I can’t resist a stuffed mushroom anytime I see one. There’s something about that juicy, savory bite-sized bundle that makes it the perfect appetizer for any party. They kind of scream “holiday food” to me, but that’s probably because growing up, my sister and I…

Nothing screams “fall” to me more than baked apples!  These Apple Pie Parfaits are the perfect sweet little treats to whip up on the fly when you’re in the mood for a homemade apple pie, but don’t feel like dealing with making the real thing.…

I think my biggest hangup about Halloween treats is that the focus is usually on how cute or scary they look, rather than how they taste.  In fact, I myself went through a few flops while recipe testing in order to come up with something…

The weather is getting chilly, the holidays are creeping around the corner, and that made me remember to dig this video out of the archives!  We had a quick overnight “staycation” in Chicago, around this time LAST YEAR, when Joe was about to turn the…

Here’s the thing about thrift store shopping…you have to keep going in order to be able to look past the junk, and to get over the fact the items are secondhand. I never thought I’d buy used shoes, because frankly, it’s kind of ew if…

It began with a Google search for “Chicago + Mom + Chef,” according to the Senior Editor of Chicago Parent Magazine who interviewed me when I asked her how she even found me. I was to be in an article with two other moms, who…