Category Archives: Other

Raspberry Picking and Storing

Posted on September 10, 2012 by

One of my co-workers found this small pesticide-free raspberry farm about an hour and a half away from Chicago and kindly volunteered to drive us there, the only request being that we leave at 6:30am on a Sunday! It wasn’t … Continue reading →

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Illuminating Blogger Award and a Must Make Cake

Posted on August 3, 2012 by

One of my favorite things about blogging is the people you “meet”. I have discovered (and been discovered by) many inspiring blogs since I’ve started this blog. It is great to see that my sister is not the only one … Continue reading →

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Why Supermarket Tomatoes Don’t Taste as Good as my Mom’s

Posted on June 29, 2012 by

We all know that off season tomatoes can taste awful (I’ve heard people complain they taste like cardboard), but I thought this is mostly because they’re picked before they ripe and they are ripened with ethanol gas. However, a recent … Continue reading →

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Beautiful Northern Ireland

Posted on June 12, 2012 by

And I am back! As I mentioned in my lasts posts I had a rough time at work trying to meet a deadline which led to a month of very little sleep and very little online time…also, almost no time … Continue reading →

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Chicago Beer Festival

Posted on May 3, 2012 by

      This post is a bit late, but at the end of March, I went to a beer festival, at the Union Station in Chicago. The festival was a bit expensive, but I was able to get very … Continue reading →

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Versatile Blogger Award

Posted on April 11, 2012 by

When I started this blog, one post a day for most days didn’t seem too hard…I mean, I do have lots of recipes I want to share with everyone! Of course, this didn’t happen as most nights I just want … Continue reading →

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Snow!

Posted on December 13, 2011 by

Last Friday, it finally snowed enough to accumulate and I managed to take a few pictures in the morning before it started to melt away. Despite the warmer temperatures this week, I think it is fair to say that winter … Continue reading →

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Festival of Wood and Barrel Aged Beer

Posted on November 21, 2011 by

I came across a flyer for this festival last year while visiting the Metropolitan Brewery and I knew this would be a great event for the physical sciences graduate students. I went for the first time last year and I … Continue reading →

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