Jennifer’s Reviews > Relish: My Life in the Kitchen > Status Update

We're still a young country discovering new things, creating traditions of eating and sharing.

She talks about saying goodbye to famous Chicago foods, the first being hot dogs. Hot Doug's fancy apple sausage, caramelized onions & smoked Gouda.
Sorry, this is not a Chicago Dog. A traditional Chicago Dog is poppy-seed bun, all-beef frank (locals debate "thebrand), yellow mustard, bright green relish, fresh chopped onion, tomato wedges, kosher pickle spears, sport peppers and a dash of celery salt.

She's claimed to have tried every croissant recipe out there alway with imperfect results. So her advice: "You know what's good, actually? That canned dough you buy at the grocery store! Way less cleanup! Fun noise! Pretty decent results!"

A gift gained through circumstance.

The Transformative powers of Good Food!

"A woman's body craves protein and iron. I grew into my mother's cravings--the demands of my inherited body chemistry."
Okay, why are her inherited cravings for spinach and sauteed mushrooms and mine are for ice cream and candy?

Anyone who can fail to rejoice in the enticing squish/crunch of a fast-food French fry or the delight of a warmed piece of grocery- store donut, is living half a life.

I don't know what year this "medicinal rebellion" took place with the bottle of Flintstones vitamins but you may notice children's vitamins generally don't contain iron due to kid's getting a hold of entire bottles of Flintstones & Bugs Bunny Vitamins thinking they were a snack or candy & getting iron poisoning.