Entries in the ‘Food’ Category:

Deluxe Date Night: Next

When we announced we were moving I asked for your favorite places to eat, and one of the places that was brought up was Next. Back then it was just a concept, but I was intrigued by the idea. World famous chef Grant Achatz, the same chef/creator of Alinea (the place we plan to eat [...]

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The Hyde Park Cooking Club

I started a club. It’s an in-person club, so right now it’s only for people in Chicago. Next year I will move to Dallas and it will be in Texas. If you’re in the area would you like to be a part of it? This club was inspired by a post over at Word of [...]

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Deciphering Egg Labels

Laying hens (the kind of chicken that provides the eggs you buy at the grocery store) generally live a really miserable existence. If you can stomach it, I recommend reading a page like this one. The things described there are the reason I haven’t bought eggs from the grocery store for a long time (once [...]

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Lunch Line Redesign

Source I loved this interactive graphic that makes some simple, low-cost suggestions for urging children to choose better meals on their own. I’ll be packing T1′s lunch for him, but that doesn’t leave me feeling like I don’t have a stake in advocating for change in what I consider to be a really, truly horrific [...]

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Ultra-processing

Sometimes in real life (not often) I get to talk about my diet and views on food. I know I am really emphatic and strong-willed on That Wife, but that’s because it’s safe here, and I can write that way. Having a face to face conversation with someone is a totally different story. So, for [...]

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