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help with breakfast recipe--gluten free!

having a brunch and need an egg casserole recipe that's gluten free! all the good ones seem to have flour or bread in them. any ideas??

Feb 24, 2011
evjolin in Home Cooking

save me....butcher/lamb question

so.....bought some butterflied leg of lamb for 9 bucks a pound this weekend. made my fave grilled and marinated lamb recipe. the issue is this: when i "trimmed the leg of excess fat and sinew" according to the directions, i ended up with HALF fat and HALF meat. 3ish lb. leg of lamb became 1.5lbs of lamb. and that's 13.5 bucks i paid for FAT!!!! just curious if that is normal....i saved all the fat in a ziploc to show my butcher, but before i make an ass of myself, i thought i would see if that fat to meat ratio is to be expected of leg of lamb. thnaks!

Jun 01, 2010
evjolin in Home Cooking

Need help asap with Marcella hazan recipe -- tomato sauce

thanks so much! you are lifesaver!

Mar 30, 2010
evjolin in Home Cooking

What'll be on your table this Easter?

this lamb recipe is different, grilled, and soooooo delicious. my friend who doesn't care for lamb even liked it prepared this way.

http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/foo...

Mar 30, 2010
evjolin in Home Cooking

Need help asap with Marcella hazan recipe -- tomato sauce

All my stuff is in storage and it's a rainy yucky day....anyone have the recipe for her basic tomato sauce? It's tomatoes and half an onion and a stick of butter.....but I can't remember how much canned tomatoes I need or how long to cook everything....anyone?? Thanks!!

Mar 30, 2010
evjolin in Home Cooking

help with casual, reasonably priced restaurant near avenue hotel

sounds good, have heard it gets pretty loud though.....thoughts?

Oct 06, 2009
evjolin in Chicago Area

help with casual, reasonably priced restaurant near avenue hotel

looking to go with a large group 20 plus people, want to keep things under $20 an entree. any kind of food is fine, as long as it is yummy!! even a bar with great burgers will do....thanks!

Oct 06, 2009
evjolin in Chicago Area

Top Mexican Restaurant

not sure what part of the city you will be in, but new rebozo is a favorite of mine, i go every time i am in chicago. authentic food, amazing mole and margaritas :-)

Oct 06, 2009
evjolin in Chicago Area

Top 3 Hot Dogs

wiener circle. skip portillo;s.....

Sep 14, 2009
evjolin in Chicago Area

Help with fun and yummy yet inexpensive dining for a group of around 20...

Heading to Chicago to celebrate a birthday and will need a good place for a casual dinner. Group of 20ish people, some children. Definitely want delicious food and great atmosphere, as some haven't ever been to chicago before (can you believe it??)

One friend recommended Decero Taqueria, and it seems great to me! Just looking for confirmation of that suggestion or some other ones.

No particular desire for a certain kind of food..just don't want to do the pizza thing.

Any area close to the Loop or Magnificent mile will work....thanks!!

Sep 14, 2009
evjolin in Chicago Area

1 regional Mexican meal tonight - accessible from River North

my FAVORITE mexican restaurant is New Rebozo...either in Oak Park or Forrest Park...

Sep 14, 2009
evjolin in Chicago Area

Springwater Bistro - Saratoga Springs

Must agree--Springwater wasn't a place my husband and I frequented, but we sure had some fantastic meals there. We went there for Restaurant week in Dec and it was horrid. I had made reservations, we showed up, the restaurant was NOT busy, and we waited 10-15 minutes for a table. We actually were discussing leaving when they finally sat us.

As for our meal, mediocre at best. The dessert, creme brulee, indescribable. My husband literally was like, "blech" and I thought he was being silly....took a bite, and it was inedible. We won;t be going back. A shame.

Feb 24, 2009
evjolin in General Tristate Archive