Roman Dining in Chicago

There is nothing more awesome than a true Italian style dinner….multiple courses, good wine, and eating that spans several hours. It is pretty rare to find a restaurant that feeds you continuously for that long without requiring you to nibble and look ackwardly at your impatient waitress/waiter. But at Enoteca Roma (restaurant part of Letizia’s [...]

Cake Tasting Chicago

The best part of planning a wedding is definitely the cake tasting. There is nothing more amazing than being handed a large array of cake and being told to have at it. In Chicago there is an endless number of great bakeries to choose from. To narrow down the list, I chose to go [...]

Gaviola Strawberries

I am cheating, this picture is actually of Chandler strawberries, another California variety. But I want to sing the praises of Gaviola strawberries. I recently took a trip to Los Angeles and had the opportunity to check out Pasadena’s farmer’s market. I was minding my own business when I was handed a strawberry [...]

Four Seed Tweety Bird Cookies

When I was buying the ingredients for these cookies from bulk item section of whole foods, it looked like I was feeding a very expensive bird so I thought dedicating this cookie to Tweety bird was appropriate. I was having a craving for nuts, granola, and an oatmeal cookie and these cookies are the [...]