Me standing on our booth for the sake of this shot at Nookies. Gastrodamus (hand shown) and I split the vegetarian friendly Green Goddess - eggs, swiss chard, asparagus, swiss cheese, and hash browns. We may have found our version of Icebox in Chitown.
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I apologize for the blatant flash but I had to document the gooey, burnt crunch cheesiness of my baked rigatoni from Tratterio Demi in Evanston. You’re welcome!
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My oozy double D tomato grilled cheese.
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Decent chive dumplings from Siam Thai in Park Ridge.
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Deceivingly yummy avocado egg rolls from Kona Grill in Buffalo Grove.
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Big and Littles gives me an easy vegetarain option in a burger joint: deep fried porto sandwich. Oh my jesums, it was so crispy and delightfully fatty.
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Went out on a limb and cooked with an item I’ve never used before: red lentils. Nothing is safer and masks inexperience better than soup so I improvised a red lentil and chickpea soup. It came out amazing, definite keeper.
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Prepping a savory bruschetta pastry.
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Homemade guacamole courtesy of Gastrodamus.
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Our breakfast of confusion: Sunny side egg over a masala veggie patty, some rolls that never quite made it into crescent form, avocado/tomato and off camera my saganaki beta test. Ahhh breakfast just like mom used to make O_o
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Now that I live in Chitown Maximus, I’ll most likely eventually miss some things from MIA besides the sun (the snow is distracting me with all its winterland snowcone wonder). I know the first thing I’ll reminisce about are Cuban pastelitos, so I thanked the gods when I discovered burekas. They’re middle eastern equivalents, praise Jesus! These were stuffed with feta and cottage cheese. Now all I have to do is convince someone to make one with cream cheese and guava, cause dem da breaks.
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Of all places to end up in Chicago, I stumbled into a kosher vegetarian spot. Helped myself to a portobello pesto and feta sandwich.
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Portobello tartine over arugula with balsamic glaze and goat cheese from Bijan, our after hours spot. For those nights where diner food just won’t cut it.
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Nom nom breakfast sandwich from Chicago’s Jam n’ Honey.
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Veggie time! Portobello panini from Lemoni Cafe.
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