Tips for Growing Fresh Basil

Anyone who flips through the recipes on this site will find I’m a huge fan of fresh basil. It’s my go-to herb of choice when I’m looking to add a boost of flavor. Of course, other classic favorites include parsley, rosemary, thyme and cilantro. But basil always seems to be the front runner in most [...]

Chicago Holiday Adventures: Walking Tour

This is part of my Chicago Holiday Adventures series. Check out my other posts: A Foodie Within, O’ Christmas Tree, Walking Tour A requirement for my recent vacation adventure in Chicago was to grab a cup of hot chocolate and explore the city. I’m a huge fan of the windy city’s architecture with all of [...]

Chicago Holiday Adventures: O’ Christmas Tree

This is part of my Chicago Holiday Adventures series. Check out my other posts: A Foodie Within, O’ Christmas Tree, Walking Tour I absolutely love Chicago during the holidays and the city was tinkling bright during my vacation adventures. It seemed like everywhere I turned, a Christmas tree was beautifully decorated to show off it’s [...]

Chicago Holiday Adventures: A Foodie Within

This is part of my Chicago Holiday Adventures series. Check out my other posts: A Foodie Within, O’ Christmas Tree, Walking Tour Would you be shocked if I told you I liked to eat? Of course, no vacation would be complete without a few adventures in food. The beauty of this trip was it wasn’t [...]

Chicago Holiday Adventures

This is part of my Chicago Holiday Adventures series. Check out my other posts: A Foodie Within, O’ Christmas Tree, Walking Tour I was fortunate enough to live in one of my most favorite cities for a little over five years. While my current residence of Pittsburgh is wonderful, there is still a place in [...]

4 Tips for the Perfect Dinner Party Wine

You’re invited to a dinner party and you want to bring a nice bottle of wine. A quick trip to the wine store and you become overwhelmed by the racks upon racks of bottles. What to choose? That is the question of the moment. Should you pick a red, a white or a lovely forbidden [...]

Tips for Creating the Perfect Antipasti Platter

What Tuscan meal would be complete without a platter of meats, cheeses and roasted vegetables? There was no set recipe when it came to creating a perfect antipasti platter for my Party on the Porch. It just took a little creativity, a flair for styling and a love of great flavor. Here are a few [...]

5 Favorite iPhone Apps from a Profoodie Perspective

This was the post I wrote while traveling home from a business trip this past Saturday. Enjoy! I’m sitting at the airport waiting to board a flight back to Pittsburgh.  For most of last week, I was in Atlanta conducting market research for my job.  I’m exhausted, my mind is racing and I’m so looking [...]

My Most Favorite Chicago Restaurants

I had the privilege of living and working in the heart of Chicago for five years.  This city offers the incredible energy of a major city, combined with a melting pot of cultures and flavors through its diverse network of neighborhoods.  I have since moved to Pittsburgh, but I still get asked from time-to-time my [...]

Crab Rangoon – The Four “F’s” of Failure

I have something really important to say that has been eating me up inside for weeks.  If I don’t share it with the world soon, I just might explode like the three Easter Peep’s I “accidently” left in the microwave. I have a weakness for Chinese buffets. Insert heavy gasping and moaning here. Don’t ask [...]

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