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Not only was work crazy hectic this week, but I ended up severely spraining my ankle on the Chicago ice last weekend.  All this excitement is keeping me from getting much done in the more fun world I like to call “Not Work,” but I do have a few posts a bubblin’ and a brewin’.

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Double Cheese Cheetos

Dear Double Cheese Cheetos,
You had me at Double Cheese.  The Limited Edition tag was just a little extra marketing to convince I needed to buy you.  Who wouldn’t want double the mysterious cheese flavor you provide?  Who wouldn’t want the fun of licking off the double the orange residue left on your fingers (medical name: [...]

Jose Andres on Conan O’Brien

It’s baaaaaaaack. I’ve embedded the video of the segment below.
Jose Andres, another student of Ferran Adria, appeared on Late Night with Conan O’Brien Tuesday evening. Not only do they make a “Heart in the Clouds” drink, a.k.a. The Conando, but I think they may have fallen in love.
**UPDATE**
I’ve copied down the ingredients for [...]

Macarena Tapas – Naperville, IL

Holy hot damn, is Macarenas Tapas in Naperville good. Not just good for Naperville good, but possibly the best tapas I’ve eaten in the Chicago-land area good. It’s even more surprising when you realize that it’s stuck in a strip mall across from Westfield: Fox Valley, between a For Eyes and a Casual [...]

The Super Bowl Makes Me Eat Chicken Salad

Whoah baby.  How about that super bowl?  What with the end zones, and the kicking, and the…who was in it again?
I saw all of 5 minutes of Super Bowl 319 (or whatever), but that doesn’t mean my life wasn’t directly effected by it.  Instead of cooking and writing, I was working overtime at my office [...]