Tag: Food

  • Story in Review: Kitchens of the Great Midwest by J. Ryan Stradal

    I’d not heard a whit about this book before a friend gave me an extra ARC she had laying around. Since then, I’ve seen it pop up everywhere around the internet! I finally got a chance to read it and can see what the fuss is about. Kitchens of the Great Midwest by J. Ryan Stradal…

  • A Trip to Eataly

    A Trip to Eataly

    I’ve lived within driving distance of Chicago my whole life. It’s where we would go on field trips in grade school, where my husband and I have headed for a quick weekend away a time or two. But it’s so hard to get to know Chicago if aren’t from the city (or don’t have the…

  • Change Is The Only Constant

    Change Is The Only Constant

    I am officially labeling 2014 as “the year of change.” I’ve moved. I’ve changed jobs. I’ve started blogging. And now I’m changing jobs again. I accepted a new full-time job yesterday, for the second time in the calendar year. Giving my notice at my current job was hard. It felt a bit like failure. I thought…