Chicago Southland Foodies Blog
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You'll read about product finds, trending ingredients, global cuisines, and also the business side of the culinary industry. Hi, I'm Gayle. I love good food. High brow (read: gourmet or fine dining), low brow (read: fast food or QSR) and everything in between. Over the past ten years, I have had various food related blogs. Chicago Southland Foodies is the latest one.
Chicago Southland Foodies Blog
2y ago
When anti-literacy laws were lifted, allowing Black populations to learn how to read, write and attend schools for the first time, Page said, “a lot of people were being beaten that were speaking Gullah. So that historical trauma transferred over.” Akua Page’s goal is to preserve and pass down as much history as possible so ..read more
Chicago Southland Foodies Blog
2y ago
Two weeks ago, Mrs. Meggett, who has never used a cookbook during her 78 years in the kitchen, published her own: “Gullah Geechee Home Cooking: Recipes From the Matriarch of Edisto Island.” Her family and Abrams, the publisher, celebrated with a party on the island. About 500 people showed up, and she signed every book ..read more
Chicago Southland Foodies Blog
2y ago
Chicago Southland Foodies Blog
2y ago
I love to cook. Eating is easier, though I often find it easier to eat scrumptious food when I cook it myself. That said, I know that many of you don’t like to cook. In many instances, it comes down to not being prepared to cook (e.g. not having the ingredients on hand) and hating ..read more
Chicago Southland Foodies Blog
2y ago
About three years ago, my daughter found my birth people. On my paternal side, my birth grandfather migrated from Louisiana. I didn’t get to know him nor my mother as both died at a young age. But during one of the get-togethers where my birth sister and cousins shared reminisces of family history and lore ..read more
Chicago Southland Foodies Blog
2y ago
My introduction to halal, the practice of butchering and serving meat under Islamic law, came from my friendship with Ida. She came to Governors State University (University Park, IL) that year on a Fulbright Scholarship. She was beautiful, funny, and seemed to always have a flock of men chasing her. The Islamic form of slaughtering ..read more
Chicago Southland Foodies Blog
2y ago
In 2021, in fact, a typical stand-alone Chick-fil-A outside of the mall generated more than $8.1 million in revenues. That’s up 14.8% from the year before, according to data from the company’s most recent Franchise Disclosure Documents. What’s more, it continued a remarkably strong run for the Atlanta-based company. Over the past five years, volumes ..read more
Chicago Southland Foodies Blog
2y ago
I love sandwiches. The sandwich section is usually the first section on a restaurant menu I’ll peruse. If I love it enough, then I’ll try to duplicate it at home. Of course, I also try to come up with my own restaurant-style creations. Like many chefs and gastronomes, I think you start with great bread ..read more
Chicago Southland Foodies Blog
2y ago
Though I’ve never seen it credited (in our neck of the woods, anyway), Schoops Hamburgers were my first introduction to smashed burgers. Not that Schoops called them that. But that’s what they were (are?, since it’s been more than a minute I’ve had one). They are a way larger version of the Steak and Shake ..read more
Chicago Southland Foodies Blog
2y ago
Hang with me for just a bit and you’ll learn that hamburgers are at the top of my “all time favorite foods.” I trace this preference back to my kid hood when every Saturday night, my mother made homemade burgers (the beef from the half-cow my father bought each year) along with hand-cut, real fries ..read more