It’s a dream come true. Now I just need to be a guest speaker in some one’s class and I will have fulfilled the majority of my nerdy fantasies. A fellow journalism student Chrissy Mahlmeister interviewed me for a class she took over J-term. It was about blogging, I don’t know exactly what the class [...]

cakespy cafe
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Jessie Oleson, for those of you in need of a “things what are cute” lesson, is the Head Spy over at Cakespy.com and she is also a fantastic and hilarious painter. I wanted to make a cake ode to her before I throw myself head first into [...]

vegan potato pizza
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When I worked at Letizia’s Natural Bakery I was vegan. Tragic, I know, but Letizia always made sure to have homemade vegan soups for me, and sometimes she made this amazing potato rosemary pizza rustica. Tony and I saw Toni Fiore make this pizza on Delicious [...]

knit & destroy sale
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Due to overwhelming awesomeness I ran out of Bake & Destroy shirts today! Never fear, I’m printing more, and on a brand-new style of shirt to boot! So to make room I’m clearing out all the Knit & Destroy stuff. Take advantage of my lack [...]

cream de menthe cookie
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Last week I gave an interview to a fellow journalism student at Columbia who was profiling “an alternative Chicago voice.” I have a very alternative voice. In fact I once had a musician boyfriend marvel at my ability to match Mike Ness’ tone exactly. That’s [...]

So here it is, the grand finale of my Zombies in Popular Media class. My midterm project on Scott Kenemore’s The Zen of Zombie led to him coming to speak with my class, so I’m hoping this cookbook will at least land me an internship in the Eat Out section of Time Out Chicago. [...]

Time Out Chicago
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Time Out’s dining section and a handful of Yelp reviews are the only opinions I trust about eating in Chicago- and not just because they included me in their list of food blogs that aren’t total crap. But I’m certainly grateful that they did.
If you’re in [...]

apple face
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An alternate name for these would be “stuff I found in my fridge cakes” although that is notably less appetizing than their current name. I went back and forth all morning about whether or not to bake today. I need to work on my zombie cookbook, Teno [...]

Pizza Margherita
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Tony and I have taken to watching Delicious TV lately. I love Toni Fiore, she’s like a vegetarian Carmella Soprano. We watched the pizza special the other day and couldn’t wait until the week end to make pizza margherita. Our Aerogarden supplied us with fresh basil and [...]

spice cakes
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Hey guess what! This post isn’t about zombies. I know, right? Sadly, my Zombies teacher was sick today which means no sitting between Steve and Mark and watching Return of the Living Dead and making snarky comments and laughing over soup from Panera. But… it’s ok. My [...]