Everybody’s Coffee, an Uptown Chicago café, makes a drink with espresso and Coke that they call “The Vader.” It has a caffeine punch that will awaken the force in you.
Gingerbread Oatmeal Cookies
These oatmeal gingerbread cookies just beg to be dunked into your morning cappuccino, or your afternoon espresso … or your after-dinner coffee. I guess what I’m saying is, their flavor is incredibly coffee-friendly.
Oatmeal Cookies with Raisins and Coconut
Christmas is officially upon us! Better get your holiday bake on! Oatmeal Cookies with Raisins and Coconut are a nice change-up to the traditional oatmeal cookie.
Make Your Own Thin Mints
How to make your own Thin Mints, using a chocolate cake mix or Ritz crackers. This is a review of two popular methods, and includes advice about easy-yet-successful ways to work with chocolate.
Russian Dressing Recipe
This easy, homemade, piquant Russian dressing recipe uses ingredients you may already have onhand. It’s bolder and more brazen than Putin on horseback! (And yet it manages to be delicious.)
Raspberries and Cheese for Dessert
Can’t choose between cheese and dessert? This is America, damnit! Have both! “Raspberries and Cheese for Dessert” features feta, mascarpone, mint, whipped cream and yogurt in a sensual, fruity, last course.
Star Lounge
Bearded aliens are barista-ing a Chicago café! It’s every speciesist’s worst nightmare! Details at 11. (In the meantime, stay away from Humboldt Park and stay far away from Star Lounge! They’re putting dark matter into their coffee!)