After the big wedding in Edinburgh a couple weekends ago Cheryl and I decided to do some relaxing in Amsterdam. Neither one of us had been to the Dutch city so we were pretty excited. We weren’t going to be there very long, just a couple of days, before taking an overnight ferry to Newcastle…
Month: October 2012
Oink Edinburgh! Awesome Pork Sandwich in Edinburgh, Scotland
Postcard from abroad: There is one place Cheryl and I always stop in at whenever we travel to Edinburgh, Scotland. Oink. It’s a little shop on Victoria Street close to the Royal Mile and the Castle which serves up great roast pork sandwiches. Once you get to Victoria Street just look for the big roast…
Homemade Garlic Sausage – No Turning Back Now!
I did it. I made some sausage. The old saying goes something like: “you never want to watch laws or sausages being made.” Having lived and worked in our nation’s capital for over a decade before moving to Chicago I can honestly say making sausage is much easier than making laws and absolutely tastier. If…
Pumpkin Risotto – Another Flavor of Fall
It sure has gotten cold recently here in Chicago. Time for a hearty warm dish which reflects the autumn season upon us: pumpkin risotto. Yes, pumpkin risotto. The great pumpkin’s time is now (just ask Linus). My unofficial pumpkin season starts in late September and ends at Thanksgiving. That Thanksgiving pumpkin pie is usually the…
A Chicago Pop-Up Restaurant Experience – Chef Julius Russell’s New Orleans Dinner
Pop-up restaurant? What’s that? A restaurant which pops-up somewhere of course. Seriously though, a pop-up restaurant is when a chef takes over a space for a night, takes reservations, and has a dinner service for that night and the next day it’s gone. The concept has been around for a while but I think it’s…
