Month: October 2012

Rhode Island Johnny Cakes

Rhode Island Johnny Cakes

Move over, classic stack. Rhode Island Johnny Cakes are in town.

Chicken Vesuvio

Chicken Vesuvio

Sweet home, Chicago. A classic one-pot meal, and a classic Chicago dish: Chicken Vesuvio.

Cinnamon Sugar Coffee Cake

Cinnamon Sugar Coffee Cake

 There’s a chocolate shop that I pass daily on my walk to work and the smell of freshly baked croissants hits me in the face every morning, taunting me, as if saying, “Come eat my buttery goodness!”  That calling is the inspiration for today’s breakfast – a cinnamon sugar coffee cake.

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Apple Pie Ice Cream

Apple Pie Ice Cream

When I think of a dessert that is quintessentially Midwestern, or All-American for that matter, I can’t help but picture apple pie. It invokes a wholesome, Richie Cunningham (yeah, I watched Happy Days…so?), from-the-farm image. Because of this, I thought it was the most obvious…