I would really like it if Ina would condescend to write a Vegetarian cookbook sometime soon. Or she could just collect all her vegetarian recipes from her previous books and make one. I really like her approach to food, but I have a rule to only buy vegetarian cookbooks.

Namaste is way, way better. That way you are not exposing your neck, and you have your hands up already if there’s going to be a throwdown.

I was pissed off when the WHO and CDC were telling people who were non-symptomatic to NOT wear masks earlier(in Jan and Feb). It made no fucking sense then either. I understand that they wanted to preserve the N-95's and Surgical Masks for the healthcare and front line people, but to not say that “leave those alone…

When I read George Saunders, I thought of the old Hollywood Actor from the 30's. In fact he would be a good one. His voice was fantastic. 

Imma let you finish ... but the best Talenti offering is their Mango Sorbet made with real Alphonso Mangoes.

El Popo, especially the Amarilla, is a good substitute. Make sure it is the paper packaged ones. 

Yup. Just like Adidas and Puma. Here in the Midwest a similar story if Farm&Fleet and Fleet&Farm in Wisconsin. Brothers who divided up the territory. In India it was the breakup of Reliance after the brothers couldn’t get along. 

This is the right take. Trader Joe’s and to some extent Aldi’s ; half the fun is going and seeing what new crazy buys they came up with in the frozen food section or the seasonal buys section (at Aldi’s). Plus Aldi’s is already practicing the social distancing concept and there have been people shopping there every…

Although the special Chocolate Milkshake is only available after midnight on weekends, if I remember.

Its a seasonal slice they offer. Corn, sourcream, queso fresco with a squeezing of green chiles/cilanto based salsa. Excellent, if I may say. 

I agree with you. There’s a Cermak Produce next door and I go to that for my produce. But there are some things at Aldi that are decent, especially fingerling potatoes, Pineapple (when on sale), Eggs, Greek Yoghurt etc.

I have a Cermak Produce and Aldi next to each other. Both used to be drab and really not nice to shop in, but I did it anyway. Both of them have remodeled recently and now I am ecstatic. Aldi has headquarters near Chicago (Batavia I think) and they decided recently to revamp all their stores, both in terms of looks…

Try the Mayan recipe one from El Yucateca (called Kutbil-ik-de). It is my favorite. I like it better than even the Black Label, which is pretty good too. It has a wonderful blend of hot and spices that is tasty.

My two go-to items I get every time I go to TJ’s is Their Vegetable Masala Burger and the Truffle-Mushroom Trangioli. I think their Vegetable Biryani and Chana Masala is pretty decent. Maybe the best of these frozen Indian vegetarian dishes I have had.

I was wondering the same. The Taco bell neat Northwestern closed and there is no Taco Bell in Evanston. WTF?!? How? 

The places I have tried in the food halls in Chicago serve foods that are not usual in the restaurant scene. The two that come to mind straightaway are Thattu and Art of Dosa. Both serve foods that you pretty much cannot find in the city. Just for that alone; the food halls giving people like this a chance to ply…

Its all the talk of canned Chickpeas that is throwing people off. Please highlight/bold the Instant Pot reference in the article. It reads better when we KNOW that these beans were all cooked from scratch from dry in the same way.

This “raw milk” is about the level of anti-vax idjits. To say that pasteurization is killing all the “good things” in milk without specifying what those are is Gwyneth Paltrow Vagina Jade Egg level snake oil nonsense. According to those Raw Milk people, the supposed things that pasteurization kills “include…

One of the things on my Bucket List is to be banned from a local Chinese Buffet, with my picture on the wall and everything. I am far too long ways away from accomplishing this, though.

It was once a month thing. I went for a while and stopped because it was the same people, at the same restaurant, serving the same food. I would have continued if we rotated restaurants.