I love, love, LOVE being inspired to try new dishes at home after experiencing them out in the wild at a restaurant. We recently went to one of my favorites – Parachute in Chicago – and ordered the pork tonkatsu (traditionally a Japanese dish), which just blew me […]
Happy SPRING everyone!! I am truly geeking out at the sunshine, warmer temps and flowers starting to poke through the dirt! We planted bulbs for the first time last fall, so we’re excited to see if they made it through the squirrel scavengers. So far, we’re looking good! […]
Happy almost Chrismo everybody! I hope everyone is able to get some rest and recharge after this crazy season. I’ve had a pretty rockin’ December so far, especially since my Mom came up last weekend from Michigan to see Bob Seger with me (my late father’s favorite singer). […]
Happy Monday y’all! How has everyone’s summer been going? Mine has been busy, busy, busy. We’ve been doing a lot of work in the backyard, have been giving the new kitty lots of love, and have had so many fun friend + neighbor hangs. AND we saw The […]
This is a recipe that I threw together over a year ago, not paying attention to what ingredients I was adding or how much of anything I was stirring in. Woopsie! But Dave loved it, and has asked me to make it again ever since. So after lots […]
Hiya friends! I took a little break last week from posting because I headed back to Saugatuck with two good girlfriends for a lovely weekend getaway. We had some roaring fires, made delicious burgers on the grill and I rediscovered my love of puzzles (seriously though, I’m going […]
What I learned after visiting Italy was that the best pasta dishes tend to have just a few really simple ingredients, which has been great news for my weeknight dinner plans, given the little time I often have to throw something together. One afternoon I started dreaming (we […]
I'm Annie, and this here is my blog. I'm a meat, beer and rock n' roll loving gal in Chicago who loves to write about the best eats, travels, partyin' and entertaining. I hope you enjoy exploring my blog! Click on the photo above for more info on who this meatloaf lady is! Inquiries: annie@givememeatloaf.com
