Archive for February, 2008
Great PBS Cooking Shows From My Youth
I think we can all agree that these days, the cooking shows on PBS pwn most of the shows on Food Network. I was recently thinking about how even as a kid, I watched great cooking shows on public television, and it was not just Julia Child (though I loved her too).
Jeff Smith on [...]
Quick Note: Top Chef / Iron Chef Crossover?
On tonight’s episode of Iron Chef America I was pleasantly surprised to glimpse Tre from the last season of Top Chef! Tre was an early favorite to win, but ended up not even making the finals. I was happy to see him back on television, if only in brief glimpses — he was [...]
Kenka
Kenka, what can I say about this place. Well I’ve been there 3 times now and each time I had a different experience and end up with 3 different opinions. My favorite place Japanese place for small plates and beer is just right next door (well okay more like 3 to 4 doors [...]
Chicago Day Three: Chinatown
After an uninspiring (but free!) morning at the Field Museum (I guess growing up with the Smithsonian in driving distance spoiled me for other museums), my family piled into a cab and my father asked the driver to take us to Chinatown.
The cabbie was taken aback. “I just want to warn you,” [...]
Chicago Day Two: Pancakes and Little India
After an inspiring morning at the Art Institute of Chicago (click here to read what I have to say about the wonderful Edward Hopper show), my sister and I decided to walk through the city up to Second City, where we would meet our parents. Around lunch time we started looking for [...]
Chicago Day One: Pizza and Billy Goats
The food most widely connected with Chicago is probably deep dish pizza, and everyone I spoke to from Chicago recommended Lou Malnati’s for the best deep dish pizza in Chicago. There was a branch of Lou Malnati’s just a few blocks from our hotel, so it was a no-brainer for our first [...]
