You’ve Been Tagged

Elizabeth of Elizabeth’s Cooking Experiments has tagged me for a fun little meme! It’s been ages since I’ve done a meme… but since I have some free time these days, why not?!
Seven Secrets and/or Weird Facts About Joelen

I prefer eating in local neighborhood restaurants over chains & highly rated/chic restaurants. Why? There’s a whole different [...]

The Sweet 100: How Sweet is YOUR Sweet Tooth?

The Sweet 100Take from Ema’s Edible Experiments!
How the Sweet 100 Works:
1) Copy this list into your blog or journal, including these instructions.2) Bold all the items you’ve eaten.3) Cross out any items that you would never consider eating.
… From the looks of my results, I sure have eaten quite a bit of sweets! I’ve eaten/tasted [...]

The Vegetarian’s 100

Maggie of Dog Hill Kitchen and Maybelle’s Mom of Feeding Maybelle have thought about and created their Vegetarian take on the Omnivore’s 100 list! Check out their sites to see their lists and leave a comment there. General rules:
bold = have eatenunhighlighted = haven’t eatencrossed out = won’t ever eat (I’d try everything on this [...]

My Omnivore 100…

What’s your Omnivore 100 score? If you’d like, find out your Omnivore 100 score with this list of food items. How the Omnivore’s 100 works:
1) Copy this list into your blog or journal, including these instructions.2) Bold all the items you’ve eaten.3) Cross out any items that you would never consider eating.
I did mine a [...]

TAG you’re IT!

And for your weekend blog-reading pleasure… a little game of TAG! My friend Karen of Loves To Eat Weblog “tagged” me to share a few snippets of myself. Here are the Tagging Rules:
Each player answers the questions about themselves. At the end of the post, the player then tags 5 people and posts their names, [...]

I’ve Made Someone’s Day!

As I blog about my “culinary adventures” whether they are the meals at home or events I host with my group, What’s Cookin Chicago, I sometimes wonder if sharing my culinary experiences are even interesting enough for readers or if they just get suspended out in cyber blogspace. But the following award has motivated me [...]

Midweek Meme…

Here’s a midweek tidbit.. a little meme, thanks to Danielle from Make No Little Meals. Thanks Danielle for tagging me! Here are my responses… and read on to see who I’ve tagged next:
What were you doing 10 years ago?I was a fulltime college student, working full time as a retail supervisor for Brooks Brothers.
What were [...]

Nice Matters!

A great foodie and personal friend of mine, Elly of Elly Says Opa!, has nominated for a Nice Matters Award. It was such a surprise and honor to have been thought of — Thank you Elly!

Please check out Elly’s blog for her amazing recipes, delicious photos and witty commentaries. She is quite an inspiration as [...]

TAG! Name yourself!

I’ve been TAGGED! I was “tagged” by Jen of Jennyfer’s Culinary Creations. As a result, I must list facts or tidbits about myself and then tag other people. However, I’m throwing in a twist I found on other food bloggers…. and you have to post these rules before you give the facts.
– Players, you must [...]

Tag! You’re IT!

Thanks to some of my fellow cooking divas: Cara, Jessica, Michelle & Renea! I’ve been “tagged” and as a result, I’m sharing a little insight into my food-loving world.
OK, tag! I’ve tagged the following cooking divas:Brianna, Julia, Melissa, Gillian, Sarah, Tina, Meghan
If I “tagged” your blog, here’s how to play!…
Each player starts with seven random [...]