Red Lentil and Ham Soup

This is a hard time of year for food. The weather outside is sunny and cool, the tulips are blooming all over Chicago and the anticipation of summer is in the air. And here I am making more winter soups. Ho hum. We try to eat seasonally as much as possible in The Whole Kitchen, [...]

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Tomato Soup with Fennel

Last week, I finally got around to reading Molly Wizenberg’s book, A Homemade Life. Molly is one of my favorite food bloggers, also known around the web as Orangette. I’ve made dozens of her blog recipes, and her husband’s chana masala is the gold standard recipe in our home now. I don’t know why I [...]

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Meet Me at Perennial, May 4

I’ve been friends with Lisa Williams for about 7 years. When I was working at The Cradle, she owned the print shop that I used for the organization’s printing. Occasionally, Lisa & I would go road tripping to a press check or out to lunch – or both! I’ve always had a great time hanging [...]

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Grain-Free Granola Bars

It’s been a little quieter in the Whole Kitchen recently…I’ve been managing to still get a couple posts up each week, but there hasn’t been a lot of activity and creativity in the kitchen. I’ve got a little adrenal fatigue goin’ on from working too hard without taking much vacation time, and recent weekends have [...]

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Review: Canyon Bakehouse

My introduction to Canyon Bakehouse started with a bad experience at my favorite sandwich shop – rather, the only sandwich shop I can visit, since they cater to gluten-free customers. I had a lousy sandwich, on teensy slices of bad, frozen gluten-free bread. The real insult came when I got to the register, and they [...]

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Lamb and Tepary Bean Tacos with Chard

Easter dinner at our house this year strayed from the traditional pork roast or baked ham. The weather was so beautiful in Chicago Easter weekend, it was hard to motivate ourselves to do anything but sit on the balcony and read while the sound of the waves crashing against the shore washed our worries away. [...]

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Sour Cherry Frozen Yogurt

The sudden onset of summer-like temps in Chicago has made us all a little giddy this week. When it’s 83 degrees on April Fool’s Day, the weather may be the greatest prank of all – few of us had work on our minds and the whole of the city itched to get outside as soon [...]

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