Category Archives: Food

All about food we like, have cooked, have ordered at a restaurant, or generally put in our guts.

First Day at Lincoln Square Farmer’s Market 2010

June 8, 2010 – 12:23 pm | By chrisandcamri | Posted in Food | Comments (0)

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)

June 30, 2009 – 12:59 pm | By chrisandcamri | Posted in Food | Tagged , , | Comments (0)

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.

January 6, 2009 – 1:13 pm | By chrisandcamri | Posted in Food | Tagged , , , | Comments (0)

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?)

December 23, 2008 – 7:42 pm | By chrisandcamri | Posted in Food | Tagged | Comments (1)

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 …

December 7, 2008 – 10:34 pm | By chrisandcamri | Posted in Food | Tagged , | Comments (4)

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, …

November 29, 2008 – 6:00 am | By chrisandcamri | Posted in Food | Tagged , | Comments (2)

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 …

November 25, 2008 – 12:06 pm | By chrisandcamri | Posted in Food | Tagged , | Comments (1)

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 …

June 15, 2008 – 9:17 pm | By chrisandcamri | Posted in Food | Tagged , , | Comments (0)

Pretzel Casserole

Hi there, remember us? We’ve been away for a while, raising Wil McAvoy to be a little foodie. It’s hard work, and doesn’t leave much time for blogging. However, we’ve recommitted to Tastebud, and plan on putting out an article a week for the foreseeable future. Let’s get started! Last week was Mayfest here in …

June 7, 2008 – 9:14 pm | By chrisandcamri | Posted in Food | Tagged , , | Comments (0)

Kool Aid Pickles

A few weeks ago, the New York Times ran an article on kool aid pickles, which pretty much blew our minds. We thought they sounded like a yummy summer treat, so we tried them out this week. Here’s our recipe: 1/2 jar of mini dill pickles 1 packet of cherry kool aid 1/4 cup of …

June 16, 2007 – 9:07 pm | By chrisandcamri | Posted in Food | Tagged , , | Comments (0)