I am have been a bit under the weather this week. Fighting hard against a cold and am slowly losing the battle. Despite having brought a salad for lunch I decided to track down the Meatbally Mobile. It’s feed a cold right? They were less than a mile from my office, not too bad considering…
Author: Jacky Hackett
A Chile & A Spoon Challenge
I am always up for a challenge and a chance for working with new ingredients. Especially will the lure of some delicious prices. Marx Foods is sponsoring a blogger recipe challenge, A Chile & A Spoon and I got picked to participate. Yippee! I got my chile sampler and instructions in the mail and I…
Food Entrepreneurs
Speaking of food entrepreneurs, a new restaurant is coming to our neighborhood and I am really looking forward to it’s opening. Autre Monde is going to feature local, organic, and sustainable food. The owners are local too, and I happen to know them and think they are pretty great. They are so passionate about this…
Politics of Food
Not the mayoral race but the politics of feed in Chicago. What does Chicago have against the food entrepreneurs, seriously? The Health Department says it is a health issue and a licensing oversight. Though I am willing to bet it is more about lining the right pockets. No doubt the issue is complicated, but the…
November Reading Update
I am making some progress on my fall reading list, which is good news since the pile of books on my nightstand could knock me out if they fell on me in my sleep. Though I have gotten a bit off track, throwing in a few extra books. Here’s what I’ve read… The Mesh: …
Brussels Sprout Salad
If you think you don’t like Brussels sprouts it is because you have never had them roasted. Roasting them brings out the nuttiness and sets aside the bitterness. No better way to cook them, well except when you cook them with bacon. This is another recipe for our Fauxgiving celebration. It is also a copycat…
Butternut Squash Bruschetta
We are heading out of town for Thanksgiving so we celebrated an early Thanksgiving with my family, Fauxgiving. It was a great celebration, well minus the fact my dad got stuck in the hospital awaiting the removal of his gallbladder. Delicious food, fun stories, all around good cheer. It is always a good time to…
In a Small Town with John Mellencamp
I had the pleasure of seeing John Mellencamp in a small town this past weekend. Not any small town, but on is in home state of Indiana. I have seen Mellencamp before at one of the outdoor venues in the area where you really just hear him and not see him. This was a completely…
Intuition
I’ve begun transporting my Frontera salsa home last night and made a last minute decision to include the Gala Red Apple Salsa in the bag. In a moment of doubt I took it out of the bag. Blowing off my feelings I put it back in the bag and proceeded home. I was not 10…
Jackpot!
I hit the salsa lotto today on my lunch adventures. The Jewel near my office had a replenished supply of Frontera Chipotle Pumpkin Salsa. I bought as many as I could carry. I am already regretting I didn’t get more. I shared my original supply with friends in the office. I got the Frontera Gala…