It truly is sweet to do nothing.

When you don't feel like sushi.

How to host a dinner party without turning on the stove. Well, almost.

A happy accident.
On Saturday morning, I visited the St. Stephen's Greenmarket at 82nd and First, where I bought some dill, brussels sprouts, shallots and beets - at least, I thought they were beets.Turns out, they were a batch of the bi

Happy Thanksgiving!
On this most food-obsessed of all holidays, I wish you all the very best! And if you need a little help today, don't forget that the Butterball hotline is open all day long (

Finally!
For a long time now - years, really - I've been on the hunt for a great pumpkin bread recipe. Most of the ones I've tried have been insipid and sweet, too loaded down with oil to actually bake all the way through without burning to a crisp on top, or just plain boring. Finally, though, I think I've hit gold. O

Resting our tummies.
When you're spending the weekend feasting on lobster, caviar and pheasant fritters, it probably isn't a terrible idea to pause for something on the simpler side. On Saturday afternoon, before we met up with Josh and Liz for an architecture boat tour of downtown Chicago, Nick, Louisa and I went out in search of s

A little guidance goes a long way.
In case you're dying for another fix of either Alinea or Trotter's, I've posted copies of both menus over at GoogleDocs. (Tru's current menu can be found over here, on their website.) Now you can peruse Louisa's 30th birthday dinners over and over to your heart's content! Click here for Alinea, a