What’ve you been eating lately?Homemade pizzas, soups, and salads around here. Continue reading What’s on your plate? Sunday Food Thread 10/16

My sister in-law and my nephew are in town to run the Chicago marathon tomorrow (I’m writing this on Saturday morning). We have plans for a carb heavy lunch at a really great little Italian place. They’ll go on to … Continue reading Sunday Food Thread is Carb Loading 10/9

Anyone pre-gaming Halloween candy? Got a favorite? Continue reading Spooky Sunday Food Thread 10/2

I’m topicless today so let’s have a smörgasbord! Continue reading Sunday Food Thread 9/25

Hey it’s my mother’s 90th birthday today! I’m going to eat ice cream with her. Eat well, Avocados! Continue reading Free For All Sunday Food Thread 9/18

Not really about bloody foods (unless you want to talk about that), I donated blood yesterday and got really tired in the evening. Wondering if there are any foods that might help me rebuild my supply I took to the … Continue reading Bloody Sunday Food Thread 9/11

So tomorrow is Labor Day (US) and the unofficial end of summer. We’ve been invited to a friend’s house for dinner but as far as I know it’s just two couples so won’t be some wang dang doodle of a … Continue reading Oh yeah, it’s some sort of U.S. holiday this weekend Sunday Food Thread 9/4

We had croquettes for dinner tonight. A bunch of random veggies that were leftover from prepping other dinners earlier in the week were combined with potatoes and made into balls. Those were then battered and deep fried then served on … Continue reading Croquettes, Sunday Food Thread 8/28

So we have all kinds of food in the fridge and pantry, some really nice fresh peaches and corn from the farmers’ market, and I can’t decide what to eat. Faced with this embarrasment of riches I turn to the … Continue reading Toasty! Sunday Food Thread 8/21

There’s a small coffee shop inside a magazine/bookstore on Chicago’s northwest side that specializes in handmade chocolate truffles. If you order a coffee, I recommend the Sumatra, you get a truffle on the side. You can also buy boxes of … Continue reading Chocolate Truffle Sunday Food Thread 8/14

While trying to come up with a topic for today’s food thread I googled “August food holidays” and found this website. It tells me today is National Raspberries and Cream Day. If I come across some good fresh raspberries I … Continue reading Raspberries and Cream Food Thread 8/7

Going to a picnic today, going to eat some burgers, chips and pie…and probably some incidental bugs. What are you eating this week? Continue reading Picnic Today! Sunday Food Thread 7/31

Free-for-all Food Thread!!! Continue reading I’m hungry and I don’t know what to eat. Sunday Food Thread 7/24

In our house it’s very likely that we’ll be having pizza again. Using sourdough to make pizza dough is yielding a lot of dough! Luckily it’s really good and we have it down to about 225g per dough to make … Continue reading What’s for dinner tonight? Sunday Food Thread 7/17

My cousin and her family recently stayed with us for a couple of weeks. She has two pre-teen boys who were a total joy to have around, it’s been a long time since we’ve had kids that age in the … Continue reading CRUNCH!!! Sunday Food Thread 7/10