I like bananas. How about you? Continue reading Go Bananas! Sunday Food Thread 6/7

Holy Guacamolé! It’s Sunday already. Food talk can go here. Continue reading Rando Sunday Food Thread 5/31

I mean the kind that grow on trees, not the kind that read these posts.   Currently: 4 but that won’t hold. Continue reading How Many Avocados Are In Your House Right Now? Sunday Food Thread 5/24

Got a community band concert today. I baked about six dozen chocolate chip cookies for the ‘social hour’ afterward. Continue reading Cookies! Sunday Food Thread 5/17

I was looking through old threads for inspiration and came across this one from February 2020. Here’s the text from the header: As a child I was a terribly picky eater (sorry mom), I came out of my shell when … Continue reading Threads Of The Past Sunday Food Thread 5/10

In yesterday’s Day Thread Presitidigititis commented about needing to temporarily stop taking their GLP-1 meds. This pause led to a desire for baked pasta which led to emmelemm asking “Doesn’t everyone have an obsession with baked pasta dishes?” I most … Continue reading Baked Pasta Sunday Food Thread 5/3

Growing up grape jelly was the only jelly I knew of in a PBJ. We had grape vines in the back yard and my mother would make grape jelly. I didn’t know how good I had it! It wasn’t until … Continue reading PB&J Sunday Food Thread 4/26

Today is National Garlic Day! How are you celebrating? I honestly had no idea until I started looking for a topic this week. I happen to really love garlic (and most alliums) and when asked if there’s enough garlic in … Continue reading Garlic! Sunday Food Thread 4/19

I had an unfortunate encounter with a food-borne pathogen earlier this week. I’m back to near 100% and eating okay, just not yet in the mood to talk food. Hope you’re all healthy and happy! Continue reading Up for Grabs Sunday Food Thread 4/12

I’ve heard it said that Easter Sunday is like the Super Bowl for Catholics. Being raised in that tradition it rings pretty true to me. Even though I’m a heathen through and through now old habits die hard and feasting … Continue reading Sunday Food Thread Hams It Up, 4/5

Late last week I learned that Monday, 3/23 was National Tamale Day. I discovered that fact from a Chicago History Museum facebook post. If you’ve partaken of any nightlife in Chicago for around the past quarter century you’ve likely encountered … Continue reading ¡Tamales Tamales! Sunday Food Thread 3/29

Made this two weeks ago. The leftovers are all gone and we really miss it so there’s a new one in the oven! It’s rare for us to repeat a dish so soon after finishing one, this stuff is really … Continue reading Rigatoni alla Norma Sunday Food Thread 3/22

Yesterday was Pie Day, Tuesday is St. Patrick’s Day. System overload. Continue reading Confused Sunday Food Thread 3/15

Owen’s February 24 Night Thread was about diner lingo. Got me wondering about the different terms we all have for certain foods. It could be local slang, an in joke with your friends, or a regional name for something. I … Continue reading Food Slang Sunday Food Thread 3/8

Got a lot on my plate (groan) this weekend. Tell me about your food! Continue reading Free For All Sunday Food Thread 3/1

Today is my wife’s birthday, hooray! Yesterday friends brought the tres leches cake shown in the header. ’twas delicious! Continue reading The Birthday Of The Tres Leches Sunday Food Thread 2/22

This coming Tuesday is Mardi Gras et al. King Cake is pretty ubiquitous, what other foods are popular? I’m descended from Poles and Pączki is the traditional indulgent food I grew up with. Continue reading Mardi Gras/Shrove Tuesday/Carnival Sunday Food Thread 2/15

Anyone watching the football game today? Going to or hosting a party? What’s on the menu? I’ve got no plans but if invited I’d go to a watch party. Of course that depends on if they’ve got the good snacks … Continue reading Super Bowl Snacks Sunday Food Thread 2/8

I’m from Chicago and while deep dish/pan/stuffed pizza is the first thing that comes to mind for a lot of people when Chicago and pizza are mentioned. I didn’t have or was even very aware of deep dish until my … Continue reading What Is Pizza? Sunday Food Thread 2/1

Tonight is Burns Night. Neeps and Tatties and Haggis oh my! I’ve never been to a Burns Night but would definitely love to experience it. Anyone ever been or hosted one? Sending a beacon to our Scotscados. Link to the … Continue reading Burns Night! Sunday Food Thread 1/25