Les Dames d'Escoffier Chicago
Honoring Women of Culinary Achievement
Category: Recipes
What’s Cookin’, Dames?
By Carol Mighton Haddix If you are like me, you’ve been cooking up a storm during this pandemic. I’m finding I’m cooking batches of things such as chili and stews, and freezing leftovers for later. And I’m getting good about…
Read MoreZooming Through Farm & Kitchen
By Carol Mighton Haddix The day was squinting-ly sunny, warm…delightful. But for one group of Dames and guests, the sensory input instead came through a computer screen. We were participating in a Virtual Farm Tour & Cooking Demo on Aug….
Read MoreOne Delicious Day: Rustic Road Farm Tour, Cooking Class and Lunch Recap
By Dame Stacey Ballis On a glorious summer day, twelve Dames drove to rural Elburn, Ill., for a visit to Rustic Road Farm. Owned and operated by Chef Marc Bernard and his husband, Luis, the five-year old organic farm grows…
Read MoreRecipes from Dame Rebecca Wheeler’s Asian Tour
A group of Dames joined Rebecca Wheeler of Chicago Food Tours for a walk around the Asian neighborhood of Argyle and Broadway Streets in Uptown.
Read MoreDames Who Read: Dacquoise Drops
A recipe from the lead character, Tia Monroe, of Food Whore: A Novel of Dining and Deceit:
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