Month: May 2015

Blue Apron Meals a Bust

Blue Apron offers a meal plan service that delivers fresh ingredients to your doorstep with original recipes, meant to make cooking at home more convenient. After hearing a lot about Blue Apron, I decided to try it out for myself. I signed up for 3 meals, each with enough to serve two people, and anxiously […] Read more…

Airport Food: Tortas Frontera by Rick Bayless

I don’t think I’ve ever met a person who enjoys spending time at the airport. Between the early arrival times, security hassles, airline delays and annoying procedures, there isn’t really any reason to look forward to a trip to the airport (aside from the final destination, of course). In an effort to change this universal […] Read more…

Celebrate National Burger Month with Burger Binge Week

In addition to May being my birthday month (yayy!), it also happens to be National Burger Month! There is nothing quite like sinking your teeth into a juicy burger with all the fixin’s, right? In fact, one of the best descriptions I have heard of how amazing a good burger can truly be, is from Marshall, […] Read more…

Green Street Smoked Meats

When you are walking down Green Street in the West Loop neighborhood in Chicago, you might not notice Green Street Smoked Meats at first. The entrance is located across from The Allis in the same alley with the entrance to High Five Ramen. If you walk down to the far end of the alley, a […] Read more…

5 Reasons to Travel America by Rail on Amtrak

My mother is a huge fan of trains. Growing up, she always found opportunities for us to skip flying and instead ride along to our destination on Amtrak. Some of my best memories are riding on a train to Maine and even overnight to Disney World. Riding the train can be a lot more relaxing […] Read more…