Frank Chlumsky
Frank on Food
Frank Chlumsky, former executive chef of Philander's restaurant in Oak Park, teaches in Chicago at Kendall College's School of Culinary Arts. In his 37-year career, Frank has owned restaurants in Michigan City, Ind., and in Lake Geneva, Wis. He has also been executive chef at the Saddle & Cycle Club in Chicago. Frank lives in Forest Park, where he cooks for pleasure.
https://www.kendall.edu/learn/culinary-arts/
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Surprising Spam - the non-email variety
But as we so often say in today's culture, "It is what it is," so I hope you can forgive this slight aberration and join me in the discovery — or rediscovery — of the extraordinarily popular food phenomenon known throughout the world as Spam.
Gadgets galore: a few recommendations

The holiday shopping season has officially begun, the person on your shopping list is crazy about cooking, and you'd like to get that person a practical gift that they might actually use. Allow me, devoted reader, to lift the burden of your decision-making.
Taking the stick, and stickiness, out of taffy apples
Now Affy Tapples are great for the kids, but I prefer a more grown-up approach, if you will; one that's a bit friendlier to your teeth and certainly friendlier to someone with a moustache like mine. I make my own caramel sauce, and instead of skewering the apple on a stick and dipping it in caramel, it's far more enjoyable to simply cut the apple into wedges and dip them one by one as you go.
Boston Brown Bread... in a can?

What could we eat today? Hypothetically … we could have bacon and eggs for breakfast, soup and a sandwich for lunch, and a steak and baked potato for dinner. For dessert there's cake and ice cream, and before we go to bed, we could have a soothing glass of warm milk and cookies.
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