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Remember The Carpenters?

Post author:adrienne
Post published:February 13, 2013
Post category:Uncategorized

This month marks 30 years since Karen Carpenter died. THIRTY. Three. Zero. Some of you are too young to remember The Carpenters. Whatever! Anyhow, they were often viewed as a…

It’s Paczki Day!

Post author:adrienne
Post published:February 12, 2013
Post category:Lincoln Park

I'd never heard of Paczki Day before I moved to Chicago. Well, it's today! It's another pre-Lent celebration like Mardi Gras. But unlike Mardi Gras, Paczki Day involves doughnuts. Puffy,…

A weird breakfast idea involving leftover cornbread

Post author:adrienne
Post published:February 8, 2013
Post category:and blueberry breakfast Breakfast Leftover cornbread milk

So, the other afternoon I was trying to come up with a plan for dinner. I was also starving. I also had some leftover cornbread. I googled ways to use…

Rough Puff Nutella Pear Pie

Post author:adrienne
Post published:January 18, 2013
Post category:Rough Puff Nutella Pear Pie

So, have you heard of "rough puff" pastry? Sometimes it's called "blitz" pastry? I hadn't! I've made normal puff pastry before but didn't realize there was a shortcut version. It…

Mashed winter squash

Post author:adrienne
Post published:January 16, 2013
Post category:Eat Healthy For Cheap Mashed winter squash

Orange squashes are supposedly a superfood so I want to eat more of them. I like mashed things and of course anything that has butter and sugar in it, so…