June 2009 archives

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June 29, 2009 by sweetly spoken

They didn’t even stand a chance!

Along with the freedom that comes with owning a car (finally!), comes the ability to go to some pretty awesome stores that were inaccessible to us in the past. Said stores include Dirk’s Fish Market on Clybourn. Friends of ours have talked about Dirk’s in the past, and students from Kendall have mentioned it to [...]

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June 22, 2009 by sweetly spoken

Chef Pierre’s Le Titi de Paris

Last week I had the fabulous opportunity to go to Chef Pierre’s former restaurant, Le Titi de Paris. Le Titi de Paris is located in Arlington Heights, a suburb about 40 minutes from Chicago. It is French cuisine of the old-school variety. The exterior of the restaurant is charming. The inside is very traditional and [...]

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June 14, 2009 by sweetly spoken

Chinese Potstickers

This month’s Daring Cooks Challenge was hosted by Jen from use real butter and she chose a great challenge and something I have never made – Chinese Potstickers! My favorite part of this was pleating the dough and making the dumplings look pretty. The main thing I changed was that I used ground turkey instead [...]

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June 10, 2009 by sweetly spoken

Snooty Jello

It wiggles. It jiggles. It can be shaped using pretty molds. You can suspend fruit within it and make it from any number of flavors and colors. But what is Jello really, and where did it originate? The coagulating ingredient in Jello is gelatin. According to ochef.com, gelatin is “derived from collagen found in the [...]

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June 2, 2009 by sweetly spoken

My First Catering Experience

Over a year ago my friend Jenn and I donated a five-course family dinner as part of a silent auction event for Recovery On Water (ROW). Jenn and I wanted to contribute an item for the inaugural silent auction, but neither of us felt we had an artsy craft or piece of art to contribute. [...]