September 2010 archives
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September 28, 2010 by sweetly spoken
Good Food in your Neighborhood
After travels to a far away place (more on that later!), it’s so nice to come back to some familiar food. Michael and I recently had a delicious meal at Uncommon Ground. We’ve been before, but it had been awhile. It’s amazing how one tends to forget about the places just around the corner or [...]Archive
September 22, 2010 by sweetly spoken
Iron Cupcake Chicago
On a web search for mini caramel apple ideas here, I happened upon a blog post regarding a monthly cupcake competition in Chicago. Iron Cupcake Chicago holds a cupcake competition once a month. This month’s competition was hosted by Mrs. Murphy’s Irish Bistro. While I couldn’t enter into the competition this month, Michael and I [...]Archive
September 19, 2010 by sweetly spoken
Mike Talk Thai, Mike Talk Thai Real Good
Michael and I took a long walk over to this Thai restaurant, and we were pleasantly surprised by the awesomeness. Sticky Rice was first recommended to us by Michael’s hair stylist. You know what they say; hair stylists are right up there with doctors and therapists. Better trust their judgment. Here’s what we sampled: - [...]Archive
September 17, 2010 by sweetly spoken
Chinese Sweets
Homemade Fortune Cookies This was the class I was waiting for! A class devoted to Chinese desserts. I learned some very interesting new ideas! See after the jump for photos of the favorites from class, plus a recipe for Fried Fruit Puffs. Believe me, you’ll like them. They involve peanut butter, how could you not?!Archive
September 15, 2010 by sweetly spoken
Cuisines of Beijing
One of the regions we learned about in Regional Cuisines of China was Beijing, the capital of China. Beijing’s cuisine is a combination of all the other regions of China. Popular dishes are Peking duck, hot and sour soup, and Fried Rice. See below for two of the recipes we made in class! Hot and [...]Archive
September 10, 2010 by sweetly spoken
Sweets in the Streets
The darn cupcake trucks are everywhere. I swear I should’ve tackled this idea when it came across my radar over a year ago. Seriously. See below email for proof that my mom and I discussed this in May of 2009.Archive
September 7, 2010 by sweetly spoken
First time’s a charm…
French macarons are everywhere. They are here. Here. Here. And here. As well as about a bajillion other places on the internet. Or, the site I found the most helpful/straight-forward: http://www.mytartelette.com/. It’s a craze, somewhat similar to the cupcake frenzy, or the more recent cakeball phenomonon. (I realize, however, that macarons have been around since [...]Archive
September 3, 2010 by sweetly spoken
Granola for All
A couple weeks ago, my favorite little sister came to town with some of the other girls from the in-law side. On the agenda? Michigan Avenue shopping! I knew I didn’t have to plan much in the way of cooking since we planned to go out for dinners, but for breakfast, I baked off some [...]Archive
September 2, 2010 by sweetly spoken
