For most of my life, I’ve had a love-affair with Greek food. We have Greek blood on my father’s side and ever since I can remember, important events like graduations and birthdays were almost always celebrated with big, loud Greek…
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Literally next door to one of my favorite (budget-friendly!) restaurants in Chicago, The Allis, is yet ANOTHER of my favorite haunts. Right up the stairs from Allis, inside the very same building, is a delicious little spot I find myself at ALL…
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I ADORE French Cuisine. Back in Spring 2004, I did an exchange program in high school where I lived with a homestay family in Grenoble, France. It was my very first trip abroad and my first exposure to the culinary…
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You may have noticed that lately I’ve been RAVING about ALL the restaurants I’ve shared here these past few weeks. And before I’m accused of loving every restaurant I step foot into, I’d like to set the record straight! I go…
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When I first moved to Chicago after college I knew NOTHING about the restaurant scene here. Mind you this was 6 years ago when Instagram had barely surfaced and the amateur Chicago foodie scene was just a quiet echo of the massive…
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Sed Bona, a snippet of the Latin phrase “Pauca Sed Bona“, means “quality over quantity”. It means that having more isn’t always best. It means empowering yourself to do fewer but better, more beautiful, and more fruitful things
