If you watch the weather channel in Chicago, I know what you’re thinking. “One sunny day all year and she’s already making smoothies?” Well, yes. And with good reason.…
I have a theory that the only people who don’t like sweet potatoes haven’t tried them. And they definitely haven’t tried this chipotle sweet potato chili. Or maybe they have tried them but they’ve tried them plain, cooked half-heartedly in a microwave and topped with something lackluster, like fat-free sour cream or worse: fake butter. Sweet potatoes also take a lot of flack when it comes to French fries. Dedicated eaters have strong opinions about how they like their French…
Pizza is a meal that is very much associated with Italian tradition. Said to have originated in Naples, pizza is typically an oven-baked, flat, disc-shaped bread topped with a tomato sauce and cheese (usually mozzarella). From there, the definition gets a little blurry. Pizza takes on many different forms in various parts of Italy and around the world. Enter the United States – a melting pot of cultures and cuisines – and you can imagine how pizza is taken to…