• Holiday Afternoon Tea at The Langham

    Can you believe it? Tomorrow is already Christmas! I can't believe how quickly 2019 is coming …

  • A Culinary Barge Cruise Through Burgundy France

    Most visitors to France make it to Paris and Versailles but little else. C'est trè…

  • Doors of Italy

    I say this ALL the time but I am SO lucky to travel the way …

  • The Most Instagrammable Airbnb In Mexico

    Okay, okay... "Most Instagrammable Airbnb in Mexico" might be a TAD misleading considering... a) I've …

  • Chicago Eats || Casati’s Pizza Vino

    It’s no secret that I LOVE good Italian food. Frankly, who doesn’…

  • Project Runway All-Stars Launch Party

    Project Runway All-Stars Launch Party

    On October 30th, Season Four of Project Runway All-Stars aired on Lifetime and I was honored to attend the Chicago Launch Party at the Mayne Theater, hosted by designers Kate Pankoke and Justin LeBlanc. 

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    A Grimm Halloween

    A Grimm Halloween

    “Next to a great forest there lived a poor woodcutter with his wife and his two children. The boy’s name was Hansel and the girl’s name was Gretel. He had but little to eat, and once, when a great famine…

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    Sea Salt Chocolate Chip Cookies

    Sea Salt Chocolate Chip Cookies

    After having lunch with the girls at Summer House a few weeks ago, I couldn’t stop thinking about their amazing food, but most especially their ENORMOUS cookies! Rice Crispy Chocolate Chip, Snickerdoodle, Apple Cinnamon… I haven’t met a cookie of theirs that…

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    The Bee’s Knees

    The Bee’s Knees

    “Red is the great clarifier — bright, cleansing and revealing, it makes all colors beautiful. I can’t imagine becoming bored with red — it would be like becoming bored with the person you love” — Diana Vreeland

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    Whole Roasted Cauliflower “Brain”

    Whole Roasted Cauliflower “Brain”

    It’s finally Halloween week! So today, I wanted to share this deliciously simple yet oh-so-spooky cauliflower dish which works well as an entrée or an appetizer and comes out of the oven actually looking like a roasted brain. Creepy yet delicious!…

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