If you fancy something more than a cup of joe and a stale pastry while surfing the web, you’re in luck. There are quite a few places in Chicago that offer free wi-fi along with real food from the basic to the downright decadent.
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Monthly Archives: August 2007
Gourmet free wi-fi in Chicago
Monday, August 20, 2007
Garlic chives
Monday, August 20, 2007
Over the weekend, my mom gave me a lovely bunch of garlic chive buds freshly cut from a friend’s garden. Used primarily in Asian cooking, garlic chives are different than the thin, hollow little stems you chop up and sprinkle over baked potatoes — the leaves are flat and broad like blades of grass but […]
The sweet taste of liberty in your mouth
Friday, August 17, 2007
The 4th of July may be over, but every day’s a good day to show your patriotism by consuming a pint of Stephen Colbert’s AmeriCone Dream. This is not a joke — it’s a real Ben & Jerry’s ice cream flavor, and we have the video to prove it.
It’s one of my favorite Ben […]
Pleasant dinner music
Wednesday, August 15, 2007
Chris Cornell look-alike Sam Mason, former pastry chef of New York’s avant-garde WD-50, hosts a web-based cooking/music show called Dinner with the Band. The episodes are filmed in Mason’s apartment where he whips up a couple of dishes, dishes with an indie band, and they perform a song or two. Thankfully, each show is divided […]
Green City Market favorites
Tuesday, August 14, 2007
From May through October, I visit the Green City Market in Lincoln Park almost every Saturday morning. There’s nothing else like it in Chicago, and in fact the venerable Alice Waters has called it “the best sustainable market in the country”.
There are over 30 producers who participate in the market and it’s practically impossible to […]
Tea sweet tea
Monday, August 13, 2007
My good friend Cat, bon vivant, beer connoisseur, and proud Southerner, sent me a link to this article about sweet tea. (That’s sweet iced tea to y’all north of the Mason-Dixon.) Jeffrey Klineman, the author, waxes poetic about the nectar of the gods — it made me salivate so much I had to get up […]
Mmm…homemade lemonade
Friday, August 10, 2007
Cool, tangy, refreshing…what’s not to love? Homemade lemonade takes a bit of time, but it’s well worth the effort. Plus, your kitchen will smell like summertime afterwards.
Makes 10 cups. You’ll need a big pitcher for this. Or just halve the recipe as I usually do.
3 cups freshly squeezed lemon juice (about 20 lemons)
2 cups sugar
6 […]
More is more - new food and wine stores in the South Loop
Thursday, August 9, 2007
A gigantic new Whole Foods Market has just opened in the South Loop at Roosevelt and Canal. At 55,000 square feet, it’s the largest Whole Foods in the city and includes such features as a ten-seat Asian noodle and sushi bar, a gelato station, and an in-house meat smoker. But we’re most impressed with the […]
“The Future of Food” screening this Friday
Tuesday, August 7, 2007
Chicagoans — here’s some information about an event sponsored by the Logan Square Neighborhood Association:
Dear Friends:
Kimball Avenue Church, an LSNA member institution, is hosting a free screening of the film “The Future of Food” this Friday, August 10, at 8 PM.
Enjoy the film and share organic snacks with your neighbors. The event will take […]
