Chicago's Le Bouchon – owned by Oak Parker Jean Claude Poilevey -- celebrates 20 years in business this month, and it continues a restaurant tradition that began in Lyon, France.

In the lobby of the Lake Theater, you can find Raisinets, Milk Duds, Sno-Caps (which used to be called Nonpareils), and an abundance of other favorites…but no Dots.

We had the counterman cut our dogs in half, so we could do a side-by-side comparison.

About three years ago, I sold my car, which reduced our household fleet to one vehicle. So we started taking the train when we went downtown for dinner, which is usually several nights a week. What a revelation that was!

I'm always looking for new products at the Oak Park Farmers' Market, so I was glad to see Three Queens Maple Syrup. 

In a recent post on his blog, Hollander relates a story about going into a café in Paris that specialized in andouillette, pig intestine sausage.

Some bike riders think they own the damn road …and the sidewalks. Blowing through stop signs as though such traffic control devices didn't apply to them, zipping between slow moving automobiles, and taking to the sidewalks to terrorize pedestrians with their recklessness, bicyclists can be idiots.

There are some things that men eat that are definitely in the weird category. Some women also eat these things, but usually it seems to be men who are responsible for the largest consumption of this weird stuff.

At the Oak Park Farmer's Market on Saturday, we saw sorrel for sale at Nichol's.

May 24th is National Escargot Day. Though it appears on fancier menus, the snail is an ignored food, kind of like cicadas and dandelion greens.