The Amateur Foodie: Food and Other Stuff I Love

Now, you guys already know how much I enjoyed my last trip to Butcher & the Burger on Armitage in Lincoln Park.  It was awesome, there ...

Well, kiddies, I've gone to the Park Grill yet again.  This is the...third time?  Once again, delicious.  This time there was tapenade a...

Hey, hey!  The Foodie's back and ready to dish on some dishes. On the schedule today?  Pablo Picasso at the AIC, and, natch, lunch at ...

I'm back, Frontera! ¡A comer! I ate at Frontera on Friday, the first day of Chicago Restaurant Week.  And I got the Restaurant Week me...

I wouldn't generally condone just accepting food from someone off the street.  Unless of course the food in question comes out of a gian...

Brrr, lovies!  It's awfully chilly out there! I'm posting about what I did on Sunday the 20th.  Why wait so long?  Well, my finger...

...come from Lettuce Entertain You. Okay, okay...I know.  I have a problem.  I cannot go more than a month without a Lettuce Entertain You...

...are worth wending your way through a jam-packed restaurant at 2:30 on a Friday afternoon to enjoy. Here's my feeble attempt at star...

Readers, this is a bona fide Amateur Foodie Bargain Spot.  I had a ton of delicious food, I have leftovers in the fridge, and I spent less t...

Here at last, lovies!  The Xoco post I've promised! Last weekend my aunt and I were near Bayless Row (a new nickname I'm trying to...

Okay, so I fibbed...I didn't get my posts done when I said I would.  Forgive me?  This post is worth reading, I promise! There'...

It's too late for me to put up a full post about my food adventures right now...I need to go to bed.  Suffice it to say, though, I ate ...

It isn't the end, readers!  The Foodie has found herself dropped into the middle of a veritable Mecca of tasty cuisine.  And our first ...

Ah, dearies, I've neglected you yet again.  And this evening I am loath to say that I will publish my final two posts from the comfort o...

Darlings, darlings, darlings!  We made it in! Lunch on a Friday at Frontera!  Admittedly, I was upset when I called yesterday to make a re...

Happy Weekend, lovies! Lunch at Frontera, after receiving recommendations from the only waiter we've ever had, Alfredo. No Bayless sight...

Rick Bayless is known for many things: his television show, his award-winning cookbooks, and his line of chips and salsa.  But sometimes ...

It was hot in the city of Chicago today, food fans.  It could've been worse, but it also could've been better.  And making the cons...