Category Archives: Food

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

Pot Bread

Last week, the New York Times made a bold claim. It had nothing to do with Iraq, the election, or our rights slowly being chipped away at by our hateful government, it was about bread. Specifically, it was about one New York baker’s claim that the traditional 12 steps of baking can do with one …

November 16, 2006 – 3:06 pm | By chrisandcamri | Posted in Food | Tagged , , , , | Comments (0)

The Traditional Thanksgiving Gantt Chart

Thanksgiving is only two weeks away, like us, you’re probably starting to pick out a good Turkey recipe, decide side dishes, and pick out pies. That stuff is a lot of fun. We hosted our first ever Thanksgiving dinner last year. As we were planning for it, we decided we wanted to eat around three. …

November 9, 2006 – 2:45 pm | By chrisandcamri | Posted in Food | Tagged | Comments (0)

Kiss My Grits

Corn used to be dried for storage. Dry corn lasts a lot longer than watery fresh corn. When you were ready to eat your dried corn, you could take it to the local grist mill and have it ground into corn meal suitable for corn bread, corn mush, stuff like that. As the stone wheel …

November 2, 2006 – 2:43 pm | By chrisandcamri | Posted in Food | Tagged , | Comments (2)

MMM…Muesli

We’d seen “Mueslix” before, but never tried “Muesli” until we went to Ireland for a friend’s wedding. Muesli is German for “dry rolled oats, nuts, and berries.” Actually, to be fair, while Camri was discovering Muesli, I was discovering eggs, thick bacon, and black pudding. While I was purposely not asking what the difference between …

October 26, 2006 – 2:39 pm | By chrisandcamri | Posted in Food | Tagged , , , | Comments (0)

Take Care of Your Cast Iron Skillet

Two articles ago we recommended cooking a steak on a cast iron skillet and promised an article on caring for your skillet. So here it is, now that you’ve got a big hunk of iron in your kitchen, how do you take care of it? Seasoning The first thing you’ll need to do is season …

October 19, 2006 – 2:35 pm | By chrisandcamri | Posted in Food | Tagged | Comments (0)

How to Cook a Steak

Camri and I like red meat, but it’s not a big part of our diet. We like a steak every couple of weeks though. Buying a steak at a restaurant is pretty expensive, especially if you want a really good cut of meat. Most steaks come out really well on the grill. Put a little …

October 4, 2006 – 2:25 pm | By chrisandcamri | Posted in Food | Tagged , , | Comments (3)

So Long Farmer’s Market, See You Next Year

Yesterday was the last day of the Daley Plaza farmer’s market. We’re sad to see it go. We met up there at least every other week to pick up a post-lunch apple, or just to walk around and see green stuff. Chicago is really great about encouraging and supporting local farmer’s markets. It’s one more …

September 29, 2006 – 2:23 pm | By chrisandcamri | Posted in Food | Tagged , | Comments (0)

Honeycrisp!

The Honeycrisp apple season has officially started. Reports from a network of Chicago-land Honeycrisp afficianados are trickling in. Camri saw a very bruised batch at Harvest Time on Lawrence, we’ve also heard that local farmers markets have started to carry them. Get out there and start crunching! For the uninitiated, the Honeycrisp apple is the …

September 21, 2006 – 2:21 pm | By chrisandcamri | Posted in Food | Tagged , , | Comments (0)

Fall Baking

It dipped below fifty degrees here in Chicago this week, which makes us start thinking about Fall Baking. Those gigantic candles with names like “all american apple pie” and “peach cobbler crisp” don’t compare to the real thing. We bake pretty frequently during the cold months, lots of biscuits, scones, and big “rustic” loafs of …

September 19, 2006 – 2:19 pm | By chrisandcamri | Posted in Food | Tagged , | Comments (0)

Machaca

We were in Mexico last week, and had some really great breakfasts. I’m a bigger breakfast eater than Camri, but I’ve managed to convert her over the years. Breakfast is a pretty straighforward meal, with lots of little variations, which is what makes it easy for me to cook while still feeling like I can …

August 28, 2006 – 10:14 am | By chrisandcamri | Posted in Food | Tagged , , , | Comments (0)