Mint & Pea Pesto Crostini

Cooking for a Crowd, Recipes, Small Plates & Snacks, Weekend Cooking March 13, 2015
mint and pea crostini

It started at the Farmer’s Market when I decided I needed to make pesto sauce. The weather was gorgeous, I was wearing a sundress and it seemed like the right thing to do. Because there is a saying about the best laid plans and how they never work out or something like that, I could not find one piece of basil at the farmer’s market. Sure, there were lovely basil plants abound, but my ability to nurture anything, plants included,…

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New York City: WestHouse Hotel

To Stay, Travel March 12, 2015

You’re well traveled and you like luxury accommodations, but you haven’t quite reached the point in your career where you’re ready to spring for luxury prices, right? WestHouse Hotel New York is the solution to your travel woes. A sophisticated boutique property among luxury hotels in New York City, WestHouse Hotel New York aims, and succeeds, at being your house away from home. …

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Eat it or Wear it: Leah Chavie Shares the Best Winter Foods for Your Skin

Beauty, Living, Wellness March 9, 2015

It’s easy for skin to become dry, pale and sallow during the winter months, especially in Chicago where the coldest season of the year seems to never end. Before you spend your entire paycheck on fancy lotions and creams, try nourishing your skin from the inside out.  We’ve all heard that drinking eight glasses of water a day will keep your body and skin hydrated, but the nutrients in some of our favorite winter flavors can also play a part in your health.…

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Perfect Manhattan

Recipes, Things to Drink March 5, 2015

For James Bond, it was a vesper. For Don Draper, an old fashioned. For Carrie Bradshaw, a Cosmopolitan (along with every woman over 21 from 1998-2004). Every star needs a signature cocktail, so why not make yours the Classic Manhattan?…

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