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Your Honey

A few weeks ago, our friend Tish came over for dinner. She brought us a jar of honey, and a big chunk of honey comb from her friends Judy and Ted in Montana who own a few bee hives. We were super grateful for the fresh honey, but were even more interested in the story …

April 22, 2007 – 8:58 pm | By chrisandcamri | Posted in Food | Tagged | Comments (0)

Panade: French for Leftovers

You’re French, you’re hungry, all you have in the house is a bunch of bread, some water, left over cheese, and an onion. Your name is Brett Cross, you’re hungry, and all you have in the house is a bunch of bread, some water, left over cheese, and an onion. Brett Cross, like a lot …

April 9, 2007 – 8:56 pm | By chrisandcamri | Posted in Food | Tagged , , | Comments (0)

Breakfast Cereal Roundup

We’re fans of breakfast. As much as we’d like to have eggs and pancakes every morning, we don’t have time, and we don’t want to weigh 500 pounds. So, for practical reasons, we mostly stick to toast, or oatmeal, or yogurt and muesli. About half the time, we eat cold cereal and milk. Which isn’t …

March 29, 2007 – 8:52 pm | By chrisandcamri | Posted in Food | Tagged , | Comments (0)

Stumped by Posole

Thursday night, Camri and I went to the opening of the Second City’s 94th revue, Between Barack and a Hard Place. Our friend Ithamar Enriquez is in the cast. During one of the improvised scenes, Ithamar got the suggestion of “Posole,” which kicked off a pretty funny song, and a couple of minutes of funny …

March 24, 2007 – 8:51 pm | By chrisandcamri | Posted in Food | Tagged , | Comments (0)

Organic House Cleaning

Our cats like to lick stuff. It happens a lot. We’ll be eating breakfast, and one of them will lick the countertop for no obvious reason. It’s odd, strange, and makes us nervous. What are they licking? What did we use to clean the counter-top? Does it have something that tastes delicious but is actually …

March 17, 2007 – 8:46 pm | By chrisandcamri | Posted in Home | Tagged , | Comments (0)

Dundee Marmalade

I was in sunny Dallas this past week at a geek conference. When I got home, Camri presented me with a jar of Dundee style marmalade. Although it’s really not wildly different than other marmalade’s I’ve tried, it’s distinct. The rind pieces are much larger, and more plentiful, which gives the marmalade a more bitter …

March 2, 2007 – 8:45 pm | By chrisandcamri | Posted in Food | Tagged , | Comments (0)

Malted Pancakes

For a long time, Clarks on Belmont was our favorite place to get breakfast. When we moved to Lincoln Square, it just wasn’t as convenient, so our visits dropped off. Our favorite thing to get there were the pancakes. It took us a while to figure out why they tasted so much better than other …

February 22, 2007 – 8:44 pm | By chrisandcamri | Posted in Food | Tagged , | Comments (0)

Snow, Snow, Ambrosia?

Chicago is buried under a couple of inches of snow this week. I’ve been getting up every morning to shovel our sidewalk. It’s been a lot of work, but not all bad. Because we leave so early in the morning, I’m usually shoveling around 6:15 am. The sun is just starting to peek over the …

February 15, 2007 – 8:42 pm | By chrisandcamri | Posted in Food | Tagged , | Comments (0)

Hummus Among Us

It’s 2007, hummus is like a 1987 burrito, still sort of a teeny bit on the edge of common American food. Almost everyone has had it, but you’ll occasionally run into someone who’s never heard of the stuff. Seriously, it’s rare, but it does happen. Hummus, wikipedia tells us, is “a dip made of chickpea …

February 8, 2007 – 8:41 pm | By chrisandcamri | Posted in Food | Tagged | Comments (0)

Miss Marmalade

It’s winter at your English country estate. A fussy old lady is solving the murder of your wealthy father. You’re checking your stocks in the Times, while you munch on a piece of toast. Quick! What’s on your toast? Butter? Sure. Marmalade? You bet. You are Master and Commander of Her Majesty’s Ship “Indefatigable”. The …

February 1, 2007 – 8:39 pm | By chrisandcamri | Posted in Food | Tagged , , | Comments (0)