Author Archives: chrisandcamri

First Day at Lincoln Square Farmer’s Market 2010

Farmer’s Market in Full Swing

Proven by this weeks haul. This is the first year we started buying fresh eggs at the market, as well as locally raised beef and pork.  (beef and pork not pictured)

Pancakes Make Obama Sleepy

Whoah! Obama was on WTTW’s Check, Please! in 2001. He reviews one of our favorite Evanston restaurants, Dixie Kitchen. Although we’re excited to see the full episode (it airs on the 16th on WTTW), we have to take exception to his pancake sleepy-fear…we love those johnny-cakes, so does Wilbur.

Merry Christmas!

Here’s hoping your holiday dinner is eclipsed by the people eating it, Merry Christmas! (PS.  we’re having steaks, a great gift from some friends.  What are you cooking?)

Non-edible Christmas Goodies

This is clearly a food based blog. We typically write about things you can eat. Technically, you could eat this week’s topic, but you’ll probably get a tummy ache. Our friend (and first-commenter) Karin gave us the idea when she gave us a present of fresh all natural boiling potpourri. Potpourri, as a rule, smells

Playing with Oatmeal

Chances are, when you think of oatmeal, you think of instant oatmeal.  Tear open a packet, add hot water, and you’re set.  It’s not bad, it’s easy, and relatively good for you.  However, there’s a few options popping up at most grocery stores that let you play around with oatmeal a bit more than just

Shrimp Boil

This blog is world famous. That’s what we like to believe. Our opinion of ourselves is occasionally boosted by a PR firm sending us a package of stuff. A few weeks ago, we got an email from a firm hired by Old Bay Seasoning offering to send us a shrimp boil kit. “Sure,” we responded,

Happy Thanksgiving!

Welcome to the brand new Tastebud Chicago.  We’ve made some improvements around here, adding the ability for you to comment, some new search functions, and some fancy tags to tie articles together.  We ditched our custom software for a pre-packaged blog.  It frees us up to focus on what’s really important, content, rather than getting

First Father’s Day at Smoque

Camri surprised me with a trip to Smoque for Father’s day today. It was our first time, and well worth the wait in line. Great BBQ, great atmosphere, and really friendly folks helping us to get Wil-Wil a good table to eat his Mac and Cheese at. Camri had pulled pork and shared Wil’s Mac

Doing Our Part to Reduce Global Farting

One of our favorite chef’s is on a mission to cut down on American meat consumption. The first we saw of his campaign was a talk carried on Ted Talks: It’s an eye opening talk. Bittman advocates cutting down on meat, not vegetarianism, just cutting down. His argument is health based, but it’s also a