A can of pumpkin met a bag of chocolate chips and fell in love. I love seeing pumpkins growing in a field and it always reminds me of school field trips with my kids when they were in kindergarten and everyone got to pick out a pumpkin to take home for carving. Pumpkin pie has [...]

One terrific pie and you will have angelic thoughts while eating it. It seems like all I’m doing for this blog is desserts. I do promise to get back to some real food soon. This is another recipe that I was teaching at a technique class recently.  As usual, I’m suppose to be teaching pie [...]

Last weekend we were in Chicago visiting our son and daughter-in-law who live in Bucktown. They have such wonderful restaurants, and so many are within walking distance of their home. One night we went to this new little restaurant Mado.  Their motto is Midwestern farmers, Mediterranean flavors. This restaurant is on one of the busiest streets [...]