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Posts tagged "food"

Little Things: Sunday Afternoon in Chinatown edition

1/ Baked BBQ pork buns 2/ Steamed BBQ pork buns 3/ Pork and shrimp dumplings Sometimes, it’s the little things that make our day. Literally.  Little and filled with pork.   Fully belly, happy Ferny... Read more »
By FernRonay,
April 29, 2012 at 4:57 pm
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One thing you probably shouldn't say while in a taxi

I hate Indian food. I mean I REALLY HATE it, I continued. I’ve tried to be a good sport and go to a restaurant with people who loooove it and I actually GAGGED the minute I walked in. I couldn’t take it. I didn’t eat anything. My friend: What about the naan? That’s good. Me... Read more »
By FernRonay,
March 1, 2012 at 9:47 am
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Today is National Apple Pie Day

And, like National Chocolate Covered Raisin Day, I file this under Not Interested.  Just never liked it. But, I am grateful for ~1/ apples – raw and fresh and crunchy2/ warm apple cider3/ and body wash and lotion from Bath & Body Works in Country Apple. Mmm Mmm Mmm... Read more »
By FernRonay,
May 11, 2011 at 6:22 pm
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Three things to be grateful for on Cinco de Mayo

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By FernRonay,
May 5, 2011 at 7:09 am
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Fellow Blogger of the Week

Enough about Osama, it’s #WeddingWednesday on Twitter! And, today I think about how, like any red-blooded American bride, I wanted to be really emaciated on my wedding day. Kidding! Kidding! Kidding! But, I was on a pre-wedding diet – who isn’t? – and it was then that I discovered Gina and her amazing Weight Watchers... Read more »
By FernRonay,
May 4, 2011 at 5:24 pm
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Today is National Chocolate-Covered Raisin Day

I swear! And today I am grateful ~1/ that I actually hate them.  (It’s never a bad thing to hate something chocolate-covered.) But, I am looking forward to 2/ chocolate-covered pretzel day and 3/ chocolate-covered peanut day. … and chocolate-covered strawberry day and chocolate-covered Oreo day and chocolate-covered popcorn day. You... Read more »
By FernRonay,
March 24, 2011 at 6:18 am
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Hello, Magnolia!

Dear Sprinkles, I know I tried to break up with you late last summer and, aside from a few ‘meetings,’ I’ve kept my word.  It wasn’t you.  It was me.  I swore off cupcakes forever. But, well, you might have heard that my first true love ~ THE Magnolia Bakery ~ is coming to Chicago... Read more »
By FernRonay,
March 16, 2011 at 8:31 am
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Today is National Potato Chip Day

Seriously. 1/ Sour cream and onion2/ Salt and vinegar3/ and baked ones to assuage my guilt. What’s your favorite chip... Read more »
By FernRonay,
March 13, 2011 at 1:45 pm
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10 Celebrities and the Chicago Restaurants They Love

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My parents, who are not celebrities but two Italians from New Jersey, are the biggest foodies in North America, possibly the world.  They live 20 minutes outside of New York City and so they’ve been to their fare share of Manhattan eateries and they travel to Vermont every year in June … just for the... Read more »
By FernRonay,
February 17, 2011 at 7:29 am
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Today is National Tortellini Day, which reminds me of...

when I was 9 or 10 and eating dinner at my Aunt Vinnie’s.  We were having tri color tortellini and I ate all of the white ones and left the orange and green. My Aunt Vinnie said the orange and green tasted just like the white ones.  “For real?” “Yeah, I wouldn’t lie to you.”... Read more »
By FernRonay,
February 13, 2011 at 10:24 am
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