Edibility tells you where to get your snobby foodstuffs.L2O Blog gives the drummer dishwasher some.Hotel restaurant news: 312 Dining Diva gets some early info about Chef Scott Walton's Market House in the Streeterville DoubleTree Inn, while Dish talks to Todd Stein, who's opening a couple places in the yet-to-open theWit in Gold Coast.Chicago Gluttons enjoy a little Spaggia.Tales of restaurants past: Schlogl's and its literary roundtable.And speaking of breakfast, Sky Full of Bacon checks out Shokolad, which is this week's "save this restaurant" in Time Out.Tweet/Big Chick's INA's Ina Pinkney's take on comfort food: it's not just about the food.The Stew's Christopher Borrelli loves The Meatloaf Bakery, despite the ludicrous prices.Ĭhicago Mag has The Bristol's Chris Pandel on the Front Burner,.Get a coupon for $1 oatmeal at Jamba Juice.Krumkake is very thin and (usually) hollow in the middle so they can be a bit awkward to eat - but that's half the fun. In Germany, the cookie is often filled with whipped cream or raspberry compote I've also used it as an ice cream cone. I prefer to eat the cookie plain, with a cup of coffee (or without). It's easier if you have two people baking because after the cookie comes off the griddle they need to be rolled immediately and the process goes much quicker with an extra person. My mom and I make these cookies together every year. Krumkake is made with a two-sided iron griddle my mom still uses her Grandma's griddle and while it's falling apart, it has a beautiful design that transfers to the cookie and it still works perfectly. The Norwegian waffle cookie is very popular in Norway and among Norwegian immigrant descendants in the Midwest. This recipe comes from my Great Grandma and is my favorite Christmas cookie, hands down. ![]() ![]() Recipe Thu The Twelve Days of Christmas: Day 7 Add to that antipasti, deviled eggs, salad, broccoli (always overcooked), scalloped potatoes, Italian sausage simmered in marinara, and whatever other dishes my grandmother, mother and aunts decided to make, and you've got quite a meal. ![]() By my count, we had at least that many: anchovies mixed into the breading on the stuffed artichokes oysters Rockefeller shrimp cocktail fried calamari and smelts and spaghetti with a gravy containing lobster, calamari, fresh cod (or other white fish) and baccalà (salt cod). The dinner was always centered around lots of seafood only later did I learn that it was a variation on the Feast of Seven Fishes, a traditional Italian Christmas Eve meal. Oh sure, we got our presents from Santa on the 25th, but Christmas Eve dinner was the highlight of the holiday season. And growing up, Christmas was usually spent with my mom's side of the family - which meant meant Christmas Eve was far more important, celebration-wise than Christmas Day. My German last name hides the fact that I'm a second generation Italian-American on my mother's side.
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