How To: Wear the Color Blood Orange

Fashion

Don’t let the name intimidate you. Blood orange is much more attractive than it sounds, whether it’s in a refreshing cocktail or a part of your spring wardrobe. From just a splash in your sunnies to a bold summer dress, here are a few tips for brightening up your look with this citrus-y hue.…

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Spicy Shrimp Guacamole

Cooking for a Crowd, Recipes, Small Plates & Snacks
shrimp guacamole dip

I am not a summer person. It might be an unpopular opinion, but I sort of hate sweating. Though I’m always down to lay by the pool or drink a frozen margarita, it’s a rare occasion when you actually get to do those things in the city. When I initially moved to Chicago everyone told me how frigid the winters could be. No one bothered to tell me about the soul-sucking humidity that shows up around the end of May…

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Blood Orange Champagne Cocktail

Recipes, Things to Drink
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You know what’s fun? Drinking in the morning. Now, we don’t mean “a shot of tequila before work” or anything like that….(or do we?). There is something illicit about drinking a mimosa or a bloody mary with your weekend brunch at any point before the 5:00 p.m. happy hour curtain call. …

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Foil Packet Salmon with Tomatoes

Cooking for One or Two, Recipes, Worknight Dinners
foil packet salmon with tomatoes

It took me a long time to be able to cook fish with stellar results. I’ve made more than my share of mediocre scallops and I’ve played the “is it done?” dance with salmon so many times that I might as well be dating it. Inspired by an episode of the Food Network that I watched from the treadmill at the gym (I can’t be the only one who does that?) I wanted to create something that I could prepare…

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