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New Year’s French Dinner

This year it’s all about France - I’m polishing up my accent, dusting off my passport & booking a flight. My heart has always belonged to France, I think it’s about time I go find it.

Feast: A History of Grand Eating by Sir Roy C. Strong

"From the nude acrobats who entertained dinner guests in ancient Greece to the quiet rituals of medieval monks, from Roman debauchery and excess to the restrained rigor of the Victorian dinner party, sharing a grand meal has always been a theatrical event. But feasts are also complex social phenomena - these celebrations have divided and united people; they have signaled peace, marriages, victories, alliances, coronations and funerals."

Chicago’s Best Pizza: Dishing Deeper on the Deep-Dish

I flew into Chicago a deep-dish virgin, and emerged a full-fledged, lip-smacking, Chiago-style pizza-lusting woman. I’m hooked.

Chicago: More Than Great Deep-Dish, And Yes, Pretty Windy

I knew about deep-dish (can’t say I’d ever had an authentic one); but that, the biting winds and Charlie Trotter’s were all I really knew about Chicago.