...

What I love most about Christmas? Family time. Reminds me that my New Year’s resolution needs to be to get more of it!

Photo from Chicagoist Unlike last year, we experienced beautiful weather on New Year’s Eve. If the weather had held, I would have been tempt...

May all your dreams come true in 2011. P.S. Dream Big!

Making To-Die-For- Cookies! We made 4 rounds of chocolate covered Oreos. Which was the better cookie? Honestly, I loved them all so ...

It was a perfect Oklahoma Christmas...everything football and chicken fried. More later on this week. I am convinced that you just can...

I don't often shop in 17 degree weather but this was a mission. I looked for all my old favorites down at Maxwell Street Market this m...

I’ve been famished for an Urban Belly lunch for so long but couldn’t get over there this week so I looked for a Bill Kim recipe on the inter...

I love Vietnamese Chicken Noodle Soup. I can double dose on it and swear it’s the best PX out there for the flu…or the winter blahs and I th...

I am not a cupcake expert. The reference to cupcake in my blog title refers to my dad’s nickname for me when I was young. I do, however, lov...

Love the fact that my neighbors know me so well! Franciscan X 2! Bon Appetit!

Depending on how brown you like them, these terrific potato slices are your next best addiction to potato chips. Bon Appetit! 1 1/2 pound...

This recipe is one of my favorites because in under 10 minutes, you can have a really fantastic meal. 10 minutes? Really! Just put this in ...

This caramelized chicken recipe is so good I just licked the bowl clean and am looking for more. Unlike most caramelized recipes where you...

I love Donna Hay’s magazine - if nothing else for the food photography which is exceptional. When I was looking through an issue of her ma...

This makes a great gift for neighbors or friends if you don’t eat it all before you get a chance to gift them. Bon Appetit! • 10 oz sem...

Kevan Vetter, McCormick's executive chef, is part of a team that meets to develop McCormick's annual "flavor forecast" rep...

If you are looking for that special something to give your favorite foodie this holiday season, here are some unique ideas: CB2 I looked ...