Archive for the ‘Illinois’ Category
Monday, January 28th, 2008
I've seen varying shades of brown eggs. And I've obviously seen white eggs.
But, outside of Easter, not until Matt gave Mike and I some eggs from his chickens a few weeks ago had I seen eggs ranging so wildly from brown to blue to green.
And of course nothing says ...
Posted in Illinois, farming, general food, groceries | 1 Comment »
Sunday, January 6th, 2008
Amy Zupanci, current employee of Niche but native of Edwardsville, IL, is planning to open a fine dining restaurant around Main Street in Edwardsville later this year.
With my frequent trips across the river I'd heard rumor of this previously, but the Edwardsville Intelligencer has now confirmed it with this article.
It's ...
Posted in Illinois, chefs, restaurants | 8 Comments »
Monday, December 17th, 2007
With weather being kind of unpleasant Saturday, 222 forced a couple extra loaves of bread on us beyond the one we had them hold (bacon bread in case you were wondering).
They gave us a chocolate cherry bread, which I made French toast out of yesterday, and also this multi ...
Posted in Illinois, groceries | No Comments »
Sunday, December 2nd, 2007
Did you know St. Louis food bloggers have love for you. Well we do, and today we're all posting our lists of 10 local food gifts.
Here you can find the other participants lists. There's sure to be some overlap, and it will be fun to see where it ...
Posted in Illinois, beer, coffee, farmers' markets, groceries, restaurants | 5 Comments »
Saturday, December 1st, 2007
Here is my dog Jack pretending he has done nothing wrong...
here he is begging for more...
and here is what he got scolded for eating...well the heel anyway...after the jump...
Posted in Illinois, general food, restaurants | 1 Comment »
Tuesday, November 6th, 2007
If you didn't look at the bottom of that Erato menu I posted, they're having a Spanish Wine Dinner on November 28th. Here are more details as reprinted from their event card:
7:30 November 28th
Featuring the wines of America premier Spanish importer Jorge Ordonez and the culinary creations of Chef ...
Posted in Illinois, events | No Comments »
Monday, November 5th, 2007
So it's time to round out the 222 Artisan Bakery free ad campaign with the obligatory comments on the open house. If you were hoping for pictures, well that's just too bad. I didn't take any. You should have gone.
I merely sampled, enjoyed, and was quickly blown ...
Posted in Illinois, events, restaurants | 1 Comment »
Monday, November 5th, 2007
Ian seems to like it, Bonwich felt mostly the same, and Sauce gave their chef an awfully nice write up/interview. Add to that the suggestions by Wayno on Chowhound and Matt at 222, and at last, so as to break up my apparent love letters ...
Posted in Illinois, restaurants, reviews | 5 Comments »
Friday, November 2nd, 2007
Not to quickly follow up one post about something with an immediate post about the exact same thing, but I just noticed I forgot to mention that 222 Artisan Bakery is having an open house tomorrow evening from 6-9PM. As I believe Matt explained it to me, they'll be showing ...
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Friday, November 2nd, 2007
If you're unfamiliar, let me tell you a quick story -- at least as I understand it:
A man meets a woman in San Francisco. They both go to baking school. They fall in love and move to Seattle to follow their joint-love of coffee. Then, tired of being in ...
Posted in Illinois, coffee, restaurants, reviews | 3 Comments »
