Martha Stewart’s Tropical Fruit Salad is made with fresh pineapple, strawberry, lime, and coconut chips. It’s probably the simplest of the Martha recipes I know, but its nonetheless characteristically delicious and distinctive.
Raspberry Rum Shrub Cocktail
The recipe for this raspberry rum shrub cocktail goes back to colonial times. It’s made from fresh fruit, ginger ale, and, uh … vinegar – but don’t let that get to you. It’s an adventure in a Collins glass. Finally! A better answer to “Bring me a shrubbery!”
Foraged Fruit: Wild Blackberry Scones
Recipe review: homemade wild blackberry scones, made with sour cream and butter, from America’s Test Kitchen. You wouldn’t believe what I had to go through to bring you this post. Blackberry canes have thorns, man.
Breakfast at Cantina 1910
Mexican Breakfast at Cantina 1910 in Andersonville, Chicago: a review. (Just after this review, Cantina closed. Post hoc, ergo propter hoc.)
Gibsons Bar & Steakhouse
Gibsons Bar & Steakhouse is a Chicago icon. Here’s our review.
Big City Chicken
Big City Chicken, a Lettuce Entertain You restaurant on Chicago’s Navy Pier, serves up fried chicken worth fighting through crowds to get to. (Just to clarify, for my Polish relatives in Detroit, that’s Big-City Chicken, not Big City-Chicken. I know … sigh.)
Pretzel Tuna Fish Sandwich
What I learned in college: a can of tuna in oil and some mayo can make a great sandwich. What I learned from My Tartare: tuna fish can be turned into an exquisite tuna salad, quickly and easily. Check out this recipe.
Mushroom Lasagna Bake (It’s spinachy, has a white sauce, and possibly sausage.)
This cremini mushroom “lasagna” with spinach noodles, parmesan, and white sauce – and maybe with sausage – is a riff off of a recipe from Stefan’s Gourmet Blog. It’s delicious fresh, yet reheats beautifully.
Union Tap & Grill
Bleu cheese wedge salad, out-of-the-ordinary buffalo wings, and apricot cheesecake at the Union Tap & Grill in downtown Traverse City