Exciting news, friends! The Alchemist blog is proud to bring you the Chicago Crawl Series, a little place for me to tell you about the best of the best food that this fine city has to offer. It all began with a fateful cupcake crawl I attended, being hosted by an online community of Chicago foodies. I went and met up with a few amazing friends, and we had a blast that day, lamenting as it came to an end that we wish there were more events like this one. Yes, we wanted another crawl, but different–a crawl of our own design, a bit more laidback, a little less heavily scheduled, and with more time for lounging and imbibing. Well, my friends and I don’t just sit around.
No we don’t.
That was when we began our own little club surrounding Chicago food crawls, and we haven’t looked back since. But it seemed selfish not to share what we’ve learned with the rest of you fine people. Hence, the new Chicago Crawls Series.
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Posted in Uncategorized, tagged TMI on June 3, 2009 | 3 Comments »
You so didn’t need to see this.
Yet more ways in which food absurdly plays into other parts of my life! Done entirely with nail polish and toothpicks (speaking of which: forget waterboarding–THAT’s the new wave in torture).
Thanks to @glamour_beauty for the inspiration with the watermelon toes…the apple fingers were my idea–anyone out there have [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized, tagged apartment gardening, basil, chamomile, chard, chives, lavender, lettuce, mesclun, New York, primroses, strawberries, sunshine, tomatoes on May 14, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Now that I’m outta there, I could fill volumes with thoughts on New York living. But I won’t. For now. Be grateful. All that matters at the moment is a story about how I came to appreciate sunshine more.
The Boy and I lived in a small studio in New York City for a year and [...]
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Posted in Lentils, Soups and Stews, Spinach, Uncategorized, tagged dairy-free, Dinner, easy, effort, good enough, Lentils, quick, Spinach, vegan, vegetarian on May 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Why? What did you think I meant?
Sometimes you’re in the mood to impress everyone with a big show. You’re willing to caramelize the onions, braise the roast, thinly slice the prosciutto, neatly lay the tomato slices out, massage the chicken until it feels ready, sweet-talk the turnips, and commit other forms of foodie foreplay, all in the name of a meal that makes a name for you. But sometimes, you want to throw some stuff in a pot, heat it ’til it’s done, slosh it in a bowl, chuck a roll at your loved one’s face, and call it dinner. You don’t care if it doesn’t make a name for you. Hell, it could give you a reputation for all you care… (check the site for more!)
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