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And Yet They Were Happy: by Helen Phillips: Review
And Yet They Were Happy by Helen Phillips Rating: 3.5/5.0 Publisher: Leapfrog Press A story ripe with natural disasters, monsters, biblical offshoots and the occasional magic orb is none too common in the literary
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DMK Burger Bar: Chicago, IL
2954 N. Sheffield Ave. Chicago, IL 60657 www.dmkburgerbar.com At the intersection of Sheffield and Wellington in Chicago’s Lakeview neighborhood, there is a powder blue building with a giant fish painted on its side. This
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The Bar on Buena: Chicago, IL
910 W. Buena Avenue Chicago, IL 60613 www.baronbuena.com They say that food is as much a visual medium as it is a taste-based one. While I normally would agree wholeheartedly, my logic of “if
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Phoebe’s Cupcakes: Chicago, IL
3327 N. Broadway Avenue Chicago, IL 60657 www.chicagocupcakes.com Cupcakes are a sugary treat that pretty much every American has been familiar with since childhood. Even in their simplest form, a personal cake that requires
Read More »Childhood Revisited: Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
What childhood movie did you love? Which scared you? And how does it play now, watching it again as an adult? In this new feature, our writers revisit the films that affected them as
Read More »Mr. Peanut: by Adam Ross
Mr. Peanut by Adam Ross Rating: 3.9/5.0 Publisher: Vintage Contemporaries David Pepin is found with his fingers down his wife’s throat, swollen closed from a peanut allergy. The manuscript of his unfinished novel is
Read More »Popeye Potatoes
Truly a side dish for the meal of a man’s man, this recipe combines the hearty, filling quality of potatoes, the savory saltiness of bacon and the novelty of believing spinach will give you
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Have you ever sat down to a meal and been discouraged by the lack of vitamin C present in its side dishes? Probably not, but that doesn’t mean that you shouldn’t still be thrilled
Read More »Lemon- Garlic Chicken
As much as I love to cook for people, there are plenty of instances where by the time I get home I would much rather punch my boyfriend in the face than create some
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