We all like to eat, and living well includes sharing meals with our friends and family. This section will restaurant news and recipes, and anything else related to buying or preparing foods and drinks.
Join a local CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) and get a basket (aka share) of locally grown produce every week or every other week. Some of the CSA's may be filling up, but there is probably still time. Here are a few:
Raised in Warrenville, he went to Johnson, Hubble and WWS:class of 2005. Want to learn more about Tony:
Tony's tweets: @tonymoeaki81
"Great team win! Only been here a month but these guys top to bottom have made me feel apart of the team from day 1. Love being a Seahawk"
"Wow speechless!!! Super Bowl bound"
Two Naperville families will get their 10 seconds of fame when a McDonald's commercial is aired during the Superbowl.
The film crew was hiding at the McDonald's on 59 near Brookdale, as part of the new "Lovin' " campaign. The cashier gave customers a task to "pay with love", rather than money. The local families that made the final cut are the family group hug, and the mom that says what she loves about her son.
St Irene's Knights of Columbus Super Bowl Party & Raffle: Sunday, Feb 1, 4pm in the Activity Center, $5 each available at the door. Entree fee covers food and non-alcoholic beverage (or bring your own). The Raffle is a major fundraiser for the St. Irene Knights of Columbus. $25 and $50 tickets for cash prizes ranging from $25-$500!
Angie V's: Join us February 1st to watch Super Bowl XLIX! Free halftime buffet, beer and wine specials and free raffle prizes including a pair of Chicago Bulls game tickets! See prizes and more on Angie V's facebook event
Rock Bottom: Half order of nachos and a beer for $6.95
The only good thing about the Packers losing, is having a local Warrenville player to cheer for! Go SeaHawks! Go #88!
Can you believe that the Sweet Potato Cafe is celebrating their 1-year anniversary in Warrenville? I stopped by to chat with the owner of Sweet Potato Cafe, Cyndi Krause, and between the constant flow of customers, she said:
"We're happy to be in Warrenville. We had some big shoes to fill, and we're doing our best to make sure our customers are 100% satisfied. November is going to be a special month of celebration for us."
Not only will he demonstrate food preparation techniques, Dave will entertain you and give you free food. I can't imagine a better combination.
This year our garden produced a bumper crop of tomatoes. We were particularly busy, and lucky to pick them - no time for cooking. The home grown tomatoes are delicious, but you can only eat so many. After giving away bags of tomatoes, there were LOTS left, and some were starting to go bad. How do you quickly use tomatoes before they go to waste? Here are 3 ideas to quickly use lots of tomatoes.
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