War and upheaval walk together hand in hand. And it’s not uncommon for them to find you completely unprepared. In February, Ukrainians had already been fighting Russians in their eastern regions for over eight years. Threats of a larger invasion at the beginning of this year were viewed with confident incredulity, until it happened and …
What we know of as the South is as much an attitude as it is anything else. It’s a way of looking at the world, it’s a way of responding to other people and it’s a way of eating. Two very different dining experiences highlighted the continuity of the southern diet in very different ways. …
The Success of Opposites – Waffle House and Dasha Barbours Southern Bistro Read More »
If you’ve been around long enough to remember the shock of 9/11, you recall; and may still recoil at, how much things changed in its aftermath. Heightened security might have made us feel more safe boarding an airplane, but the precautions implemented after that fateful day also served to erode our sense of who we …
Irrepressible and Matchless – The Chicago Jazz Festival Read More »
Its location is the oddest thing about it. Howard Avenue, the line dividing the suburb of Evanston on the north from Chicago on south, has city written all over it. Usually tight, busy and slightly tense, it’s a major thoroughfare that leans bungalow west of Western Avenue. The further east you go, things get more …