Native Foods Cubano Sandwich
Native Foods announced today its Cubano sandwich, available on Jan. 27 through 29. They’re calling it a limited-time only SuperBowl Special, but keep in mind the SuperBowl is actually the following weekend. Still, for all you Native Food addicts, here’s a chance to try something new! Super Bowl Special: The Cubano Sandwich You’ll love tackling [...]
Vegetarian Spring Roll Recipe
In this video shot by Veggie Fest Chicago, Indonesian chef Kadek Supartini demonsrates how to make vegetable spring rolls. VEGETABLE SPRING ROLL Ingredients: ½ medium cabbage (sliced thinly) 4 carrots (shredded) 1 package firm tofu 1 cup fresh cilantro (chopped) 3 cloves fresh garlic (minced) Salt and white pepper (according to taste) 1 package spring roll [...]
Baked Apple Steel Cut Oats
Oatmeal! Definitely one of my regular picks for breakfast during the week. On a week day, I usually just cook some old fashioned rolled oats (not the instant kind) in microwave and top it off with some fruit. It makes a warm, satisfying breakfast in just a few minutes. However, some times it just doesn’t [...]
Native Foods SuperBowl Snacks Cooking Demos
Native Foods is offering two free cooking demos geared towards making SuperBowl snacks. Chef Kendall Huff and her team will serve up appetizer recipes as well as free samples. Native Foods – Wicker Park Saturday, January 14th @ 9:30am Native Foods – Lakeview Sunday, January 15th @ 9:30am Sign-up for the free cooking demo. (Limited [...]
VIVO Chicago’s $20 Winter Menu Benefiting Children’s Memorial Hospital
Now through March 31, 2012, check out VIVO Restaurant and its new $20 winter hree-course menu, available for both lunch and dinner. A percentage of the menu will be donated to the Children’s Memorial Hospital. To make a reservation or for more information, please visit www.vivo-chicago.com or call 312.733.3379. VIVO Restaurant is located at 838 W. Randolph St. Executive Chef [...]
Kombu Enoki Tsukudani
Kombu is kind of edible kelp that’s commonly used in Japanese cooking for making dash, a basic soup stock for things like miso soup, ramen, hot pot, and other simmered dishes. Kombo is often sold dried, in thick strips. One or two strips of dried kombu is placed into cold water and then heated to [...]
World Go Vegan Week 2011 (Oct. 24-31)
This is week the 5th Annual World Go Vegan Week! Celebrate compassion for animals, the environment, and promote good health and well-being by adopting a vegan diet for a week. A plant-based diet, free from meat, milk, eggs, honey and other animal derived products, can be very beneficial to your health, and also to the environment [...]
