Mayo and sour cream (and maybe yogurt) are a versatile combination. Some of these dressings could easily be turned into chip dip, potato salad, or even – perhaps surprisingly – mashed potatoes.
Salad and Ranch Dressing, Part 1: Huzzah!
Here’s a bit of everyday cooking you might find useful: homemade ranch dressing dressing recipes … and green salads – maybe beefed up with some grilled chicken (technically, that would be “chickened” up) – to go with them. These are thick, rich, flavorful dressings, suited for real vegetable-eating men.
Free Wi-Fi in the Gold Coast
Looking for a flagship café in the Gold Coast, with decent coffee, ample electrical outlets, and free wireless, so that you can get yourself wired, plug yourself in, and do some smart and savvy coworking? Log on at the “Oak & Rush III” Starbucks.
Orange-Nutmeg Rolls
Nutmeg, orange peel, milk, and eggs flavor this sweet dough that rises overnight in the refrigerator and bakes up the next morning into glorious breakfast rolls.
Coffee, Free WIFI: West Town, Chicago
Looking for a West Town (or West Loop) Chicago cafe with good coffee, available electrical outlets, and free parking? With a nearby doughnut? Start out by dropping your knives off at Northwest Cutlery, walk around the block and hit Publican and then Glazed & Infused, then pick up your knives and head to Morgan-Randolph Starbucks to log on to their Wi-Fi so you can work or study.
Fruit Salad, Straight Up
Blueberries, mango, orange, strawberries and honey make up this simple but delicious fruit salad. Bananas, Cool Whip, granola, Jell-O, vanilla yogurt, whipped cream, orange zest, and herbs (such as tarragon, basil, mint) are all good options.
Free Wi-Fi in Fulton River District: Logon Chicago, Edition VII
Looking for a cafe with good coffee and free wireless internet access in Fulton River District? Try the Starbucks at Jefferson and Lake, near the Green Line Clinton stop, in the West Loop. You can get a lot of work/study done here.
Fried Goat Cheese, Pt. 2
Baked or fried goat cheese (chèvre) medallions can turn a green salad into comfort food.
Raspberry Mocha Cake
This chocolate sour cream cake gets its flavor in part from a tall Starbucks raspberry mocha, in addition to a layer of jam or preserves. It’s dense, rich, and sophisticated.