Category Archives: Food

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

Pizza on the Grill

We went to our friends Amy and Marshall’s house this week so they could show us how to cook pizza on the grill. “Pizza on the grill!” you exclaim, “that’s impossible! Dogs and cats! Living together! Mass hysteria!” We interrupt your wild raving, and point to a picture, which clearly shows pizza being made on …

June 10, 2007 – 9:05 pm | By chrisandcamri | Posted in Food | Tagged , | Comments (0)

Pulled Pork

I already wrote about the pork meat buying adventure on Lake Street, as promised here’s the write up of the actual cooking of the meat. Things turned out really well. This is the second time we’ve made pulled pork this way, both times turned out great. We followed the recipe for North Carolina style pulled …

June 3, 2007 – 9:04 pm | By chrisandcamri | Posted in Food | Tagged , | Comments (0)

Lake Street Meat

Happy Memorial Day all. We celebrated with pulled pork sandwiches, which will be the subject of our next article. In the mean time, buying the pork butt for the sandwiches was a real adventure. Saturday morning I got up early to get my hair cut downtown. My barber is a nice man named Phil who …

May 28, 2007 – 9:03 pm | By chrisandcamri | Posted in Food | Tagged , , , | Comments (0)

Marmalade Shortcut

A few weeks ago we lamented how difficult it was to make your own marmalade. It turns out, pleasant little English women agree. The little English women didn’t give up though, they persevered, and preserved. With a little bit of innovation, they decided to can up pre-chopped seville oranges, with a marmalade recipe on the …

April 30, 2007 – 9:01 pm | By chrisandcamri | Posted in Food | Tagged , | Comments (2)

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)

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)